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New Delhi: The government formally declared Wednesday's car explosion near the Red Fort a "heinous terror incident" as the Union Cabinet passed a resolution directing investigative agencies to handle the case with utmost urgency and professionalism to ensure swift justice against perpetrators and their sponsors. The...

Chandigarh: Punjab Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force and Mohali Police arrested two operatives linked to foreign-based gangster Goldy Dhillon of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang following a shootout on the Ambala-Dera Bassi highway Wednesday, according to DGP Gaurav Yadav. Those arrested have been identified as Sharanjit Singh, a...

New Delhi: IndiGo airlines received a security threat Wednesday warning of potential bomb threats at five airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, according to official sources. The authorities assessed the threat and found it to be "non-specific", the sources said. The sources said the message claimed...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the LNJP Hospital Wednesday and met the survivors of the Red Fort blast, saying the perpetrators will be brought to justice. The prime minister was in the hospital for nearly 25 minutes. "Went to LNJP Hospital and met...

Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh: Shohratgarh MLA Vinay Verma lashed out at a Public Works Department (PWD) official Tuesday after spotting a blacklisted contractor meeting the executive engineer at a rest house. According to reports, the contractor had been blacklisted by the state government two months...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has achieved a major milestone under Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, distributing more than 37 crore Enumeration Forms (EFs) to electors across 12 States and Union Territories as of November 12,...

New Delhi/Srinagar: Dr Umar Nabi, who was driving the explosives-laden car that blew up near the Red Fort, had planned a powerful blast timed around the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary December 6, officials said Wednesday. The details of the plan have been pieced together after...

New Delhi: Retail inflation slipped to a multi-year low of 0.25 per cent in October, driven by the impact of the GST rate cut and subdued prices of vegetables and fruits, government data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation was 1.44...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has sounded an alert across all police stations, posts, and border checkpoints in the national capital to trace a red Ford EcoSport car suspected to be linked to the Red Fort blast case, sources said The alert was issued after...

Lucknow: Expressing disbelief over his sister's alleged link with terrorist activities, the elder brother of the arrested doctor Shaheen Sayeed Wednesday said his family was still struggling to accept that she could have been involved in anything unlawful. Her former husband recalled that she never...