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Kohima:  Nagaland is fully geared up for the 26th edition of the iconic 'Hornbill Festival', beginning Monday, with elaborate preparations in place at the Naga Heritage Village in Kisama, around 12 km south of the state capital Kohima. The 10-day festival, coinciding with Nagaland's Statehood...

New Delhi: The BJP Sunday dismissed as “baseless” the Congress's allegation of “vendetta politics” against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, and asked the Congress leaders to give an account of the “loot” they allegedly committed instead of giving speeches. With...

Dantewada: In one of the largest Maoist surrenders in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada under the Lon Varratu and Poona Margem (Revival through Rehabilitation) programme, 37 Maoists, including 27 with a reward totalling Rs 65 lakh, have decided to renounce violence and return to the social mainstream, officials...

New Delhi: An all-party meeting convened in Delhi Sunday ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament saw opposition leaders raise a wide range of concerns, from electoral roll revisions and the recent Delhi blast to unemployment, inflation, federalism, and law and order in states. The...

Colombo: Sri Lanka continued relief and rescue efforts Sunday with India's assistance in the aftermath of catastrophic floods, landslides and devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah that killed over 190 people. According to the latest figures released by Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre(DMC) at 12 pm...

New Delhi: Election Commission Sunday extended by one week the entire schedule of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and three Union Territories amid allegations by opposition parties that the "tight timelines" were creating problems for people and ground-level...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has filed an FIR against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and other accused in the National Herald case on a complaint by the ED as part of the agency's money laundering probe into the high-profile case that alleges that...

Chennai: A deepening weather crisis triggered by Cyclone Ditwah has prompted the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a red alert for Tiruvallur and Ranipet districts Sunday, warning of extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds. The intensifying cyclonic system over the southwest Bay of Bengal...

Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Saturday said the zero tolerance towards crime is not just a word, but also a spirit, implemented with strictness on the ground. Addressing the 36th Foundation Day of GIDA (Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority), Adityanath said, A robust security...

Haldwani: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an imam and one of his associates from the Banbhulpura area, in connection with a car blast near Delhi's Red Fort, officials said Saturday. The Delhi Police had received a clue from Haldwani through the call details...