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Bangkok: The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned Wednesday as the loss of a rare leader who changed the world and for a time gave hope...

Bhubaneswar: The highest number of human trafficking victims in the country in 2021 was from Odisha, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) said. Of the 6,533 human trafficking victims reported across the country last year, 1,475 people, including 444 women and 497 children, were from...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday wrapped up its proceedings in connection with 2002 Gujarat riot cases, as it disposed of ten petitions, including a plea filed by the National Human Rights Commission, seeking proper investigation in the cases of violence during the riots. A...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday issued a summons to Trinamool Congress' national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for questioning in connection with its probe into the ‘coal pilferage scam', an official said. The central agency asked Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,...

New Delhi: A total of 1.73 lakh people lost their lives in 4.22 lakh traffic accidents in India in 2021. Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of deaths in such road mishaps at 24,711 deaths followed by Tamil Nadu which recorded 16,685 losses of lives....

New Delhi: A Delhi Court Monday dismissed the latest bail application of Chitra Ramkrishna, the former CEO-MD of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), who was arrested in a money laundering case in connection with the co-location scam that also involved phone tapping of NSE employees...

Noida: The Supertech twin towers in Noida were demolished on Sunday, a year after the Supreme Court's direction to raze the illegally built structures to the ground. The nearly 100-metre-high structures – taller than Delhi's iconic Qutub Minar (73 metres) – were brought to the...

New Delhi: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI). President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath during a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. "Congratulations," President Murmu said after Justice Lalit signed the register of...

  Zurich: World football governing body FIFA lifted Friday the ban imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) after the Supreme Court terminated the mandate of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), clearing the decks for India to host the Women’s U-17 World Cup in...

New Delhi: Freebies are extended utilising taxpayers' money and may push the State towards "imminent bankruptcy", the Supreme Court said on Friday, as it directed that the pleas against the practice of political parties promising pre-election handouts be listed before a three-judge bench. Observing that...