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The special court in Lucknow had passed an order on Friday, proclaiming then SP Manilal Patidar, inspector Devendra Shukla and constable Arun Yadav as absconders under the Code of Criminal Procedure, Mahoba district Additional Superintendent of Police Raj...

Sonia Gandhi said the 'million lamps illuminating India and our hearts on this festival of lights would end the gloom of pandemic, darkness of economic recession and distress being caused to fellow citizens'.

In 1894, the double-coconut tree — mainly found in two islands in Seychelles — was planted by the British at Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Howrah district in Bengal. Since then, it has become a main attraction for visitors because...

Joe Biden said in a speech that he had received a letter from an Indian Biden after becoming a senator in 1972, suggesting they could be related.

India celebrates Children’s day on November 14 to commemorate India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday.

According to sources, a total of 600 men in uniform are part of PM Modi's Diwali celebration, which includes Army, IAF and BSF officials. Modi arrived in Jaisalmer's Longewala post around 9:30am. He is accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and...

Coronavirus cases in Delhi have registered a sudden spike since October 28 when the daily infection breached the 5,000-mark for the first time and it crossed the 8,000-mark on Thursday, also for the first time.

In a joint release, Western and Central Railways, which operate the suburban system in MMR, said permission has been granted with immediate effect.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal held the meeting with representatives of various farmers unions at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi.

Belagere, who was known best for the tabloid Hi Bangalore! founded in the mid-1990s, suffered a heart attack while in his office late Thursday night and died the following morning. He was 62. He is survived by two wives, two sons and two daughters.

The High Court has directed the state (on Thursday) to immediately ban the sale and use of fireworks by the people and organisations and to immediately clamp down and close shops which are selling fireworks, a Government Order (GO), dated November 12, sai...

Kamra's statement comes a day after Attorney General K K Venugopal consented to the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against him for a series of tweets following the apex court giving interim bail to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami.

On Friday morning, Pakistani soldiers reportedly used small arms and mortar shelling to target army positions in Gurez, Tangdhar and Uri sectors. It is not known what led to the current escalation, but firing started all of a sudden in the three sectors.

Even with daily testing numbers remaining at very high levels of more than a million per day, India’s weekly test positivity is under five per cent, the threshold suggested by the World Health Organisation to get out of lockdown.

The neighbouring cities of Faridabad (327), Ghaziabad (360), Noida (331), Greater Noida (329), and Gurgaon (328), which fall in the National Capital Region (NCR), also recorded their AQI is the 'very poor' category.

Hindus worship Goddess Lakshmi and offer their prayers for wealth and prosperity on this day. After the puja, people light diyas and exchange sweets and gifts among families, friends, and relatives.