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Srinagar: Security forces Saturday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district after receiving inputs about presence of terrorists, officials said. "A CASO was launched in Meemandar area of Shopian," an official said, adding that the operation was prompted by...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday greeted President Donald Trump and the people of the United States on the 250th anniversary of America's independence and said the two countries' shared belief in democracy and the rule of law, and the limitless potential of their...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)'s protest at Jantar Mantar entered its 15th day Saturday, drawing fresh political support from AAP MP Sanjay Singh and CPI(M) MP John Brittas, while climate activist Sonam Wangchuk continued the seventh day of his hunger strike. All India Students'...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party Saturday released an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to break his "resounding silence' over its protest at the Jantar Mantar and hold Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan accountable for alleged exam paper leaks and student...

New Delhi: The southwest monsoon is set to advance further into parts of the North Arabian Sea, Gujarat, the remaining areas of Haryana and Punjab, and more parts of Rajasthan over the next four days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Saturday. In its daily...

Kolkata: The report of a three-member committee, set up to probe the grounds on which the removal of High Court judge Yashwant Varma was sought by MPs cutting across party lines, will be tabled in the Lok Sabha in the coming Monsoon session, Speaker Om...

Dehradun: Following allegations of embezzlement of Ram temple donations in Ayodhya, the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) ordered an inquiry Friday into similar allegations concerning offerings at Badrinath Dham. BKTC President Hemant Dwivedi stated that the temple committee has taken the allegations circulating on social media...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday dismissed the regular bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, holding that it was bound by the Supreme Court's earlier order declining them bail and that...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld the Delhi High Court ruling that a wife can seek assistance of the court to collect evidence such as call detail records (CDRs) and hotel booking details of her husband to substantiate her charge of adultery levelled against...

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is facing severe criticism over allegations that a "textbook purchased under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme glorifies separatist leaders and terrorists". Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Forum (JKPF), a social and non-political organisation, has strongly...