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New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday refused to stay the Meghalaya High Court order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of murdering her husband during their honeymoon in 2025. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Sheel Nagu expressed reservations over the high court order but...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Police Friday arrested three persons in connection with the stone quarry boulder collapse at Madapattana village in Bengaluru South taluk that claimed the lives of seven workers. The arrested accused have been identified as Panduranga, owner of Sai Ram Crusher; Lokesh, the quarry...

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports regarding the death of at least 16 labourers and injuries to 20 others after an under-construction warehouse building collapsed in the Taratala area of Kolkata, West Bengal. Observing that...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday addressed his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi as his "younger sister" and hailed her as a "visionary and popular leader" while delivering his statement during a joint press meet here. Modi made the remarks in Hindi, and Takaichi, who...

New Delhi: Consumers expecting a reduction in petrol and diesel prices may have to wait longer, as Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said there is no justification for lowering retail fuel prices at this stage. Addressing the issue of fuel...

New Delhi: Board exams may have 50 per cent weightage in crucial admissions presently based on scores of entrance exams like NEET and JEE, according to sources. The possibility is being contemplated with an idea of reducing the high-stakes nature of any exam, be it...

New Delhi: Food safety regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued notices to beverage brands over use of term ‘energy drink’ and alleged misleading claims on product labels, saying no standard has been notified for such products under the food safety...

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk's blood sugar level dropped to 60, and his blood pressure remained low on the fifth day of his hunger strike at Delhi Jantar Mantar Thursday, while Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke announced a "Chai Pe Charcha with Cockroaches"...

Ayodhya (UP): Lawyers of the Faizabad Bar Association Thursday took out a protest march in Ayodhya and submitted a police complaint seeking registration of an FIR against Ram Temple Trust general secretary Champat Rai, trust member Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao over alleged embezzlement of...

New Delhi: India and Japan Thursday unveiled a raft of initiatives, including an economic partnership framework and a defence pact to co-develop military hardware following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi. The two sides also rolled out measures to...