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NEW DELHI: India’s leading private sector lender — ICICI Bank — has posted a strong set of numbers in the second quarter of the current financial year, signaling a sustained recovery of the banking sector as well as the economy. ICICI…

SHIMLA: A government school in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district was closed after its 15 students tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, officials said. Overall 258 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in the state in the past 24…

CHANDIGARH: A US-based NGO Sahaita has come to the rescue of 70 families of farmers who died during the farmers’ agitation going on for the past 11 months on the borders of Delhi. Sahaita, founded in 2005 having chapters in India and…

BHUBANESWAR: As national BJP leaders joined the chorus demanding ouster of Minister of State for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra, BJP Mahila Morcha hit the streets on Saturday and engaged in a scuffle with Commissionerate police on their way to…

World's largest cricket bat, certified by Guinness World Records, was unveiled in Hyderbad on Saturday by the former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin. The bat, gifted by the beverage company Pernod Ricard India Private Limited to the…

SRINAGAR:  On his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after Article 370’s revocation, union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday talked tough while reviewing the security situation after the recent targeted killings and asked security agencies…

BHUBANESWAR:  As slow pace of second dose vaccination emerged as a concern amid steady rise in new cases, Odisha government has planned to deploy special vax teams in districts with less than 30 per cent vaccination coverage. While more…

CHANDIGARH:  With an eye on the Hindu and Scheduled Caste votes, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and his wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal have been visiting temples and Dalit places of worship in poll-bound Punjab. The state has the highest density…

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 24 (UNI/Xinhua) Malaysia reported 5,828 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 2,426,050, according to the health ministry. Seven of the new cases are imported, with 5,821 being…

Washington, Oct 23 (UNI/Sputnik) Eight people were injured in a shooting incident on Saturday night near a student campus of the Fort Valley State University in the US state of Georgia, one person died, local authorities said. "The GBI is…