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Raipur/Bijapur: The security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur District have delivered a staggering blow to the logistical and financial backbone of the Naxalite movement following a series of high-stakes joint operations. In a coordinated effort involving the Bijapur Police, District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force, CoBRA,...

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested five persons and is conducting searches at multiple locations across the country in connection with the NEET UG paper leak case as the agency intensified its investigation, officials said Wednesday. The agency has arrested three individuals from Jaipur, one...

New Delhi: Brazil Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Uzbekistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Aloyev Bakhromjon Joraboevich arrived in New Delhi Wednesday to attend the two-day BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, which starts in the capital from Thursday. Earlier in the day, Kazakhstan's First Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan...

Lucknow: Prateek Yadav, the younger son of late Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, died of sudden cardiac arrest, the post-mortem report said Wednesday. According to the autopsy findings, Prateek Yadav suffered "massive pulmonary thromboembolism" - a life-threatening condition in which a blood clot...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced Wednesday that the upcoming session of the Assam Legislative Assembly will begin May 21, with the state government set to introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the House May 26. Addressing reporters after the first Cabinet...

Bhopal: A day after communal tension gripped Bhopal's Old City after protests over the assault and public humiliation of a Muslim youth at a hotel turned violent, prompting authorities to impose Section 144 and intensify security arrangements across sensitive localities, officials said Wednesday. The unrest...

Ranchi: Former minister and four-term MLA Madhav Lal Singh died during treatment at a hospital Wednesday. He was 79. His family members said he was transferred to a private hospital May 5 from a healthcare facility in Bokaro with complications in the lungs. He was...

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday produced Shubham Khairnar, who was arrested in connection with the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, before the Killa Court in Mumbai, where the court remanded him to two days of transit custody. Officials said the accused...

New Delhi: The CBSE class 12 exam results were declared Wednesday as a senior official announced that over 85 per cent candidates have cleared the exams this year. The results show that the overall pass percentage dipped by more than 3 percentage points compared to...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Wednesday took oath as the legislator from Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata on the floor of the Assembly. By taking oath as the MLA from Bhabanipur, Adhikari made it clear that he will quit the Nandigram Assembly constituency...