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New Delhi: The government Saturday hiked export duty, or windfall tax, on diesel to Rs 55.5 per litre and on aviation fuel ATF to Rs 42 a litre. The duty hikes would be applicable with immediate effect, the finance ministry said in a notification. The...

Lucknow: More than 2.04 crore voters have been removed from Uttar Pradesh's electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with deletions largely concentrated in urban centres and a higher proportion involving women voters. Over 84 lakh new voters were added, taking the final...

New Delhi: An India-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker, Jag Vikram, has crossed the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first such transit by an Indian vessel since a temporary two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, according to ship-tracking data. The tanker...

Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old unemployed youth from Odisha's Bhubaneswar has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with alleged online radicalisation activities linked to social media platforms, officials said Saturday. According to a joint press statement issued by Suresh Dev Datta Singh, Deputy...

Mirzapur: A 45-year-old lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur Saturday, with the attackers briefly struggling to flee after their motorcycle failed to start, police said. The incident created panic in the area, not only among residents but also for the...

Mathura (UP): The boat that capsized in the Yamuna river Friday, leaving 10 tourists dead, 22 injured and five missing, has been retrieved, and no bodies have been found trapped underneath it, said a senior police officer involved in the search and rescue operation. The...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday conducted a raid again at the residence of former West Bengal education minister and former Trinamool Congress secretary general, Partha Chatterjee, in south Kolkata. On Saturday morning, the ED reached Partha's house in Naktala with a large contingent of...

New Delhi: United States Ambassador to India Sergio Gor Friday said he had a “productive interaction” with US Secretary of State Wright and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in New Delhi, focusing on the future of US‑India energy cooperation. The meeting comes in the backdrop of...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, LoP Rahul Gandhi and several parliamentarians paid floral tributes to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule on his birth anniversary at the Parliament Complex Saturday. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Leader of Opposition in the...

Port Louis: India Friday underscored the necessity of a swift return to peace in West Asia as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar described the crisis as "deeply" concerning and underscored New Delhi's unwavering stance against the targeting of civilians, infrastructure, and global trade routes. In...