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Greater Noida: A 40-year-old man and his 11-year-old son died after falling from the 23rd floor of a residential tower at Mahagun Mywoods Society in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha district, Friday, while reportedly plucking flowers for a puja, police said. The incident...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc will hold a "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Friday, with former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar chairing the proceedings, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge moving the "motion" and former party chief Rahul Gandhi making the concluding remarks. INDIA bloc...

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch its GSLV-F18/NVS-03 mission at 11.51 pm Friday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Announcing the launch schedule on X, ISRO said, “Launch Day! The GSLV-F18/NVS-03 Mission is...

United Nations:  As threats to maritime security emerge from new technology, India has urged international cooperation to counter them and said it would be a priority for it in pursuing election to the Security Council. "India has identified AI (artificial intelligence) and maritime security as...

Thimphu: A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) at Shintaphu Lake in northwestern Bhutan has triggered flash flood warnings for parts of West Bengal and Assam, with authorities monitoring vulnerable areas along rivers flowing towards the two states. The incident occurred Thursday evening in Bhutan's Gasa...

New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar will chair the INDIA bloc's "public impeachment" of the CEC October 30, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge initiating the proceedings and former party chief Rahul Gandhi making the concluding remarks before the 'motion' is adopted, sources said...

Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Public Works Department (PWD) Minister PK Basheer Thursday said a preliminary inquiry by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) ordered in connection with allegations of corruption in a road project undertaken two decades ago when Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar was the...

Lucknow: The BJP won six of the 11 seats in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council elections while the Samajwadi Party emerged victorious in five, including two seats in Varanasi, as results of two pending seats were declared officially Thursday afternoon. Both the seats went to...

Amaravati: Cyclone Arnab claimed seven lives in Andhra Pradesh and caused losses of ₹4,600 crore as per preliminary estimates, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said Thursday. After an aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas, he said the losses caused by the cyclone are estimated at ₹4,600...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Thursday said opposition from bar associations had stopped the Supreme Court's attempt to bring retired judges back to high courts as ad hoc judges to battle the pendency of cases. "Chief Justice Bobde, Justice Kaul and my...