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New Delhi: A group of JNU students raised controversial slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah inside the university campus after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 riots conspiracy case. According to...

New Delhi: A couple and their 10-year-old daughter died after a fire broke out in a building in DMRC quarters in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar early Tuesday, an official of the Delhi Fire Services said. The deceased have been identified as Ajay Kumar (42), his...

Washington: The Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to USD 15,000 to apply to enter the United States. Thirteen countries, all but two of them in...

New York: Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is in a federal court Monday to face charges of narco-terrorism after his capture by US forces in his country. Maduro and his wife, Cilio Flores, arrived at the courthouse from the notorious federal lockup, Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC),...

London: A new ban on junk food advertising on television before 9 pm and online at all times came into force Monday as part of the UK government's crackdown on childhood obesity rates. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the ban on...

New Delhi: India Monday urged its nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran as the country has been rocked by a wave of protests over inflation and currency devaluation. New Delhi also advised Indian citizens in Iran to exercise due caution and avoid travelling to...

Abuja: Nigeria's anti-narcotics agency has detained 22 Indian crew members of the merchant vessel MV Aruna Hulya in connection with the seizure of 31.5 kilograms of cocaine from the ship at the Apapa Port, Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the operatives...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said prosecution material suggests that activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were involved in planning, mobilisation and strategic direction of the 2020 Delhi riots, as it denied them bail in the conspiracy case. The apex court cited Section 43D...

Amaravati: Huge flames following a gas leak from a well of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in Andhra Pradesh’s Ambedkar Konaseema district Monday sent people into a state of panic, forcing authorities to evacuate residents of nearby villages. Panic gripped Irusumanda and the surrounding...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Monday, dragged by blue-chip HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and IT stocks amid fresh warnings from the US to further raise tariffs against India. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 322.39 points or 0.38 per cent to settle...