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New Delhi: The Indian Air Force will carry out a two-day mega military exercise along the border with Pakistan from Wednesday that will involve all the frontline fighter jets, including Rafale, Su-30 and Jaguar aircraft, sources in the defence establishment said Tuesday. The exercise is...

New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has sought details from the commanding officer of its Pahalgam unit, who, along with his quick action team commandos, was the first to reach Baisaran meadow where terrorists shot 26 people dead April 22, sources said. They...

Kolkata: Azad Mullick, the Pakistani citizen who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last month from Kolkata in connection with the multi-crore fake passport racket operating in West Bengal, has voted twice, first in 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls and then again in the...

New Delhi: India continues its steady rise on the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 130 out of 193 countries in the 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) released Tuesday by the UN Development Programme. Between 2022 and 2023, India improved its HDI ranking from 133 to...

Jammu: Four people were killed while 42 others were injured Tuesday in a bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Poonch district. Officials said that a bus carrying passengers met with an accident near Ghani Mendhar in Poonch district Tuesday. “Two passengers died on the...

New Delhi: Slamming Mallikarjun Kharge for alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his trip to Jammu and Kashmir due to an adverse intelligence report days before the Pahalgam attack last month, the BJP said the Congress president could not have made a more irresponsible...

Ranchi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cancelled his Kashmir visit after "receiving an intelligence report three days before" the Pahalgam terror attack last month. He also claimed that the Centre accepted "intelligence failure" in an all-party meeting and...

Bhopal: After decades of lingering uncertainty, the disposal of "307 tonnes of toxic waste" (earlier 347 tonnes) from the infamous Bhopal gas tragedy has begun in Pithampur. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had already issued directives in this regard earlier. "The process began from evening...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Tuesday held an interaction with Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati here, its first meeting with a political party as part of an initiative to push for greater and regular engagement with different stakeholders. BSP's national general secretary Satish Chandra Misra...

New Delhi: Close to 300 'civil defence districts' with sensitive installations like nuclear plants, military bases, refineries, and hydroelectric dams will be covered by mock drills on air-raid warning sirens, civilian training for a "hostile attack" and cleaning of bunkers and trenches. How to conduct...