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Haldia/Kolkata: One person died, and more than 20 others were injured after a major fire broke out in a naphtha-carrying pipeline of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. The fire continued to burn...

Shillong: Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) Tuesday said its inspection of an ethanol and distillery unit at Byrnihat found no violation of prescribed emission standards. The probe followed public concern triggered by social media posts alleging pollution emanating from the unit in Byrnihat which...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday launched a revamped online portal for regulating foreign contributions and the e-OCI Card, initiatives which would simplify compliance, improve public services and strengthen national security through greater use of technology. In his address, Home Minister said that...

Ayodhya (UP): Ram Temple Trust is likely to meet July 6 in Ayodhya to discuss its next course of action following the resignation of its two senior members in the wake of the donation theft row. VHP chief Alok Kumar had previously told PTI that...

New Delhi: Congress leader KC Venugopal Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding that privilege proceedings be initiated against Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for "misleading" Parliament by saying that no Indian soldier was martyred post the Pahalgam terror attack last year. In his...

Dubai: Two US envoys arrived in Qatar Tuesday for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran, an official said. The visit by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's special Mideast envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law,...

Pune: Police probing the Ketan Agarwal murder case have found that the victim had expressed suspicion to his family that his fiancee was in a relationship with someone else and that he had asked his family members if her background was checked thoroughly before fixing...

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai and other members of a party delegation were Tuesday prevented from visiting the Ram temple in Ayodhya, where the alleged theft of donations has sparked a major political storm and put the ruling BJP on the back foot....

New Delhi: The protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar in Delhi entered its eleventh day Tuesday, with activist Sonam Wangchuk's blood sugar level dropping during the third day of his hunger strike and CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke raising concerns over his...

Ayodhya: Ayodhya police have recorded the statement of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai as part of the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple, days after he offered to resign taking "moral responsibility" for the controversy,...