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Balasore: India successfully launched Monday the Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo System (SMAT) from Abdul Kalam island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said. During the mission, the full range capability of the missile was successfully...

New Delhi: After a wait of more than two decades, Chandigarh's Harnaaz Sandhu finally brought home the Miss Universe crown. The 21-year-old won the title Sunday night at a glittering event held at the Universe Dome in Eilat, Israel. "I am immensely grateful to the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was briefly hacked Sunday, and a tweet claiming that India has "officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender" was put out from it. The Prime Minister's Office later said the account was immediately secured after the matter was...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Saturday observed that the allotment of public properties must be transparent and the time has come to do away with allotment, particularly plots, on the basis of discretionary quota, as this inevitably leads to corruption, nepotism and favouritism. A bench comprising...

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has clamped prohibitory orders under Sec 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) banning the assembly of five or more, protests, marches or rallies by people or vehicles till Sunday night, officials said here Saturday. The orders, which came into...

Brisbane: Australia won the Ashes series opener by nine wickets Saturday with 1 1/2 days to spare after Nathan Lyon picked up his 400th test wicket and quickly added three more to dismantle England's bid to save the first test. England resumed Day 4 at...

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (VDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat were cremated with full military honours at the Brar Square crematorium here Friday. Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 other defence personnel were killed Wednesday when a Mi17V5 helicopter...

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday laid wreaths on the mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, who were among the 13 killed in the military...

New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, Thursday decided to suspend the over a year-long farmers' movement against three contentious farm laws and announced that farmers will go back home December 11 from the protest sites on Delhi's borders....

Coonoor: Floral tributes were Thursday paid to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others killed in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash here earlier. Senior Army officials, Tamil Nadu Ministers and Army veterans laid wreaths and paid floral tributes to the...