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Srinagar/Patna: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi came down heavily on Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Tuesday over the controversial ‘naqaab (face veil)’ incident. Mehbooba Mufti criticised Nitish...

Kolkata: The inquiry committee, investigating the vandalism at the Salt Lake Stadium during an event involving Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, has recommended the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident, an official said Tuesday. The panel, headed by Justice (Retd)...

New Delhi: Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, brothers and co-owners of the Goa nightclub where a fire killed 25 people, landed in Delhi on Tuesday after they were deported from Thailand. They were handed over to Indian authorities immediately on arriving at the airport and...

New Delhi: Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tuesday moved in Lok Sabha to introduce the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, that seeks to replace the existing rural employment law MGNREGA. Opposition members strongly opposed the proposed...

Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) Tuesday published West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following SIR, with officials indicating that the names of more than 58 lakh voters have been deleted on various grounds, including death, migration and non-submission of enumeration forms. After these deletions, the state's...

Mathura: Thirteen people died of burns, and 35 sustained injuries when a vehicle pile-up on the Yamuna Expressway here early Tuesday sparked a big fire, a police officer said. At least seven buses and three smaller vehicles collided with each other in the dense fog...

New Delhi: A court in New Delhi Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering charge against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and five others in the National Herald case. The ED said it would file an appeal against the court...

New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday claimed the illegality of the Narendra Modi government and its politically motivated prosecution stands fully exposed after a court here refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's National Herald money laundering case against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and others....

Bangkok: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the owners of North Goa's Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, have boarded a flight to Delhi from Bangkok after being deported Tuesday. The brothers will be taken into custody by the Goa Police immediately upon their arrival in Delhi. Thai...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on the occasion of Vijay Diwas Tuesday, paid tributes to the displayed indomitable courage and made history during the 1971 war. Every year on December 16, India marks Vijay Diwas to mark the...