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New Delhi: The Union Health and Family Welfare the first Health Working Group (HWG) meeting under the BRICS framework for 2026 Wednesday, bringing together senior health officials and delegates from nine member nations to advance cooperation on public health priorities ranging from tuberculosis research to...

Lucknow:  A massive fire broke out at a slum cluster in the Vikas Nagar area of the state capital Wednesday evening, destroying about 200 shanties and causing widespread panic among locals. The fire was now largely under control, officials said, adding that no loss of...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Wednesday announced results for Class 10 board exams, officials said. "The results have been declared," a senior board official said. The CBSE started with two editions of board exams for Class 10 from this year. Students...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)  Wednesday announced results for Class X board exams, officials said. "The results have been declared," a senior board official said. The CBSE started with two editions of board exams for Class X from this year. It...

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday said his party supports women's reservation but alleged that the BJP was pushing it with a hidden agenda that sidelines backwards-class women and avoids a caste-based census. His remarks come a day before the three-day special sitting of...

New Delhi: In a setback to Congress leader Pawan Khera, the Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the Telangana High Court order granting him one-week transit anticipatory bail in a case registered for levelling allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife. A bench of Justices...

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation rose for the fifth straight month, at 3.88 per cent in March, driven by a sharp spike in rates of fuel, power and manufactured items amid the West Asia crisis, government data showed Wednesday. Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation was...

Patna: BJP leader Samrat Choudhary was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar Wednesday, the first from the saffron party to hold the post. Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) administered the oath of office and secrecy to Choudhry. Top leaders of the...

Jalandhar/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted raids at business entities linked to AAP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal in Punjab as part of a FEMA probe, offiicials said. Mittal, a 61-year-old businessman and educationist who heads the Lovely Group including an university by...

Chandigarh: A bus carrying devotees from Anandpur Sahib overturned in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib, killing six people and injuring 21 others, police said Wednesday. The accident occurred near Himmatpura on the Morinda-Chunni road in the Bassi Pathana area at around 10 pm on Tuesday when the...