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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Jal Shakti Saturday praised Odisha for completing 905 rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge structures under the Catch the Rain 2026 campaign. Of these, 849 are rooftop rainwater harvesting structures — 21 in government buildings and 828 in private buildings —...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Saturday said he hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his next video message will apologise to women protesters for the alleged police excesses during the July 20 march to Parliament. Dipke was responding to Modi's video...

Kolkata: The alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative arrested by the West Bengal STF had planned to target Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and carry out sabotage at the recent students' protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar by wearing a police uniform, a senior officer of the unit said in...

New Delhi: Stepping up his campaign against the use of E20 petrol, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday announced that he would march to the Prime Minister's residence August 4 to submit a petition containing two lakh signatures collected through an online campaign. Addressing a "National...

Jammu: At least two residential houses and as many shops were damaged, while two cars were swept away after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the Chatroo area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district early Saturday, officials said. Persistent rain has also disrupted normal life...

New Delhi: Vice Admiral A N Pramod, who as the Director General Naval Operations (DGNO) was closely involved in the planning, preparedness and operational readiness of the Indian Navy during Operation Sindoor, Saturday took charge as the new Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, officials...

New Delhi: Air Marshal Tejpal Singh, a fighter pilot with over 3,500 hours of flying experience,  Saturday took charge as the new Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, officials said. The air officer succeeds Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, who superannuated Friday after 39 years...

Leh: Ladakh Police Saturday registered a zero FIR against a social media influencer over the circulation of a Facebook video in which allegedly objectionable remarks have been made against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, officials said. The case has been registered against Yogesh Parmar under...

New Delhi: A foreign national, whose nationality is unverified, cannot be deported unless his home country confirms the nationality and agrees to accept him, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The submission was made in an affidavit filed before the top court by the...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise to the country's students for giving them a "corrupt" exam system and that they don't want his "forgiveness". In a post on X, Gandhi said the Prime Minister has the audacity...