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New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Monday the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state scheduled to be held this year. As per the cause list...

Mumbai: The Indian equity markets opened the week with gainsMonday amid more clarity on the India-US interim trade framework and improvements in domestic fundamentals and easing of geopolitical uncertainties. As of 9.25 am, Sensex added 370 points, or 0.44 per cent, to reach 83,950, and...

Chennai: An Indian-built private satellite, AFR, belonging to Azista Space, has captured a non-earth image of the International Space Station (ISS) while in orbit, a senior official said. The 80-kg AFR satellite, launched in 2023, snapped images of the ISS in sunlit conditions at ranges...

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the Centre, state governments, and several statutory authorities on a plea seeking comprehensive directions to address the rising incidents of forest fires across the country. A bench, headed by Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, and...

New Delhi:  A major protest was held at Jantar Mantar Sunday as students, activists and concerned citizens gathered to demand accountability and justice over the death of a NEET aspirant from Bihar, an incident that has sparked outrage and raised serious questions about student safety...

Faridabad: Police arrested a swing operator and one of his staff members Sunday, a day after an on-duty inspector died and 12 others got injured when a giant 'Tsunami' swing snapped mid-air and collapsed at the Surajkund fairgrounds. The tragedy struck the 39th Surajkund International...

Mumbai: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Sunday said the Sangh had asked him to continue working despite his age, while stressing that he would step down from the post whenever the organisation directs him to do so. He also said that the person heading the Sangh...

Visakhapatnam/Sonepur: At least two persons were killed and five others injured when a car travelling from Odisha to Visakhapatnam rammed into a stationary vehicle in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district Sunday. Police said the accident occurred on the National Highway near Palavalasa in Nandigam mandal. The...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sunday alleged that Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, his British wife Elizabeth Colburn and Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh have a "deeper connection", and information from IB was secretly provided to the neighbouring nation. Addressing a press conference here...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Sunday said adequate safeguards are in place in the trade agreement with the US to protect the interests of farmers and the domestic industry from any significant increase in imports. The trade deal with the US will...