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Guwahati: A government-led eviction drive in the Paikan Reserve Forest under the Krishnai Range in Assam’s Goalpara district turned violent Thursday, leaving one person dead and another seriously injured. The incident occurred after police allegedly opened fire on a group of residents resisting the operation....

New Delhi: In a significant gesture of friendship and commitment to the Global South, India sent a consignment of 300,000 doses of Measles and Rubella vaccines along with ancillary supplies Thursday to help Bolivia in containing the outbreak of the disease. Last month, Bolivia declared...

Bhubaneswar: Altogether 147 people have so far recorded their statements as part of an administrative inquiry into the June 29 stampede in Odisha's Puri district, where three persons were killed and around 50 others injured during the Rath Yatra festivities, officials said Thursday. These people...

You must have seen countless jugaads (unconventional approaches) on social media, but this time, the viral video has broken all records. There’s a saying, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” but after watching this, we might as well coin a new one: “Where there’s...

New Delhi: The CBI has succeeded in facilitating the return of 134 fugitives from abroad in the last five years,  nearly twice the number of repatriated persons over an entire decade between 2010 and 2019, officials said. Coordinating closely with Interpol as well as state...

New Delhi: Demonstrating its unwavering commitment to humanitarian assistance, the Indian Army Wednesday evening, came to the immediate rescue of hundreds of Amarnath Yatris stranded due to a landslide triggered by relentless rainfall in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir. At around 7.15 p.m.,...

New Delhi: After concerns were raised by India, the demolition of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's ancestral home in Bangladesh's Mymensingh has been halted. The Bangladesh authorities have formed a panel to see how the house, which now has just a few walls left standing, can...

Kingston: Flamboyant T20 freelancer Andre Russell will draw the curtains on a start-stop 15-year international career for the West Indies after the second T20I against Australia here July 22. Russell's most significant achievement is being a member of two T20 World Cup winning West Indies...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government, in its status report submitted to the High Court regarding the June 4 stampede tragedy at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, which claimed 11 lives in Bengaluru, has stated that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) invited people to the IPL victory celebrations unilaterally,...

Baghdad: At least 50 people were burned to death in a massive fire that tore through a shopping mall in eastern Iraq, officials said Wednesday. The blaze broke out in a five-story commercial complex in the city of Al-Kut, in Wasit province, engulfing a supermarket...