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New Delhi: State-run oil marketing companies have barred ethanol made from sugarcane juice, sugar syrup and B-heavy molasses from their latest procurement tender for the 2026-27 supply year for blending in petrol, as the government seeks to protect domestic sugar supplies while sustaining its nationwide...

Islamabad: Pakistan has extended its airspace ban on Indian-registered aircraft and planes owned, operated or leased by Indian airlines for another month, until November 24, according to the country's airports authority. The restriction, initially imposed April 23, 2025, has been extended periodically since then amid...

Kolkata: An initial probe into the stampede at the community Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata, which claimed 19 lives, has revealed that a combination of three factors, namely sudden rains, a misleading announcement and severe lapses within the pandal premises, triggered the chaos leading...

Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested seven people, including organisers of Chorbagan Durga Puja, for the pandal stampede that killed at least 19 people, a senior officer said Sunday. Police have also registered a suo motu case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. At least...

New Delhi: With the Election Commission deciding to provide "readable" electoral rolls to parties, the Congress Sunday said it was the result of the whole nation being on the streets against the "vote chors" and pushed for its demands that the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Sunday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the road accident near Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior and extended deepest condolences to the grieving families. Fourteen people were killed, while 27...

Gwalior: Families of those killed in a tragic road accident near the Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district gathered outside the post-mortem house Sunday and expressed outrage over what they alleged was the administration's failure to ensure proper traffic management during the heavy...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Sunday issued an appeal to the Opposition parties in the state, requesting them to refrain from doing politics and making politically loaded statements in connection with the tragic stampede at the community Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata,...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Sunday expressed grief over the road accident near Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior and offered condolences to the families of the deceased. Twelve people were killed, while over 25 were injured after a truck rammed into shops near...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday expressed grief over the loss of life in the road accident near Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, and announced financial aid to the families of the deceased and injured. Twelve people were killed, while over 25...