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New Delhi: The names of six military personnel -- five from the Indian Army and one from IAF -- who died in the line of duty during Operation Sindoor last year, have been inscribed on a wall at the National War Memorial, as a tribute...

Ayodhya (UP): A court has granted police custody of all eight accused arrested in connection with the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya till June 29, during which investigators will continue questioning them, an official said Friday. Prosecution Officer K C...

New Delhi: In a relief to lakhs of CBSE students currently studying in Classes VII to IX and who have opted for two foreign languages under the three-language policy, they will be allowed to continue with the same language combination till Class X, officials said...

Ayodhya: Days after alleged misappropriation of funds at the Ram Temple stirred a national controversy, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust chief Champat Rai and Trust member Anil Mishra stepped down from their positions, credible sources said. According to information shared by UP government sources,...

Ayodhya (UP): Eight persons named in an FIR over the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram temple in Ayodhya have been arrested, senior officials said Friday. The FIR, lodged at the instance of Krishna Mohan, a member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth...

Kolkata: The toll in the Taratala warehouse collapse in south Kolkata rose to 15 Friday as teams of multiple agencies, including Army personnel, retrieved two more bodies, and two others succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment, an official said. The rescue teams continued intensive...

Kochi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has widened its investigation into the alleged CMRL-Exalogic ‘masappadi’ (monthly payment) case to examine whether Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd. received undue favours from the erstwhile LDF government, even as it subjected T. Veena, daughter of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan,...

New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Mahesh Dixit was Thursday appointed as the new chief of the Intelligence Bureau, succeeding Tapan Kumar Deka. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared Dixit's appointment. He will have a two-year tenure. Dixit,...

New Delhi: In a move aimed at strengthening safeguards against counterfeit and substandard medicines, the Union government has expanded the ambit of the QR code-based track-and-trace mechanism to cover all antimicrobials, vaccines, anti-cancer medicines, and narcotic and psychotropic drugs, according to a notification issued by...

Chennai: The death toll following an ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing facility in Tiruvallur has risen to 11, even as a high-level probe committee flagged critical safety lapses, including the failure of the emergency alarm system, and raised concerns over the cramped...