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New Delhi: India's largest private fuel retailer, Nayara Energy, Wednesday reduced petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre across its nationwide retail network, which is the first cut in retail fuel prices since global crude oil prices...

New Delhi: Pilgrims began arriving at the Yatri Transit Camp in Srinagar ahead of the first batch of the annual Amarnath Yatra Wednesday, even as on-the-spot registration and RFID card issuance commenced in Jammu, with authorities confirming that all preparations for the pilgrimage’s first batch...

New Delhi:  State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Wednesday reduced the price of 19-kg commercial LPG cylinders by up to Rs 183.5 across major cities, providing relief to restaurants, hotels and other commercial establishments that depend on the fuel for cooking. The revised rates came...

New Delhi: Obtaining a passport has become more expensive from Wednesday after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) implemented a revised fee structure for passport-related services. The charges have been increased for fresh applications, renewals, Tatkaal services, replacement of lost or damaged passports, Police Clearance...

Jaipur: Eight people were killed and 24 injured after a bus rammed into a truck and caught fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Dausa district early Wednesday, police said. The accident occurred near Dhanawda in the Kolwa police station area. Dausa SP Piyush Dixit...

Lucknow: Five people were killed, and dozens were injured after a bus collided with a car on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district Wednesday morning, officials said. According to the preliminary investigation, the horrific accident was caused by the bus driver dozing off...

Ambala: A four-year-old boy, who fell into a 220-foot-deep open borewell in Haryana's Ambala district, was declared dead after he was pulled out following an over 20-hour rescue operation early Wednesday, officials said. Nirbhay had slipped into a 220-foot-deep open borewell in Ambala's Dhanaura village...

New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025 will come into force across rural India Wednesday, marking the launch of a new framework aimed at strengthening rural employment, livelihood security and sustainable village development by...

New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will arrive in New Delhi Wednesday for a three-day official visit from July 1 to 3 to participate in the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit. Takaichi will be travelling to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi....

New Delhi: Monsoon session of Parliament is likely to commence from July 20 and is expected to go on for three weeks, officials said Tuesday. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) is yet to take a final decision. Usually, Monsoon and Winter sessions have...