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New Delhi: Jharkhand minister Sudivya Kumar died at Mercy Hospital in Giridih after his health suddenly deteriorated late Saturday night, plunging the city into grief. The minister breathed his last at the hospital located near the city’s bus stand, where he had been brought after...

New Delhi: Acknowledging that China presents a long-term and comprehensive challenge to India, former CDS Anil Chauhan Saturday said the boundary issue with the northern neighbour remains unresolved, and there's no mutually agreed definition even on the Line of Actual Control, but New Delhi's ties...

New Delhi: Congress Saturday appointed Sachin Pilot as general secretary in-charge of poll-bound Punjab, replacing Bhupesh Baghel, who has been shifted to Assam in the same position. The party has also appointed Randeep Singh Surjewala as general secretary in-charge of Gujarat. He will, however, continue...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asserted that India is not only growing at 7.8 per cent but also creating employment opportunities despite wars and disruptions, demonstrating the country's strength, and said that those responsible for pushing the economy into the "fragile five" cannot...

New Delhi: Population enumeration for Census 2027 will take place in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and parts of Uttarakhand from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027, the Registrar General of India said Saturday, advancing the exercise in the states likely to go to polls...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant emphasised the importance of a culture of healthy disagreement and deliberations at the BRICS Chief Justices' Forum Saturday. Addressing the gathering of heads of delegations and delegates from the BRICS member states and partner countries on...

New Delhi: Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj was Saturday produced before a Delhi court's judge, who remanded him to one-day police custody. According to court sources, Bhardwaj was produced at the residence of Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler at around 2 pm. His legal...

Lucknow: The NIA filed a charge sheet against 13 accused in the Special Court, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with the Ghaziabad Espionage case that involved passing on sensitive information about prohibited areas to sources in an enemy country, an official said Saturday. It has...

Srinagar: The terrorist killed in Operation Ashdar by the joint forces Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district was Saturday identified as a Pakistani national and a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). J&K Police said Saturday that the terrorist killed during Operation Ashdar in Budgam...

New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against media baron Subhash Chandra for allegedly inflating his net worth to avail loans from the Life Insurance Corporation Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL) and then becoming a defaulter, causing a loss of more than Rs 1,322 crore...