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New Delhi: Nearly 44 per cent Indian cities face chronic air pollution, indicating a structural problem driven by persistent emission sources rather than short-term episodes, an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has found. However, only 4 per cent...

Raipur/Dantewada: In a significant boost to anti-Naxal operations and peace efforts in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, 63 Maoist cadres, including 36 carrying bounties totalling Rs 1.19 crore, surrendered before security forces Friday. The surrender ceremony took place at the District Reserve Guard office in Dantewada. The...

New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament is likely to commence January 28 and the Union Budget is set to be tabled February 1, a Sunday. Officials, citing the tentative schedule finalised by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, said Friday that President Droupadi Murmu...

New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed to visit India for the AI Impact Summit to be held in February. He said this while addressing the Diplomatic Corps, where he also talked about the successes of French diplomacy in 2025. "Let's finally look at...

New Delhi: In a fresh setback to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members, a Delhi court Friday framed charges against them in the alleged Railways land-for-jobs corruption case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Special Judge...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Calcutta High Court, seeking a CBI investigation into the role of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, senior police officials and others for allegedly obstructing its raids in Kolkata against political consultancy firm I-PAC and its...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday registered a complaint at two police stations in Kolkata against the Enforcement Directorate's simultaneous raid and search operations at the office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder, Pratik Jain. According...

New Delhi: Eight Trinamool Congress MPs staged a protest Friday outside the office of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital. The MPs held placards reading, “Bengal rejects Modi-Shah’s dirty politics”, and accused the Centre of targeting the opposition through central agencies. The...

New Delhi: Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, told the Supreme Court Thursday that the tenor of her husband's speech was not to propagate violence, but to quell it, and facts are being manipulated to portray him as a criminal. Angmo also...

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to launch the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite aboard PSLV-C62 rocket January 12, marking the first mission of 2026. The EOS-N1 (also called Anvesha) is an Earth observation satellite designed to enhance India’s remote sensing capabilities...