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New Delhi: Jharkhand minister Sudivya Kumar died at Mercy Hospital in Giridih after his health suddenly deteriorated late Saturday night, plunging the city into grief. The minister breathed his last at the hospital located near the city’s bus stand, where he had been brought after...

New Delhi: Congress Saturday appointed Sachin Pilot as general secretary in-charge of poll-bound Punjab, replacing Bhupesh Baghel, who has been shifted to Assam in the same position. The party has also appointed Randeep Singh Surjewala as general secretary in-charge of Gujarat. He will, however, continue...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asserted that India is not only growing at 7.8 per cent but also creating employment opportunities despite wars and disruptions, demonstrating the country's strength, and said that those responsible for pushing the economy into the "fragile five" cannot...

New Delhi: Population enumeration for Census 2027 will take place in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and parts of Uttarakhand from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027, the Registrar General of India said Saturday, advancing the exercise in the states likely to go to polls...

Cairo: US military Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles, warning that it would "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet." The military's statement said a US aircraft carrier and a destroyer evaded "multiple unprovoked...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, the Kremlin said Saturday, as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. "Putin has ordered...

New Delhi: Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj was Saturday produced before a Delhi court's judge, who remanded him to one-day police custody. According to court sources, Bhardwaj was produced at the residence of Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler at around 2 pm. His legal...

Srinagar: The terrorist killed in Operation Ashdar by the joint forces Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district was Saturday identified as a Pakistani national and a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). J&K Police said Saturday that the terrorist killed during Operation Ashdar in Budgam...

New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against media baron Subhash Chandra for allegedly inflating his net worth to avail loans from the Life Insurance Corporation Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL) and then becoming a defaulter, causing a loss of more than Rs 1,322 crore...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers Awards on 48 educators at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi Saturday, as the country marked Teachers' Day September 5. Short documentaries highlighting the exemplary work and achievements of each awardee were also showcased during the event,...