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Pathanamthitta (Kerala): Congress-expelled MLA Rahul Mamkootathil was taken into custody in connection with a sexual assault case from Palakkad around Saturday midnight, police sources Sunday said. He was shifted to a police camp here Sunday morning, officials added. According to police, a third sexual assault...

Veraval (Gujarat): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday reached Somnath as part of his three-day Gujarat visit, during which he will participate in several events including the 'Somnath Swabhiman Parv' and Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and others received him at the helipad...

New Delhi: Opposition-ruled states like Punjab and Telangana Saturday demanded additional resources from the Centre in the 2026-27 Budget, and said that the 60:40 cost-sharing under the proposed VB-G RAM G scheme will impose further fiscal burden on already strained resources of the states. Union...

Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma Saturday met BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, a day after the party officially elected him to the position ahead of the scheduled February 12 elections. “The meeting lasted for some 40 minutes,” Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) media cell...

Bengaluru: Police in Karnataka Saturday submitted a chargesheet against six accused in connection with sending vulgar and threatening messages to Vijayalaxmi, the wife of jailed Kannada superstar Darshan. In the chargesheet, police stated that the investigation is still in progress and that efforts are underway...

New Delhi: All candidates appearing in recruitment examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will undergo face authentication at the venues, officials said Saturday. They said it would further strengthen the integrity of the examination process. "All candidates appearing in the UPSC examination...

Kolkata: Police Saturday started the process of identifying ED officials allegedly involved in the 'theft of documents' from the residence of I-PAC chief Pratik Jain and the consultancy firm's Salt Lake office, a senior officer said. Police are also trying to ascertain the Enforcement Department...

Gangtok: In a significant step towards strengthening veteran security forces' welfare, the Indian Army's Trishakti Corps has launched a pilot project for home delivery of essential medicines for entitled Army veterans in Sikkim, officials said Saturday. Under the initiative, medicines are being delivered directly to...

Imphal: Two days after a bomb was hurled at a fuel station in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, all petrol pumps across the Manipur Valley region and its adjoining areas were shut down indefinitely Saturday. The shutdown was called by the Manipur Petroleum Dealers Fraternity (MPDF), demanding...

Jaipur/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is set to register a money laundering case to probe alleged irregularities worth Rs 2,000 crore in the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme in Rajasthan under the previous Congress government, official sources said Saturday. The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)...