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Visakhapatnam: A passenger was killed, and more than 150 had a narrow escape after two AC compartments of the Tatanagar-Ernakulam Junction Super-Fast Express caught fire near Visakhapatnam in the wee hours of Monday, police said. The fire broke out in the train at Yelamanchili in...

New Delhi: A video showing a group of men performing dangerous stunts in speeding cars on Delhi roads has surfaced online, triggering a sharp reaction on social media. The clip shows several vehicles moving at high speed, swerving and zigzagging through traffic, with some occupants...

Raipur/Bijapur: In a significant blow to Maoist insurgency in the Bastar region, personnel of the 199th Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered and neutralised two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Maoists, averting a potential tragedy. According to police officials, the operation...

New Delhi: Airlines faced a baggage handling system glitch at the Delhi airport Sunday afternoon, and the issue was resolved later, according to sources. The sources said there was a glitch with the baggage handling system for around 15-20 minutes starting around 1.45 pm Sunday....

Lucknow: The draft electoral roll in Uttar Pradesh, which will be published December 31, is likely to have the names of about 12.55 crore voters, with almost 2.89 crore names deleted from the pre-SIR voter list. Those excluded will have a chance to contest the...

New Delhi: The national capital recorded air quality in the "very poor" category Sunday with an overall Air Quality Index reading of 390, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The meteorological department has issued an orange alert of very dense fog for Monday,...

New Delhi: The victim of the 2017 Unnao rape case, along with her family, and activists, held a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar Sunday against the suspension of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger's life sentence by the Delhi High Court in the case. Demanding...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Sunday embarked on the Indian Navy’s indigenous Kalvari-class submarine INS Vaghsheer at the Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka and undertook a dived sortie, an official said. "The President is undertaking a sortie on the Western Seaboard. Chief of Naval Staff...

New Delhi/Kolkata: The Centre has provided an armed security cover to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal in the wake of a potential threat to him due to the ongoing SIR exercise in the state, officials said Sunday. A Y-plus category cover of...

New Delhi: At the 140th Foundation Day event at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi Sunday, Shashi Tharoor supported the views of his party colleague Digvijaya Singh, saying the organisation should be strengthened. Tharoor was seated next to Digivijaya Singh during the function at the...