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Narayanpur: In a significant breakthrough, security forces have recovered a substantial cache of weapons and ammunition from the dense Maspur-Gudrapal forest area in Narayanpur district during a special search operation conducted June 16, an official said Wednesday. The operation was carried out by the 'E'...

New Delhi: A day after the Delhi Police Special Cell busted an ISI-linked terror syndicate involving Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti, the unit has arrested five of the eight accused while uncovering another ISI-backed inter-state terror module linked to Bhatti, police said Wednesday. According to officials,...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said National Conference Parliament members will not support the NDA government at the Centre. Responding to a question about factions of Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena backing the government at the Centre, Abdullah said he could...

New Delhi: Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has said that the temporary suspension of the messaging platform in India ahead of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination affected more than 150 million users. In a post on social media platform X, Durov...

New Delhi: Messaging platform Telegram Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court, challenging the Central government's decision to temporarily suspend its services across India ahead of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination scheduled for June 21. The matter was mentioned before the Vacation Bench of Justice Tejas...

New Delhi: Messaging app Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has alleged that Reliance Group, in which Meta has a partial stake, may have lobbied, along with its competitor WhatsApp, to impose a ban on the company's app in India. He also accused Reliance of sabotaging access...

New Delhi: A bench headed by Justice P S Narasimha will hear in July a plea challenging the decision to conduct NEET-UG 2026 re-test, the Supreme Court said Wednesday. May 12, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had cancelled the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET-UG,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will disburse incentives worth around Rs 2,400 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) at a special programme to be held Friday, it was announced Wednesday. The scheme has already supported the creation of around 15...

New Delhi: India's current strategic petroleum reserves are equivalent to just about 9-10 days of the country's net crude imports, far below other major import-dependent countries, a new report revealed Wednesday. The report released by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said other countries...

Noida: The Noida International Airport (NIA) began freight operations with the arrival of the first cargo plane Wednesday, two days after starting commercial passenger flights June 15. The first cargo flight, a Boeing 737-800F operated by Afcom Holdings between Chennai and Noida, was welcomed with...