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Ayodhya: A medical student is being questioned by officials in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya for allegedly noting down a formula used to make bombs, sources said Sunday. The accused, identified as Sarfaraz, is a first-year Lab Technician student at the Rajshri Dashrath Medical College. According to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear Monday a plea filed by the Trinamool Congress and its Rajya Sabha member Dola Sen challenging the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) decision to freeze three of the party's bank accounts in connection with an alleged money laundering...

New Delhi: Even days after ending a 23-day hunger strike, AISA president Neha Bora's body is still "not used to food" as it is relearning how to eat. All the same, her frail state did not stop her from travelling across states to raise her...

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel sales by India's three state-run fuel retailers rose sharply in July as below-normal monsoon rainfall boosted fuel demand from farmers and motorists, preliminary industry sales data showed. Petrol sales by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and...

Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police Sunday found a tailoring shop owned by Hamim Mondal, a suspected Jaish‑e‑Mohammed (JeM) member, who was arrested from a posh housing colony in Burdwan town in West Bengal's East Burdwan district. Sources aware of the...

Washington: India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Kwatra, has said that the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was signed in a spirit of goodwill and friendship in 1960, but Pakistan spent 50 years dismantling this, and its abeyance "merely acknowledges what Pakistan's conduct had already destroyed"....

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan Sunday said that eight people have died, an equal number are missing and 13 were injured in the previous day's heavy rains which caused property damage, landslides and waterlogging in many parts of the state. In a statement issued...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said that the commitment of the new generations towards eradicating the problem of drug addiction from society has reaffirmed his belief that the youth of India is "aware, socially conscious, and serious about their duties". He made these...

New Delhi: The first round of counselling for admission to MBBS and other undergraduate medical courses under the All India Quota will begin August 4 and the academic session for the 2026-27 batch will commence September 8. According to the schedule released by the Medical...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha received Rs 4,819 crore from the Centre in advance tax devolution Saturday. The government said it has released additional instalment of tax devolution worth Rs 1,09,019 crore to state governments, which is in addition to the normal monthly devolution to be released...