New Delhi: Days of bustle and hectic shopping culminated in a resplendent Diwali evening on Sunday, with people decorating their houses with strings of lights, shopkeepers placing diyas to invoke blessings, and crackers going off intermittently to round off the celebrations in customary fashion. Prime...
Chandigarh: Punjab Police, with the support of central agencies, has secured the deportation of wanted gangster Gurwinder alias Afridi from Ethiopia following a 10-month international manhunt. He was taken into custody during the intervening night of November 7-8 by the state police at the Delhi...
New Delhi: The Congress party's receipts from donations above Rs 20,000 plunged nearly 75 per cent to Rs 130.69 crore in 2025-26, the steepest annual fall in such contributions in a decade, an analysis of the party's filings with the Election Commission shows. The party...
Washington: Conservative activists led by Jake Lang stormed Diwali celebrations in Seattle carrying placards calling for deporting all "dot heads", an act that was swiftly condemned by US lawmakers and community leaders. Lang and fellow activist Thomas Allen waved the American flag and carried placards...
New Delhi: Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov Sunday extended Diwali greetings to the people of India and expressed belief that the spirit of mutual respect, goodwill, and trust will continue to strengthen the friendship between the two nations. "Warm Diwali greetings to all our...
New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Nabin Sunday said the opposition should learn from party veteran and former deputy prime minister L K Advani that all political parties must stand together whenever the country faces a challenge. "Whenever he spoke in Parliament, he always said that...
Tehran: The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early Sunday two "violating" oil tankers attempting to pass through an "unauthorized" route in the Strait of Hormuz caught fire after hitting naval mines. In a statement on the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah...
Kanpur: Three members of a family, including a 21-day-old boy, died after the roof of their house collapsed in the Panki police station area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, officials said Sunday. On receiving information about the incident, police personnel, along with rescue officials, rushed to...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate Diwali with the security officials posted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar -- a region historically affected by Maoism -- highlighting how the situation in the area has transformed and development has gained momentum. The Prime Minister said that he...
New Delhi: The death toll in the multi-storey building collapse in Delhi's Chawri Bazar has climbed to seven as the rescuers recovered one more body from the debris, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Luchhuman Mukhiya (66 years), a resident of Jakauli in...
The quality of air that people across cities in India have been breathing on Deepabali nights for the past few...
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By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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