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The Bhiwandi unit chief of the AIMIM was booked in a seventh FIR over the past few days for offences ranging from rape to extortion, Thane police said on Saturday. Khalid Guddu is in jail currently and the latest case relates to extorting Rs 7 lakh from...

"At about 1.30 am, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars, targeting civilian areas along the LoC in Makote sector of Poonch. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly," a defence spokesm...

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking on Saturday presented a deficit budget of Rs 1,887.83 crore while providing an outlay of Rs 446.07 crore for capital expenditure for the fiscal 2021-22. The undertaking, which supplies electrici...

The Agriculture Ministry said that farm exports stood at Rs 37,397.3 crore during the April-September period of the 2019-20 fiscal.

Speaking at a Kisan Sammelan (farmers meeting) organised by the Congress against the legislations, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also questioned the intent of the Centre for introducing the "black laws" amid the coronavirus crisis.

Subodh Singh had planned the execution of Shukla's murder by providing all kinds of logistic support to the killers while behind bars at Hilsa Jail in Nalanda, Bihar. A team of CID officers reached the jail to question Subodh in connection to the case.

Polling for the fourth and last phase of panchayat elections in Rajasthan, covering 897 gram panchayats, began on Saturday morning amid tight security. State Election Commission secretary Shyam Rajpurohit said the polling to elect sarpanch and panch beg...

The children were rushed to Shivpura Community Health Centre from where three in serious condition were referred to the district hospital, police said, adding the children are under 14 years of age.

The decision taken by the chief minister came following several complaints of malpractices, while executing government projects, received by her through the Didi Ke Bolo initiative. The Trinamool Congress has also asked party leaders and workers to change...

The Supreme Court Friday granted two weeks time to Samajwadi Party leader Dilip Mishra to respond to a plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in a case related to the sensational bomb attack on thenBSP leader and minister Nand Gopal Gupta in 201...

In a bid to prevent crowding in Mumbai's local trains amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Railway on Friday announced 22 additional special services starting October 10, an official said. Of the 22 additional services, 18 will be operated on the Mai...

Parents of nearly 150 studentsstudying in various branches of Delhi Public School (DPS) have approached the Delhi High Court against the increase in annual and tuition fees in alleged contraventionof AAP government orders. The application has been move...

Rates have been reduced in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, the company said in a statement.

Even as the rate of stillbirths declined by 53 per cent in India since 2000, in terms of absolute numbers the country still recorded the highest number of stillbirths, 3,40,622, in the world. As of 2019, its stillbirth rate was 13.9 stillbirths per 1,000...

Moscow (AP) Russia has reported more than 12,000 new coronavirus infections, its highest daily increase since the start of the pandemic. The government task force dealing with the outbreak said the 12,126 infections reported Friday took the country's to...

The doctors alleged negligence and apathy on part of the government and said that they were unable to run their basic errands and accomplish their daily routine due to non-payment of salaries.