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Noida: Noida Authority CEO Lokesh M. has been removed from his post and placed on the waiting list following the death of a 27-year-old software engineer who fell into a water-filled ditch in Sector 150. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of...

New Delhi: India and the European Union are set to announce the conclusion of a free trade agreement, firming up of a defence partnership pact and a framework for mobility of Indian professionals at the summit talks next week, diplomatic sources said Monday. European Council...

New Delhi: Nitin Nabin is set to become the BJP national president as he emerged as the sole candidate for the top party post, senior BJP leader and returning officer K Laxman announced Monday. In a statement, he said 37 sets of nomination papers were...

New Delhi: TVK chief Vijay was Monday questioned for six hours by the CBI here in the Karur stampede case, officials said. Vijay was earlier grilled for six hours at the CBI headquarters January 12. He was asked to come again January 13, but the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday received United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Delhi airport, signalling the importance India attached to his visit. Al Nahyan will be in the national capital for less than two hours, according to...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday refused to suspend the 10-year jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor's father on the grounds of delay in trial, saying it was partly caused by...

Noida: Following the death of a 27-year-old software engineer whose car plunged into a water-filled pit at a construction site in Sector 150, the Noida Authority has terminated the services of a junior engineer and issued show-cause notices to other officials responsible for traffic-related works...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission (EC) Monday to display the names of those on the "logical discrepancies" list at gram panchayat bhavans, block offices of talukas and ward offices in West Bengal. The court noted that 1.25 crore voters in the...

Srinagar: An earthquake, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale, occurred Monday with the epicentre in the Leh area of the Ladakh region, and the shocks were felt in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir with varying intensity. Mukhtar Ahmad, Director of the local MET Department, told...

New Delhi: Highlighting the challenges of cross-border terrorism faced by India, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Monday urged Poland to display zero tolerance for terrorism and not help fuel the terrorist infrastructure in India's neighbourhood. In his opening remarks during a meeting with Polish...