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Pune: CCTV footage showing a hooded man, later identified as Chetan Chaudhary, trailing Ketan Agarwal and his fiancee Siya Goyal at Lohagad Fort near Pune alerted cops probing the businessman's death, police said Wednesday. Police found it unusual that the man was wearing a hoodie...

New Delhi: India's ethanol blending programme remains "safe, consumer-friendly, and economically beneficial", the government said, dismissing concerns that the use of E20 fuel could affect the validity of vehicle insurance policies. The oil ministry in a statement said claims linking E20 fuel use to insurance...

New Delhi: A massive fire broke out in a cluster of temporary tin-sheds for labourers near Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, gutting around 200 structures, an official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said. The DFS received a call...

New Delhi: A 11-year-old girl sleeping beside her family on a pavement in south Delhi was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by a cab driver in the early hours of June 22, police said Tuesday. The accused, under the influence of marijuana, allegedly took the...

Mumbai: Mumbaikars woke up to heavy overnight rains on Wednesday, which disrupted suburban train services, inundated low-lying areas and caused hardship to commuters. Parts of the metropolis received more than 200 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8 am, officials said. The...

New Delhi: India and the United States Tuesday held high-level trade talks aimed at salvaging and recalibrating a proposed bilateral trade agreement after changes in US tariff policy upended a framework negotiated earlier this year. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met US Trade Representative...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: The mortal remains of five young women who died in the ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing factory in Tamil Nadu reached the Biju Patnaik International Airport here Tuesday amid a deeply emotional atmosphere. The bodies of two other workers from the state,...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Three eminent personalities from Odisha have been conferred with the Padma Shri for their outstanding contributions to literature, education and traditional arts, bringing national recognition to the state. Veteran folk artist Simanchal Patra of Ganjam received the Padma Shri Award for his efforts...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan amid buzz over a reshuffle of the Union council of ministers. The president's office shared pictures of the meeting in a post on X. Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi called...

Noida: After the tragic fire mishap in Lucknow coaching institute claiming more than a dozen lives, the Gautam Buddha Nagar district administration Tuesday stepped up inspection and examination of coaching institutes as well as commercial establishments to check their adherence to standard safety protocols and...