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Lucknow: The three-storey commercial building where a tragic fire claimed 15 lives was issued a demolition order in 2016 over unauthorised construction, but the order was revoked less than two months later, the UP government has said in a statement. The building, located in Sector...

Washington: The US has formally notified the proposed sale of sustainment support services and related equipment for India's Apache helicopters and M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers at an estimated cost of USD 482.2 million. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which administers the Foreign Military Sales (FMS)...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Monday condoled the loss of lives in a fire at coaching centre in Lucknow and met the injured in a hospital. He also announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the family members of those...

Kolkata: For the first time since the TMC was founded by Mamata Banerjee in 1998, a rebel faction Monday "replaced" her as the party chairperson and elected senior MLA Arup Roy to the post, while unveiling a parallel leadership structure and taking the battle for...

Lucknow: Fifteen people were "brought dead" at a hospital and seven injured were undergoing treatment after a massive fire gutted a three-floor commercial building housing an animation centre Monday, according to a hospital official. Dr Anil Agrawal, Medical Superintendent, Trauma Centre, KGMU, said that "21...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside an Allahabad High Court judgment and a Labour Court award directing the reinstatement of a worker with back wages, holding that an employee who remained absent without authorisation and failed to substantiate his claims could not be...

Mumbai: In a major political upheaval in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena Monday executed “Operation Tiger,” engineering a split within Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT). Six Lok Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) from the UBT faction have formally joined the Shinde camp. The six...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a major fire at a coaching centre in Uttar Pradesh’s capital, Lucknow, and announced ex gratia for the victims. "Anguished by the loss of lives in a fire mishap in...

New Delhi: The Central Drugs Laboratories found 46 drug samples manufactured by various firms to be "not of standard quality (NSQ)" in its monthly drug alert for May, health ministry officials said Monday. Further, the State Drugs Testing Laboratories have identified 113 drug samples as...

New Delhi: Revised physical marksheets of students whose Class-XII scores changed after verification or re-evaluation will be made available at the CBSE's regional offices in due course, sources said Monday. Candidates will be required to surrender their old original marksheets before the issuance of the...