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Patna: The Home portfolio of Bihar, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept with himself all through his nearly 20-year-long tenure, has been given to his deputy, BJP leader Samrat Chowdhury, this time, according to an official notification issued Friday. On the other hand, the Finance...

New Delhi: In a verdict aimed at safeguarding the world's oldest mountain systems, the Supreme Court has accepted a uniform definition of the Aravalli Hills and Ranges and banned grant of fresh mining leases inside its areas spanning Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat until experts'...

Alappuzha: In a touching display of love and determination, a young couple from Kerala's Alappuzha went ahead with their wedding Friday, not in a decorated auditorium, but in a hospital room after the bride was injured in a road accident nearly an hour before the...

New Delhi/Dubai: The pilot of a Tejas fighter jet of the Indian Air Force was killed Friday after the indigenous multi-role Light Combat Aircraft crashed in a ball of fire during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show. It was for the second time...

New Delhi: In a historic decision, the government Friday announced the implementation of the four Labour Codes, which rationalised 29 existing labour laws, with immediate effect. The four labour codes are: the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and other states. A bench of Justices Surya Kant, SVN Bhatti and Joymalya Bagchi issued notice...

Amaravati: Fifty-five people from Andhra Pradesh are among 370 Indian nationals repatriated from Thailand after they were rescued from cybercrime hubs in Myanmar. Three flights carrying the Indians landed in Delhi. According to Andhra Pradesh government officials, all 55 belong to Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. The...

Kolkata: Tremors were felt across West Bengal and parts of the northeast Friday morning, as an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 jolted Bangladesh's Narsingdi, the National Centre for Seismology said. The quake struck 13 km south-southwest of Narsingdi in the neighbouring country at 10.08 am, and...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for South Africa's Johannesburg Friday at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit. Taking to social media platform X, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, “PM Narendra Modi has...

Jammu: AK rifle cartridges, pistol rounds and hand-grenade pins, among other items, were recovered during the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of J&K Police raids at the Kashmir Times office at its Residency Road area of Jammu city. “AK rifle cartridges, pistol rounds and hand-grenade pins,...