Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh): At least 11 people were killed, and five others were injured after a massive fire triggered a series of explosions at a firecracker factory in Manouri Bazaar under Pipri police station limits of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district Monday, district authorities said. District...
New Delhi: Monthly rainfall over India as a whole during September is most likely to be below normal, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday in its monthly forecast. The IMD also said that India experienced the hottest August in 2026 since 1901, with the...
Kathmandu: The devastating floods that swept through Nepal were triggered by a massive fall of ice and rock in the high Himalayas and not by an earthquake or glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), according to experts. The flash floods that triggered near the Nepal-Tibet border...
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates said it intercepted an Iranian drone over its waters Monday, an attack that comes after the United States and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend for the first time in a month. Iranian officials said two people were killed and...
New Delhi: India Monday rejected the latest "award" issued by the "illegally constituted" Court of Arbitration (CoA) concerning interim measures and the status of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). Rejecting the so-called "award", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the so-called "Court of...
New Delhi: Supreme Court agreed to hear Tuesday a plea filed by the Centre seeking to quash the FIRs registered against students who participated in the NEET examination paper leak protests. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana...
New Delhi: Delhi's draft electoral roll was published Monday with more than 47 lakh out of 1.45 crore voters, one in each three, excluded from the list. Those excluded can file their claims till September 30 through Form 6 and supporting documents. The final roll...
New Delhi: India's economy grew at a faster-than-expected 7.8 per cent in the April-June quarter, showing resilience in the face of concerns that the war in Iran and resulting global economic uncertainty could weigh on growth. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday refused to pass orders on a plea seeking prohibition on a protest march the Cockroach Janata Party has called September 5, saying it expects everybody will act and behave in a peaceful and lawful manner. A bench comprising Chief Justice...
Nagercoil: Tamil Nadu Minister S Rajesh Kumar has said the two ministers from the Congress would resign from the state Cabinet if coalition ally - the TVK - does not endorse Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2029 parliamentary polls, declaring that...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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