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London: Andy Burnham was Friday confirmed as the newly elected leader of the UK's governing Labour Party, becoming the prime minister-designate to take charge at 10 Downing Street next week. Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) chair Shabana Mahmood announced at a special party conference in...

Kolkata: The death toll in the tragic incident at Karnasubarna in West Bengal's Murshidabad district earlier in day, when a train collided with a van at a railway crossing, has risen to five, with four being school children and one an adult. Meanwhile, both the...

Bengaluru: In a major administrative intervention aimed at safeguarding India's ambitious space programmes, the Department of Space (DoS) has tightened rules governing resignations and voluntary retirement of scientists working on mission-critical projects, following reports that more than 100 personnel have left the Indian Space Research...

New Delhi: The Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Bill that seeks to remove Prime Minister, Union Ministers and Chief Ministers detained for 30 straight days on serious charges decided Friday to put on hold the adoption of its draft report. The decision came after...

New Delhi: Congress Friday expressed solidarity with activist Sonam Wangchuk and other members of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesting at Jantar Mantar here over alleged examination irregularities and reminded the government of its "Raj Dharma". Congress leader Pawan Khera met Wangchuk and other CJP...

Kolkata: Three persons, including two school children, were killed after a pool car they were travelling in was hit by a train in West Bengal's Murshidabad district Friday morning, an Eastern Railway official said. Three others, including the pool car driver, were injured in the...

Jind (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday flagged off India's first hydrogen-powered train connecting Jind to Sonipat in Haryana from the railway station here. With this, India has joined a select group of countries that have operational hydrogen-powered trains and marks an important step towards...

Washington: A bill seeking to impose 100 per cent tariffs on five countries, including India and China, for buying Russian oil, while exempting European nations purchasing gas from Moscow, was introduced in the US Senate with the support of over 60 lawmakers. The bill, introduced...

New Delhi: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk Friday asserted that he would "stay alive till July 20 at any cost", even as his indefinite hunger strike entered its 20th day amid a warning from doctors that his prolonged fast has reached a critical stage....

Dubai: Jordan's military said Friday it intercepted three incoming missiles from Iran. Jordan's military made the statement on the kingdom's state-run Petra news agency. It reported no immediate casualties from the attack. Jordan, which hosts US troops and aircraft, has been repeatedly targeted by Iran...