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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has reconstituted the State Waqf Board, appointing Indian Union Muslim League state vice-president M.C. Mayin Haji as chairman in a politically significant move that could reshape equations among Muslim organisations in the state. The nine-member board replaces the committee headed by...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal Saturday hit back at Union minister Rajnath Singh over his regime change charge against the Congress, saying it is the people who want a regime change, and that it is time to go for this government. Sibal's remarks...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered multiple FIRs in connection with alleged violation of prohibitory orders in Connaught Place ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's 'Lehra do Tiranga' protest a day ago, sources said on Saturday. Despite repeated announcements asking people to disperse, a crowd...

Kolkata: From replicas of the Ram temple and installations marking the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram to towering tributes to 'Bharat Mata', several Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata have drawn inspiration from India's civilisational heritage and nationalism this year, as the BJP came to power...

United Nations: India has rejected as "hearsay" a report by a UN human rights expert that has taken note of the "satirical political movement" created by the country's youth, with New Delhi calling on the expert to "verify" before vilifying issues using unverified claims. First...

Bharuch: At least five workers were killed and six injured after a 15-kilolitre reactor exploded during a hydrogenation process at a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in Gujarat’s Bharuch district late Friday night, with a reported methylene dichloride (MDC) gas leak adding to the impact of the...

Srinagar: An infiltration bid on the Line of Control was foiled Saturday morning by the alert security forces in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kupwara district, official sources said. Official sources said Saturday that the security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the...

Kota: At least eight people were killed, and 17 others were seriously injured after a minibus overturned and fell into a ditch on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Kota early Saturday morning, officials said. According to the officials, the bus was carrying over 25 passengers...

New Delhi: Elon Musk-owned Starlink said it has worked closely with regulators, industry and operators in India for more than 5 years, in a reply to Reliance Industries Ltd (REL) which said that India’s rules apply equally to domestic and foreign companies in the field...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was arrested and will be produced before an SEM court Saturday. This was in connection with the CJP's 'Lehra Do Tiranga' rally at Central Park in Connaught Place Friday. "Abhijeet is arrested & will be produced...