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Lucknow: Fifteen people were "brought dead" at a hospital and seven injured were undergoing treatment after a massive fire gutted a three-floor commercial building housing an animation centre Monday, according to a hospital official. Dr Anil Agrawal, Medical Superintendent, Trauma Centre, KGMU, said that "21...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside an Allahabad High Court judgment and a Labour Court award directing the reinstatement of a worker with back wages, holding that an employee who remained absent without authorisation and failed to substantiate his claims could not be...

Mumbai: In a major political upheaval in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena Monday executed “Operation Tiger,” engineering a split within Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT). Six Lok Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) from the UBT faction have formally joined the Shinde camp. The six...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a major fire at a coaching centre in Uttar Pradesh’s capital, Lucknow, and announced ex gratia for the victims. "Anguished by the loss of lives in a fire mishap in...

New Delhi: The Central Drugs Laboratories found 46 drug samples manufactured by various firms to be "not of standard quality (NSQ)" in its monthly drug alert for May, health ministry officials said Monday. Further, the State Drugs Testing Laboratories have identified 113 drug samples as...

New Delhi: Revised physical marksheets of students whose Class-XII scores changed after verification or re-evaluation will be made available at the CBSE's regional offices in due course, sources said Monday. Candidates will be required to surrender their old original marksheets before the issuance of the...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) Sunday termed a video circulating on social media claiming the NEET-UG 2026 paper was leaked. In a statement on X, the agency said the exam was conducted successfully under comprehensive security and surveillance. "NTA's attention has been drawn...

New Delhi: The government has approved the installation of its indigenous train protection system -- Kavach -- on 631 route kilometres (RKm) of the East Coast Railway network at an estimated cost of Rs 270 crore, the Ministry of Railways said Monday. The project will...

Lucknow: A fire broke out at a three-storey commercial building in Lucknow Monday afternoon, following which the fire department launched a rescue and firefighting operation, officials said. Some people were feared trapped in the building, while others had to jump out of the building to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday expressed deep grief over death of Odia workers in the ammonia gas leak incident that occurred at a private seafood processing and export facility in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. The Chief Minister, in a condolence message,...