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New Delhi: Two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indian nationals have been hijacked by pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, a senior shipping ministry official said Friday. He said that according to the latest information, the Indian crew members are safe....

Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was shifted back to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi Friday morning after undergoing a medical examination at a private hospital in Islamabad, where he was taken from prison in compliance with a Supreme Court order. Khan, 73, was moved...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Thursday warned of strict action against auto-rickshaw drivers allegedly involved in violence during a protest by app-based drivers of Ola, Uber and Rapido in Bhubaneswar, including cancellation of driving licences and recovery of losses caused by the unrest. Housing and Urban Development...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have so far arrested 113 people for their alleged involvement in the violence during a protest of app-based cab and auto-rickshaw drivers and motorcycle riders in Bhubaneswar, officials said Thursday. While 113 people have been arrested and forwarded to the court, another...

Kolkata: Tension broke out at Jadavpur University (JU) campus in South Kolkata on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday over clashes between the Students' Federation of India (SFI), the CPI(M)'s students’ wing and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The tension between the two...

MANOJ KUMAR JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: The ongoing strike by app-based cab drivers and bike riders turned violent at Lower PMG here on the third day Wednesday when the protesters reportedly threw stones at police personnel and vandalised more than 15 government-run Ama Buses and other...

Kolkata: At least nine people, including a four-year-old child, died and six were injured in an early Wednesday fire at a dingy five-storey building on Mirza Galib Street in central Kolkata that housed several hotels, police said. Five fire tenders were pressed into service to...

New Delhi: Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and ex-Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai (IAS) are among six persons arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would constitute a high-powered committee comprising retired judges, a former DGP, an ex-CBI director and others to examine allegations of police excesses against student protesters in Delhi. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...

Ayodhya: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged theft of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has given a clean chit to former Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai and former Trust member Anil Mishra. Both Rai and Mishra...