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New Tehri: Eight people were killed and two others injured Thursday after a utility pickup vehicle fell into a deep gorge in the Chamba area of the Tehri district, officials said. The victims, residents of Thyoldhar village in the Ghansali, were returning home after performing...

New Delhi: India has extended the ban on Pakistan planes from using its airspace till May 24. With the latest extension, the closure of the Indian airspace for Pakistan aircraft will now be in place for more than a year -- a move that first...

Kolkata/Chennai: The voter turnout for the West Bengal Assembly elections was recorded at 78.77 per cent, while that for Tamil Nadu stood at 70 per cent as of 3 pm, according to data from the Election Commission of India (ECI). Polling began for 152 assembly...

Mirzapur (UP): Eleven people, including children, were killed in a multi-vehicle collision triggered by a suspected brake failure in a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, police said on Thursday. The accident was reported around 8.30 pm on Wednesday, following which police and fire brigade...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday that the India–South Korea free trade agreement (FTA), signed in 2009 and brought into effect in 2010 during the Congress-led UPA II government, is the result of a poorly negotiated, imbalanced agreement tilted against India....

Kolkata: A total of 635 complaints were registered with the Election Commission of India (ECI) till 11 am Thursday regarding the polling in the first phase of West Bengal Assembly polls covering 152 Assembly constituencies in 16 districts Of the 635 complaints registered with the...

New Delhi: As the world navigates complex geopolitical challenges, the India-Africa partnership assumes particular significance and will be a message of "stability" and "reliability" in a turbulent and uncertain world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Thursday. Addressing a gathering at the unveiling of the...

New Delhi: The CBSE Thursday announced the schedule for the second board examinations for Class-X, to be held from May 15 to May 21. According to the datesheet issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the examination cycle will begin with the mathematics...

Tirupati: An entire family of five lost their lives in a span of a few hours in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. A man killed his wife and mother and later died by suicide by placing his head on a railway track. His two children,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said it respects the views of all eminent authors and thinkers, but it cannot accept information from 'WhatsApp University'. The observation by a nine-judge Constitution bench came while hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including...