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New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear on April 13 a fresh plea along with pending ones challenging the freezing of electoral rolls by the Election Commission ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal. The poll panel has frozen and finalised the...

Mathura (UP): A boat carrying tourists capsized in Yamuna in Vrindavan Friday afternoon, leaving at least six people dead and several others missing, officials said. District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh confirmed the fatalities, stating that all the tourists onboard were from Punjab. "Six bodies have...

Chatra: A gruesome incident has come to light from the Scheduled Caste Residential Girls’ School located at the Hunterganj block headquarters in Jharkhand’s Chatra district. A 14-year-old minor student, who was residing in the school hostel and studying in Class III, was found to be...

Bhopal: Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Friday said unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged standing rabi crops across 2.49 lakh hectares so far across several states, with the wheat crop being the most affected. Speaking to reporters ahead of the "Unnat Krishi Mela" launch in...

Bengaluru: Hindi film industry star Ranveer Singh Friday told the Karnataka High Court that he is willing to work with the complainant to revise the wording of his apology affidavit in a case related to his mimicry of a character from the film Kantara: Chapter...

New Delhi: Sidelined AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha Friday shared on Instagram a video titled "Voice Raised Price Paid", a compilation of clips of him raising various issues in Parliament, amid his ongoing rift with his party. "With due respect to those who are...

Patna: Nitish Kumar Friday took the oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha, marking a significant shift in his long political career. He had arrived in New Delhi Thursday, accompanied by Sanjay Jha and Vijay Kumar Choudhary, to complete the necessary formalities related to...

New Delhi: Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, facing impeachment proceedings after wads of burnt currency notes were found at his residence here, has submitted his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu, sources said Friday. "Your Excellency, While I do not propose to burden your...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to stop the caste Census, and slammed the petitioner for the language used in the PIL. "'Aapne apne petition me badtameezi ki bhasa likhi hai. Aapne kisse apna petition likhwaya...

New Delhi: Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. The system is essential to ensure safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which...