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Katni: At least 12 members of two families, including a two-month-old infant, children and elderly persons, were killed in two separate fire incidents in Madhya Pradesh's Katni and Seoni districts on Diwali night, turning the festival of lights into a night of mourning for their...

New Delhi: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, French President Emmanuel Macron, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan were among the world leaders who extended greetings on Diwali on Sunday. "Diwali carries a shared message of...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday paid a visit to the residence of veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani to extend his warm birthday greetings. Advani, one of the foundational stalwarts of modern Indian politics and...

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s Diwali greeting, in which he described the festival as the “Eid of happiness,” has triggered a sharp political controversy and gone viral on social media. While extending festive wishes to the nation, the AICC chief told reporters that Deepawali...

New Delhi: Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath has warned that the global artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom is approaching a potential valuation correction as companies may struggle amid fierce competition to recover the massive funds that are being poured into the...

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...

Jagdalpur: Targeting political opponents, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said armed Maoists have been eliminated, but "dimagi Naxals" have infiltrated several political parties and organisations and are instigating people against the Constitution and democracy. "We must identify and defeat such elements and secure the country,"...

Mansa: The mortal remains of slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota, whose murder 26 days ago triggered protests and a political row, were consigned to flames at his native place in Mansa Sunday. A large number of people had turned up when last rites were...

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...