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Bhubaneswar: Five minor tribal girls from Odisha have been rescued from Hyderabad and the prime accused in the trafficking case arrested, police said Wednesday. The girls belonged to economically disadvantaged tribal communities, including Kandha and Saura, and had dropped out of school, they said. The...

New Delhi: A Delhi court has convicted alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar for impersonating a sitting Supreme Court judge to influence a special judge for bail in a corruption case in 2017, describing the act as a "direct affront" to the independence and sanctity of the...

Ranchi: The LJP (Ram Vilas) has appointed its lone Jharkhand MLA Janardan Paswan as president of the state unit, said a statement issued Wednesday. Paswan represents the Chatra constituency in the Jharkhand assembly. I thank the party's national president Chirag Paswan for the new responsibility....

Chandigarh: The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) Wednesday urged the US administration to ensure a fair and individual review of cases amid reports that it is considering revoking up to 200,000 B1 and B2 visas issued to foreign nationals who later applied for asylum. NAPA...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday attacked the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of adopting "double standards" over his recent "smash the patriarchy" remark and claimed that the 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event in Pune was organised to "cover-up the misogynistic...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA)  Wednesday announced that the final answer keys and results of 84 subjects of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) and two other major examinations, will be released this week. In a post on X, the NTA said:...

New Delhi: India is not facing a sugar shortage as adequate stocks are available to meet domestic demand until the new crushing season begins in October, the government said Wednesday. It clarified that the share of sugar diverted for ethanol production has declined from around...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs and sought their replies within seven days on petitions filed by TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee seeking their disqualification under the anti-defection law, sources said. The notices, dated August 25, forwarded a...

New Delhi: BJP leaders Wednesday criticised New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his remarks concerning an upcoming RSS event in the city, with BJP leader and Senior Advocate Nalin Kohli saying that opposing the event was inconsistent with Mamdani’s stated position on pluralism. Kohli said...

New Delhi: The April 29 meeting headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Pahalgam attack decided that "we should teach Pakistan a big lesson" with an "unthinkable" action because India will not tolerate cross-border terrorism and it must end, former CDS Gen Anil Chauhan...