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New Delhi: India Wednesday condemned the latest wave of attacks carried out by Houthi militants on oil installations in Saudi Arabia, and said the strikes undermined regional security. The Iran-backed Houthi militant group targeted Saudi oil facilities and some other civilian infrastructure Tuesday, triggering widespread...

New Delhi: Delhi Police Wednesday arrested PG operator Sudhanshu in connection with the building collapse in South Delhi’s Satya Niketan, that claimed seven lives. The police also took labour contractor Sanoj and Mahesh, son of landlord Hariram Gupta, from the RK Puram Police Station for...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday lashed out at the AAP government in Punjab over the alleged suicide of a villager who questioned Finance Minister Harpal Cheema about the unabated supply of drugs, demanding that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann should immediately get the minister...

New Delhi: Former Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, who served under ex-chief minister Sheila Dixit, allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Noida, officials said Tuesday. Noida police recovered a purported suicide note in which Mehta, a 1975 batch former IAS officer, cited his "mental...

Kataka: Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Dipak Misra was conferred with the Kalinga Ratna Award by Sarala Sahitya Sansad here Tuesday. The award comprises a silver idol of Goddess Saraswati and a citation. Speaking on the occasion, Justice Mishra said a person may...

New Delhi: After facing intense criticism for switching its long-standing colour to saffron, which the teams sported during the FIH World Cups in the Netherlands and Belgium, the Indian hockey teams will revert to their traditional blue jerseys for the upcoming Asian Games. The decision...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea filed by actor and comedian Rajpal Yadav and his wife challenging the Delhi High Court judgment upholding their conviction in multiple cheque dishonour cases, and granted them exemption from surrendering, subject to a deposit of...

Bengaluru: Food safety officials seized expired and mislabelled products worth Rs 1.38 crore and medicines worth around Rs 4 lakh from dark stores (retail warehouses) and storage facilities operated by online delivery platforms in Bengaluru, officials said Monday. The inspections were conducted by the Food...

New Delhi: As of 2021, none of India's villages had achieved multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs), including access to basic services, health insurance coverage and women's bank account ownership, research published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal shows. However, almost all the villages...

New Delhi: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov Tuesday confirmed that the delivery of Russia's S-400 Triumf air defence systems to India in 2026 remains on the agenda of discussions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their upcoming meeting in New Delhi...