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New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by a driver and conductor inside a moving sleeper bus before being abandoned near Kashmere Gate in Old Delhi on the night of August 4. Both accused have been arrested. The survivor, a Class XI student from...

New Delhi: Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) inked an agreement for the co-production of the Javelin missile systems in India, in a move seen as in line with the country's focus on boosting domestic defence production. The JJV is a partnership...

Bishkek: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, focusing on various key aspects of bilateral ties including cooperation in areas of trade and investment, energy and defence. The meeting took place on the margins of the annual summit of the...

Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh): At least 11 people were killed, and five others were injured after a massive fire triggered a series of explosions at a firecracker factory in Manouri Bazaar under Pipri police station limits of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district Monday, district authorities said. District...

New Delhi: Monthly rainfall over India as a whole during September is most likely to be below normal, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday in its monthly forecast. The IMD also said that India experienced the hottest August in 2026 since 1901, with the...

New Delhi: India Monday rejected the latest "award" issued by the "illegally constituted" Court of Arbitration (CoA) concerning interim measures and the status of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). Rejecting the so-called "award", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the so-called "Court of...

New Delhi: The NPCI International (NPIL) has paved the way for Indian tourists, business travellers and students to use UPI for making instant cross-border merchant payments by scanning Uzbekistan’s national interoperable QR code, UZQR, according to a Finance Ministry statement issued Monday. The NIPL, the...

New Delhi: Supreme Court agreed to hear Tuesday a plea filed by the Centre seeking to quash the FIRs registered against students who participated in the NEET examination paper leak protests. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana...

New Delhi: Delhi's draft electoral roll was published Monday with more than 47 lakh out of 1.45 crore voters, one in each three, excluded from the list. Those excluded can file their claims till September 30 through Form 6 and supporting documents. The final roll...

New Delhi: India's economy grew at a faster-than-expected 7.8 per cent in the April-June quarter, showing resilience in the face of concerns that the war in Iran and resulting global economic uncertainty could weigh on growth. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter...