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Jaipur: Six women were killed, while three were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a car and a truck on National Highway 52 in Rajasthan's Sikar district Wednesday, police said. The accident occurred in the evening near Harsawa village in Fatehpur sub-division when the...

New Delhi: As a part of road safety initiatives to prevent accidents caused by sudden cattle movement on National Highways, the NHAI, in collaboration with telecom companies, has launched a pilot initiative to deliver real-time safety alerts to motorists approaching stray cattle–prone zones. The initiative,...

Jaipur: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi Wednesday said Operation Sindoor is still ongoing and every move of the enemy is being closely monitored. Speaking at the investiture ceremony at the South Western Command in Jaipur, he said the Army, Navy and Air Force jointly engaged...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday disposed of the TMC's petition praying for protection of its data, saying the ED has informed that it has not seized anything from I-PAC director Pratik Jain's office and home during its raids last week. TMC had moved the...

New Delhi: The BJP Wednesday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and said that the democratic process of the country will not work according to the Trinamool Congress President but as per...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, whose private chat with senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had created waves, Wednesday said he would not publicly discuss conversations held with leaders of his party. Shivakumar's statement came in response to questions from the media at the...

New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor presented his credentials to President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday, according to an official statement. Gor, 38, was sworn in as the US Ambassador to India in mid-November last year. The US Senate...

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, questioned the recent move by authorities to seek the profiling of preachers (Imams) of different mosques in the union territory Wednesday. Speaking to the media here, Mufti alleged...

New Delhi: Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has used his first official visit to India to signal that Berlin now sees New Delhi as a central partner for trade, technology and security in an increasingly fractured world order. Spread over two days in Ahmedabad and Bengaluru,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday greeted the nation on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a harvest festival celebrated in different parts of the country as per local traditions and customs. Makar Sankranti marks the transition of the Sun in the zodiac sign of...