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New Delhi: All FIRs lodged against those who took part in the Cockroach Janta Party-led protests in July will be withdrawn, and no stringent action will be taken against any of them, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said Tuesday. Nadda's remarks came shortly after...

Kolkata: TMC supremo and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's niece Bristi Mukherjee was found hanging at her residence in Birbhum district Tuesday, police said. The body of Bristi Mukherjee (28), the daughter of Banerjee's maternal cousin Nihar Mukherjee, was recovered from a room...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday quashed FIRs registered against student protesters in Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Assam in connection with protests held between July 20 and 25, and directed that similar cases registered across the country will not be pursued or investigated....

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has called off its September 5 protest following developments on the closure of FIRs registered against students who participated in the NEET paper leak protests. CJP co-convenor Saurav Das appeared before a bench...

New Delhi: An IndiGo flight from Goa to Delhi made an emergency return to Goa Tuesday after it faced a “technical issue”. Flight number '6E 2102' departed North Goa at 9:16 am but soon turned back after the crew reported a "technical issue". Air Traffic...

New Delhi: A five-member special bench of insolvency tribunal NCLT Tuesday barred Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra from alienating his properties and issued notices to all parties in a case over a proposed settlement that would allow creditors to recover just about Rs 6.5 crore...

Bishkek: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday called for dismantling the entire ecosystem of terrorism -- financing, recruitment, radicalisation and safe havens. Addressing the 26th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek Tuesday, PM Modi said,...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday lashed out at the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged gang-rape of a minor in a moving bus in Noida, and said there was no chance of any accountability being fixed for the police under...

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has prohibited devotees from carrying camera-enabled mobile phones into 52 major temples across the state from Tuesday, as part of measures to preserve their sanctity and spiritual atmosphere. Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister Ramesh clarified that the restriction applies...

Chandigarh: Hundreds of farmers from Punjab blocked one of the prominent entry points of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, Tuesday for their weeklong protest over demands, comprising guaranteed minimum support prices (MSP) for all crops as per the Dr Swaminathan Commission report....