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Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Tuesday invoked stringent sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the accused arrested in connection with the firing incident involving Hindi film actor Tiger Shroff. An official statement said that provisions of the Maharashtra Control of...

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued an advisory on women's safety at workplaces and in public spaces, calling for measures across eight key areas and seeking reports on the progress of their implementation within two months. The advisory, titled ‘Women’s Safety...

New Delhi: A team of senior Election Commission (EC) officials is in Chandigarh to oversee poll preparedness in Punjab, where assembly elections are likely to be held early next year along with Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. The EC team led by a senior...

New Delhi: Newsrooms will shut down if journalists are made to seek permission before publishing information under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and the DPDP Rules, the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) told the Supreme Court Tuesday. A bench comprising Chief Justice of...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday flagged off a special train from Bhubaneswar to Ekta Nagar in Gujarat, carrying around 1,000 people from the state’s Maoist-hit districts to participate in the 151st birth anniversary celebrations of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, observed as National Unity Day....

New Delhi: A day after her brother Rahul Gandhi was acquitted by a court in Uttar Pradesh in a defamation case, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said it takes immense courage, tenacity and the perseverance of a true warrior to stand against an...

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday raised questions over ‘unfolded votes’ in the ballot boxes, during the ongoing counting for the MLC elections and alleged rigging of the poll procedure at the behest of the ruling party. The matter pertains to SP candidate...

Jammu: Police in Jammu Tuesday arrested two persons for sharing sensitive security related information with foreign Intelligence operatives and handlers linked to terrorist organisations, including Pakistan-based entities. A police statement said today that Jammu Police, acting on specific and credible information, arrested two persons in...

Hyderabad: South Central Railway has cancelled 11 trains in view of a ‘very severe’ cyclone ‘Arnab’ in the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast Wednesday. South Central Railway (SCR) said in a release Tuesday that it has cancelled the...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla held a meeting with Thailand's Senate President, Mongkol Surasajja, in New Delhi Tuesday to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation across trade, tourism, education, defence, Ayurveda, and Yoga. During the meeting, Birla and Surasajja explored deeper parliamentary cooperation, sharing best...