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New Delhi: A thick layer of toxic smog blanketed Delhi Saturday, with the air quality index slipping into the 'severe' category at 431, the worst recorded so far this year. The 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 431, according to the Central Pollution...

Kolkata: The police Saturday detained Satadru Datta, the prime organiser of the Lionel Messi football event at Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata, following widespread chaos at the venue, which prompted the Argentine World Cup-winning captain to leave the field early. Datta was detained for alleged...

New Delhi: The Congress will step up its campaign over the "vote chori" issue with a rally at the Ramlila Maidan here Sunday and seek to put the government and the Election Commission in the dock for "colluding" to allegedly rig elections. Congress president Mallikarjun...

New Delhi: Supreme Court has refused to entertain the bail plea of Mihir Shah, the son of a former Shiv Sena leader, in the 2024 Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case, saying "these boys need to be taught a lesson". A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and...

New Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Saturday questioned the Centre's reported move to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), arguing that such an exercise would lead to avoidable expenditure of public resources without delivering any tangible benefit to the people....

Kolkata: Stating that she was shocked and deeply disturbed by the mismanagement at the Lionel Messi event in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Saturday announced the constitution of a high-level committee to probe the incident. Banerjee said she was on the way to the Salt...

Kolkata: Thousands braved the December chill and waited past midnight to give a rousing welcome to Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi as he arrived in Kolkata for his whirlwind three-day, four-city GOAT India Tour 2025. The Barcelona legend's 2.26 am touchdown in the early hours...

Jammu: Border Security Force (BSF) foiled an alleged infiltration bid along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu district Friday and arrested a "suspected person" with a modified AK-type rifle and ammunition, police officials said. The accused -- identified as Abdul Khalik -- was arrested over alleged...

New Delhi: Government has exclusive powers in extraordinary circumstances to cap airfares but it is not a single-way solution, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said Friday amid rising concerns over high air ticket prices. Replying to a debate on a private member's resolution on...

Panaji: Authorities in Thailand are initiating the process to deport Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the nightclub in Goa where 25 people were killed in a fire December 6, government sources said Friday. As the state police are probing the tragedy, a local...