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New Delhi / Bhubaneswar: Odisha received the 'Gold Award' for its outstanding presentation at the 44th India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025 in New Delhi on Thursday. The Odisha Pavilion also bagged the 'Best Pavilion' award, marking the state’s fourth consecutive win after receiving the...

Guwahati: Assam Assembly Thursday passed a bill to ban polygamy, making it an offence which may lead to a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment, barring some exceptions. Terming the development a step closer to the Uniform Civil Code, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said...

Srinagar: Police in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday inspected madrassas and mosques across Srinagar as part of an ongoing crackdown against individuals and networks associated with terrorist organisations to dismantle the terror support ecosystem in the region and strengthen de-radicalisation efforts. Police have intensified raids in...

Bengaluru: The tug-of-war between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar over the CM post turned into a war of words Thursday as the two faced off over keeping up a promise. Amid intensifying power tussle, Shivakumar insisted that "word power is world power,"...

Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday said he will call for a meeting of senior leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar in New Delhi to discuss the raging leadership issue in Karnataka. He said the leaders will discuss...

Chennai: The weather system brewing over the southwest Bay of Bengal and the adjoining Sri Lanka coast intensified into a deep depression Thursday, with meteorologists warning that it will strengthen into a cyclonic storm by Thursday evening. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), the...

New Delhi: Highlighting the need for a stringent law to protect the dignity of the disabled, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the Centre to consider framing a statute to make derogatory remarks ridiculing persons with disabilities and rare genetic disorders a penal offence on the...

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Minister and nine-time MLA K. A. Sengottaiyan has formally joined actor-turned politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), bringing an end to his decades-long association with the AIADMK. The move comes shortly after he was expelled from the AIADMK by General Secretary...

New Delhi/Aizawl:  The Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted maiden searches along the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram, apart from some places in Assam and Gujarat, in a drugs trafficking linked money laundering case, officials said. The federal probe agency also seized Rs 35 lakh cash apart from...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Thursday sent Jasir Bilal Wani, a key accused in the Red Fort blast case, to the National Investigating Agency's custody for seven days. Wani was produced by the agency, as the 10-day custody granted by the Principal Sessions and District...