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Jammu: Security forces Monday launched a search operation in several border areas of Rajbagh and Ramkote in Kathua district following information about suspicious movement of suspected terrorists, officials said. The suspicious movement of two armed persons, also carrying heavy backpacks, was reported from Soffain village...

New Delhi: Retail inflation inched up marginally to 3.4 per cent in March as against 3.21 per cent in February, according to government data released Monday. Based on the consumer price index (CPI) data, the rate of price rise in the food basket was 3.87...

Mumbai: The death toll in the road accident in Mumbai's Kalyan has climbed to 11 after two people succumbed to their injuries at the hospital, officials said Monday. A dumper truck collided with a car in the Kalyan area of Mumbai Monday, officials said. The...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday sought a response of the Centre on a PIL challenging provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 that allegedly dilute transparency under the 2005 Right to Information Act. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said the Parliament is close to creating "new history" when the Women's Reservation Act will be amended this week for its implementation in 2029. Addressing a conference of women here, ahead of a three-day special sitting of Parliament,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to implement a finger and iris biometric identification system at polling stations to prevent duplicate voting. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday congratulated Peter Magyar and his Tisza Party on their decisive victory in Hungary’s parliamentary elections, marking a significant political shift in the European nation. In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, “Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Peter Magyar...

Thiruvananthapuram: Dismissing allegations of undue delay, Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Khelkar Monday asserted that there is nothing abnormal in the time taken to release Kerala’s final polling figures, stressing that the data is not being deliberately withheld. He said the figures would be published...

New Delhi: In a major development, security forces neutralised a top female Naxalite leader in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. The deceased has been identified as Rupi, an Area Committee Member (ACM) in the Naxalite hierarchy. A bounty of Rs 5 lakh had been...

Kolkata: A popular Hindi film industry number featuring superstars Aamir Khan and Madhuri Dixit has become the tool of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to spread the message of the Commission’s determination to ensure free and fair and violence-free elections in the forthcoming two-phase...