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New Delhi: Obtaining a passport has become more expensive from Wednesday after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) implemented a revised fee structure for passport-related services. The charges have been increased for fresh applications, renewals, Tatkaal services, replacement of lost or damaged passports, Police Clearance...

Jaipur: Eight people were killed and 24 injured after a bus rammed into a truck and caught fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Dausa district early Wednesday, police said. The accident occurred near Dhanawda in the Kolwa police station area. Dausa SP Piyush Dixit...

Lucknow: Five people were killed, and dozens were injured after a bus collided with a car on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district Wednesday morning, officials said. According to the preliminary investigation, the horrific accident was caused by the bus driver dozing off...

Ambala: A four-year-old boy, who fell into a 220-foot-deep open borewell in Haryana's Ambala district, was declared dead after he was pulled out following an over 20-hour rescue operation early Wednesday, officials said. Nirbhay had slipped into a 220-foot-deep open borewell in Ambala's Dhanaura village...

New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025 will come into force across rural India Wednesday, marking the launch of a new framework aimed at strengthening rural employment, livelihood security and sustainable village development by...

New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will arrive in New Delhi Wednesday for a three-day official visit from July 1 to 3 to participate in the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit. Takaichi will be travelling to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi....

New Delhi: Monsoon session of Parliament is likely to commence from July 20 and is expected to go on for three weeks, officials said Tuesday. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) is yet to take a final decision. Usually, Monsoon and Winter sessions have...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the country’s 20% ethanol blending programme in petrol is still an ongoing experiment and the impact of the policy would become clearer by next year. The remarks come amid a wider debate and concerns over...

Haldia/Kolkata: One person died, and more than 20 others were injured after a major fire broke out in a naphtha-carrying pipeline of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. The fire continued to burn...

Shillong: Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) Tuesday said its inspection of an ethanol and distillery unit at Byrnihat found no violation of prescribed emission standards. The probe followed public concern triggered by social media posts alleging pollution emanating from the unit in Byrnihat which...