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New Delhi: Aircraft accident probe agency AAIB Friday issued an interim statement on the probe into Air India's AI171 plane crash that killed 260 people June 12 last year, and said the final report will be released upon completion of all investigative activities, requisite international...

Mumbai: India's forex reserves dropped USD 711 million to USD 681.610 billion during the week ended June 5 due to a sharp decline in foreign currency reserves, the RBI said Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had jumped USD 938 million to...

New Delhi: India Friday summoned US charge d'affaires Jason Meeks and told him that the American military's "lethal and deadly" strikes on commercial vessels with Indian crew members off the coast of Oman are "unacceptable". Meeks was summoned to the headquarters of the Ministry of...

New Delhi: Retail inflation inched up in May to 3.93 per cent compared to 3.48 per cent in the preceding month due to higher food prices, according to official data released Friday. Consumer Price Index-based inflation in the food basket was 4.78 per cent in...

New Delhi: In a temporary relief for Hindi film actor Salman Khan, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has stayed proceedings initiated against him before a District Consumer Commission in a complaint related to an allegedly misleading pan masala advertisement. The commission passed the interim...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) Friday announced a series of student-friendly measures for NEET (UG) 2026, including additional rough-work space, and an extended examination window. The medical entrance examination is scheduled to be held June 21. According to the NTA, the examination will...

Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons for June 17 to Veena T, the daughter of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said Friday. She had sought deferment of her first summons for June 12, citing...

New Delhi: The government has restricted industrial, commercial and institutional users from buying petrol and diesel from petrol pumps and instead asked them to source their requirements from bulk sale points, according to an official order. The restrictions, which will be in place for up...

Bhubaneswar: A nine-member delegation from the Rajasthan Urban Drinking Water Sewerage and Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (RUIDP), Jaipur, praised Odisha’s achievements in urban service delivery during a visit to Bhubaneswar and Puri under an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-supported exposure programme to study the state’s best practices...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Thursday announced free bus travel for NEET-UG candidates appearing for the re-examination. The Commerce and Transport Department has issued a notification in this regard. Candidates will be allowed to travel free of cost on OSRTC buses by showing their admit cards. The...