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Thrissur: At least six people were killed, and several others were injured following a massive explosion at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathicode, Thrissur, in Kerala during preparations for the Thrissur Pooram, an annual Hindu temple festival being held in the city. A state government...

New Delhi: The defence ministry Tuesday signed contracts worth nearly Rs 975 crore for the procurement of critical equipment for T-72 and T-90 tanks of the Army, which will enhance the minefield breaching capability of the force. The contracts were inked in the presence of...

New Delhi: Congress leader K C Venugopal has submitted a privilege notice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Lok Sabha Speaker, accusing him of casting aspersions on Opposition MPs during his address to the nation after the rejection of the bills by the House...

New Delhi: Pakistan Tuesday extended the closure of its airspace for Indian planes till May 24 as the curbs will now remain in place for more than a year. In the wake of the terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, that killed 26 people April 22...

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested two operatives allegedly working at the behest of Pakistan-based gangster and ISI proxy Shahzad Bhatti, with the police unearthing a criminal conspiracy to carry out firing, grenade attacks and target killings in the Delhi-NCR region,...

New Delhi: BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj Tuesday hailed the Delhi HC judge Swarna Kanta Sharma's order not to recuse herself from hearing the liquor policy case involving former chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and others. Addressing a press conference, Swaraj said the court's...

Mumbai: Trinamool Congress MP and former cricketer Yusuf Pathan’s relatives, including his father-in-law, have been arrested in Mumbai following an alleged assault on a local and his family after a dispute triggered by water splashing from a passing car, officials said Tuesday. According to police,...

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma is scheduled to visit Barmer Tuesday to inspect the Pachpadra Refinery site, where a fire broke out Monday, a day before its scheduled inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chief Minister Sharma will depart from Jaipur and is expected...

Imphal: People protesting the death of two children in a recent bomb blast in Manipur clashed with security forces during a torch rally in the state capital Imphal, police said. Two children died in a bomb blast at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur on April 7. The...

United Nations: India's economy is projected to grow at 6.4 per cent this year and 6.6 per cent in 2027, according to a report by the United Nations. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said in the report...