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Panaji: A preliminary inquiry into the devastating nightclub fire in Goa suggests that electric firecrackers were set off inside the premises, sparking a blaze that claimed 25 lives, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said. The North Goa-based nightclub teeming with revellers turned into a death...

Ernakulam: Malyalam actor Dileep, who was acquitted of charges in the 2017 actress abduction and sexual assault case, said Monday that it was a cooked-up case by the police that had failed in the court. “In the court, the cooked-up story of the police failed,”...

Erode: After district police denied permission citing space and security concerns, TVK, the party of actor-politician Vijay, Monday filed a fresh application seeking approval to hold his proposed public rally in Erode December 16, signalling its determination to go ahead with the key campaign event...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea seeking judicial intervention into cancellation of hundreds of flights by IndiGo, saying the Centre has taken note of the situation and has taken steps to address it. The top court said it...

Mumbai: Over 250 IndiGo flights were cancelled from Delhi and Bengaluru airports Monday as the disruptions in the crisis-hit airline's flight operations entered the seventh day, sources said. In another development, aviation safety regulator DGCA in an order on Sunday late evening extended the time...

New York/Washington: The annual defence policy bill of the US has highlighted broadening America's engagement with India, including through the Quad, to advance the shared objective of a free and open Indo-Pacific region and address the challenge posed by China. The National Defence Authorisation Act...

Balaghat (MP): Ten hardcore Naxalites carrying a collective bounty of Rs 2.36 crore have surrendered in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district, prompting Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to declare Dindori and Mandla completely free from Naxal influence. The Naxalites, including four women, laid down their modern weapons,...

New Delhi: Congress MP Manish Tewari has introduced a private member's bill in Lok Sabha that seeks to allow parliamentarians to take an independent line in voting on bills and motions other than those affecting the government's stability in a bid to free them from...

Panaji: A jampacked nightclub in North Goa turned into a death trap around midnight as a massive fire tore through it, claiming 25 lives and bringing to the fore illegalities along with the laxity of government officials in enforcing rules. Fireworks were the likely cause...

Punjab: Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu has sparked a political row by saying “one needs Rs 500 crore for the chief minister's chair”, with the BJP and AAP claiming her comments exposed the “ugly truth” of how the grand old party functions, and the “money...