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Chennai: Two workers were killed after a powerful explosion triggered a major fire at a licensed fireworks factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district Thursday, officials said. The accident occurred at the manufacturing unit in Namaskarithanpatti while employees were engaged in production work. The...

New Delhi: From the recent student mobilisation at Jantar Mantar to demands over admissions, metro concessions and access to education, issues that have fuelled Delhi's campus protests are set to find their way into the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election campaign, with student organisations...

New Delhi: Air India and Air India Express will begin mandatory psychoactive substance testing of all their pilots Thursday, expanding checks beyond regulatory requirements, following the captain of a Phuket-Delhi flight that suddenly lost altitude tested positive for marijuana, according to sources. The two Tata...

New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh Thursday hit out at the Opposition for bringing monkeys into Parliament and said they have crossed all limits. His remarks came after several Opposition members, including Congress MPs Pawan Khera, Imran Pratapgarhi, and Jebi Mather, participated in a demonstration...

Kolkata: West Bengal's BJP government Thursday withdrew and annulled Banga Bibhushan, the state's highest civilian award, previously bestowed upon the party's Rajya Sabha MP Nagendranath Roy aka Ananta Maharaj, in the wake of his alleged derogatory remarks about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The move came...

Nanded: Shiromani Akali Dal chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was injured in a knife attack inside a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded Thursday, police said. A Nihang (member of a martial order of Sikhs) attacked Badal with a kirpan (curved dagger)...

Ranchi: Police Thursday lodged an FIR against 300 unnamed people in connection with the August 10 march to the Jharkhand assembly over alleged recruitment examination irregularities in the state, a senior officer said. The case was registered against the unnamed people for violating prohibitory orders,...

New Delhi:  Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant Thursday expressed concern over the mounting backlog of cases in consumer commissions across the country, observing that prolonged delays have defeated the very purpose for which these forums were created. Hearing a matter related to the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday told the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) not to finalise, till August 18, names of probable officers for appointment as Director General of Police of Odisha. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V...

New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) interim investigation report on Air India Flight AI 2379, which abruptly dropped by 300 feet at an altitude of 36,000 feet while flying from Phuket to Delhi, injuring 24 people on board, is expected to be submitted...