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New Delhi: At least four people were killed and two injured after a fire broke out at a shoe factory in the Mangolpuri Industrial Area Phase-I in northwest Delhi Friday night, police said. The Delhi Fire Service rushed 20 fire tenders to the spot after...

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Friday launched India's next-generation navigation satellite, NVS-03, aboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F18 rocket. The launch took place at 11:51 pm at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. "GSLV-F18 carrying NVS-03 lifts off from...

Chennai: A businessman Friday approached the Madras High Court to direct the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to immediately conduct a detailed, thorough and fair probe pertaining to the background and details of Yogesh Sharma alias Saurav Das, the National Co-Convenor of Cockroach Janata Party...

New Delhi: Population census will be conducted across India, except in poll-going and snow-bound regions, from January 25 to February 28, 2027, the Census Commissioner announced Friday. According to an official notification, the reference date for the census shall be 00:00 hours of March 1,...

New Delhi: A day after the Election Commission extended the deadlines for the SIR exercise in Delhi, poll officials Friday said they were planning to step up door-to-door re-verification of 47.56 lakh voters excluded from the draft electoral rolls published on August 31. Senior officials...

Chamoli: All six people on board the helicopter that crashed into a hillside in Joshimath have died, and their bodies found, police said Friday. The privately run chopper crashed about an hour after it took off from Badrinath on its way to Dehradun. The six...

New Delhi: Concerned over the rising trend of filing criminal cases after failure of relationships, the Supreme Court Friday said physical intimacy during good times cannot be branded as rape later just because that association turned sour or broke. In a significant judgement, a bench...

New Delhi: Air India and Air India Express Friday announced extending the cancellation of their flights connecting Saudi Arabian cities till November 14 due to the prevailing situation in the region. Last week, the two airlines cancelled the services to Riyadh and Dammam till November...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Brussels in December to formally sign the India-European Union free trade agreement in major step to strengthen economic ties between the two sides, European Council President Antonio Costa said. "Prime Minister Modi will come in December to...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre to incorporate measures for taking action against violations of its interim restrictions on the unauthorised extraction, dissemination and commercial exploitation of live-streamed court proceedings in the proposed policy framework. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya...