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Dehradun : Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday flagged off the 'Run for Kargil Heroes' marathon in Dehradun ahead of Kargil Vijay Diwas, paying tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives during the 1999 Kargil…

Los Angeles : Filmmaker Chuck Russell, best known for directing 'The Mask', 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors' and 'The Blob', has died at the age of 74, according to E News. Russell died on July 22, his wife, actress Ania…

New Delhi : The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has demanded that the Delhi Police immediately stop detaining, intimidating or preventing citizens from reaching Jantar Mantar, alleging that an atmosphere of "fear and siege" has been created…

New Delhi : Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated the students' demand for the removal of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET irregularities, asserting that the demands were…

New Delhi : Liquor shops across Delhi will operate with reduced timings over the weekend, closing at 8 PM instead of the usual 10 PM, as the Delhi government has imposed precautionary restrictions in view of the ongoing student protest at…

Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to him over the prevailing flood situation in the state, adding that the PM assured the people here of every possible support. In…

Mumbai : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday appealed to party workers and supporters to participate in the 'Tiranga March' being held in Mumbai on July 26 in support of students protesting against the alleged…

New Delhi : The 21-year-old woman admitted to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital in critical condition following the reported protest-related incident is showing steady clinical improvement and is presently stable. In a health update, the…

New Delhi : Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, on Saturday questioned the presence of police personnel at Medanta Hospital and outside his ICU, asking under what authority they were restricting access to him if a court had…

Pune : The Maharashtra Police on Saturday arrested the prime accused in the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak case from Patna, Bihar, and brought him to Maharashtra for further investigation, officials said. The main…

Navsari : The Indian Army launched intensive Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations on Saturday, successfully rescuing 57 people at Tata High School Ring Road in Navsari and safely evacuating 23 vulnerable civilians to a…

New Delhi : Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a swipe at the government over the NEET paper leak issue, saying that merely making superficial changes would not be enough and that the entire system needs to be changed. In…

Mumbai : Actress Akansha Puri has alleged that she was offered money, flight tickets and hotel accommodation to join and support the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar, claiming she was also asked to post reels about it.…

New Delhi : Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said that repeated invasions and British rule led Indians to accept ideas that were not part of their traditions, asserting that the British "completely changed our…

Ramban : Following continuous heavy rainfall across the upper catchment areas of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts, multiple gates of the Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project Dam on the Chenab River have been opened to regulate the…

New Delhi : Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, on Saturday, provided an update on his health, announcing that he has contracted typhoid but vowed that the ongoing nationwide demonstrations seeking the resignation of Union…

Pandharpur : Lakhs of Warkaris (pilgrims) thronged the banks of the Chandrabhaga River in Pandharpur on Saturday as the annual Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage culminated on Ashadhi Ekadashi. Large numbers of pilgrims took a holy dip in the…

NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday successfully carried out the maiden flight-test of the indigenous ‘Kusha’ Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that the Centre has prepared a comprehensive draft legislation to introduce stricter provisions and harsher punishments for paper leak cases, with the proposal set to be…

New Delhi : Union Health Minister JP Nadda said late Thursday that the government is positive about not registering cases against those protesting peacefully at Jantar Mantar and those participating in the march to the Parliament on…