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'I am absorbing every knowledge like a sponge for India’s upcoming space missions': Shubhanshu Shukla tells PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday engaged in an informal conversation with Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is ...
BJP leader seeks police investigation in Kolkata gang rape case, says CBI probe in RG Kar case was flawed
KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP general secretary and MLA Agnimitra Paul on Saturday demanded a police investigation into the Kasba ...
JD(U) leader from Nalanda resigns ahead of Bihar assembly polls, joins Jan Suraaj Party
PATNA: In a political setback for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), senior party leader Dharmendra ...
BJP expels former Uttarakhand MLA Suresh Rathore for six years over public bigamy admission
DEHRADUN: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expelled its former MLA from Uttarakhand, Suresh Rathore, for a period of six ...
‘Yoga Guru’ ashram linked to foreign funding, running as drug operative centre in Chhattisgarh
RAIPUR: Self-styled ‘yoga guru’ who returned from Goa a few months ago to establish a sprawling Ashram in Chhattisgarh’s ...
435 maoists killed in 18 months of anti-naxal operations in Chhattisgarh; 48 were women: official data
Over the past 18 months, security forces have achieved significant success in anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, ...
Heavy rains trigger major landslides across Uttarakhand, Yamunotri highway blocked
DEHRADUN: Heavy rainfall late Friday night triggered a significant landslide near Poligad on the Yamunotri National Highway, ...
Punjab cadre 1989-batch IPS Parag Jain appointed R&AW chief
The government on Saturday issued an order appointing 1989-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Punjab Cadre Parag Jain as the next Secretary ...
Woman held for killing husband with help of lover in Bihar's Aurangabad
PATNA: In a resemblance to the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case, a woman from Bihar’s Aurangabad district has been arrested for allegedly plotting and executing ...
Israel bombs residential block in Gaza City killing at least 20, including 9 children; over 81 killed in Gaza today
Israel on Saturday bombed a heavily populated residential block in Gaza City's al-Tuffah neighbourhood killing at least 20 Palestinians, including nine children ...
Burnt cash case: Why SC panel recommended HC judge’s impeachment
When Parliament convenes for its monsoon session on July 21, one issue on which there ought to be wide consensus is the impeachment of former Delhi High Court j ...