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New Delhi: Controversial posters referring to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots were put up in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur and Lucknow, triggering a political controversy at a time when tensions over the demolition of an old mosque inside the Saharanpur Collectorate complex are already high. The posters...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday refused to grant six months extension to the High-Powered Committee for submitting its final report on definition and protection of the Aravalli Hills. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana directed...

New Delhi: Hailing ties between India and Luxembourg, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said Monday that the two nations have a "very trusted relationship" and expressed confidence that both can do more in terms of supply chain resilience and diversification. In his opening remarks during...

New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi Monday suspended South Zone Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar and four engineers pending disciplinary proceedings, after a building in south Delhi's Satya Niketan collapsed, killing seven and injuring several others. The order of the copy, accessed by PTI, reads that...

Bengaluru: Seven people were killed in two separate road accidents in Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts of Karnataka, including four members of a family who were returning to Bengaluru after visiting the Tirupati temple Monday. In the first incident, four pilgrims from Bengaluru were killed after...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday said it will await the stand of the central government on a batch of petitions concerning the criminalisation of marital rape before fixing a suitable date for hearing on the issue. Senior advocate Indira Jaising mentioned a petition related to...

New Delhi: The death toll in the building collapse in southwest Delhi's Satya Niketan area rose to seven Monday as search and rescue operations entered the second day. So far, 12 people have been rescued from the debris of the decades-old multi-storey building. National Disaster...

Patna: The monsoon remains active across Bihar, with the Meteorological Department issuing a Yellow Alert for rain in 13 districts Monday. The alert covers West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Vaishali, Samastipur and Supaul. Heavy rainfall has been forecast...

Srinagar: Medical interns of the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) college in Bemina Monday launched a hunger strike over their stipend increase demand. Interns of the MBBS batch 2021 at SKIMS Medical College escalated their stir to intensify the ongoing protest over the demand...

New Delhi: Investigating agencies are probing in-depth the digital trail as Jammu and Kashmir witnesses an increasing number of threat notes and letters being issued to government employees, particularly Kashmiri Pandits. A lesser-known outfit, the United Liberation Council (ULC), which the agencies confirm is a...