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Mumbai: Over 100 eminent artistes and writers got together on Friday to demand dismissal of charges levelled against stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui and four others for allegedly hurting religious sentiments....

New Delhi: The Centre has raised the upper ceiling of family pension from Rs 45,000 to Rs 1,25,000 per month. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that this far-reaching reform...

New Delhi: ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and MapmyIndia, an Indian navigation solutions provider, have joined hands to offer an indigenous mapping solution to take on Google Maps. MapmyIndia CEO...

Bhind: Films have been made on Phoolan Devi and dacoits of Chambal belt in Madhya Pradesh. Now, a museum is coming up in Bhind, where Phoolan Devi’s guns, Nirbhay Gujjar’s...

Chennai: At least 8 people are feared dead after a massive fire broke out at a firecracker factory at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu on Friday. More than 14 workers are...

Bhubaneswar: Schools have partially reopened with COVID-19 norms in place and the Board examination schedule has been declared. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has now come up with...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and several social media platforms, including Twitter, on a plea seeking directions for devising a mechanism to check...

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday announced that senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge will replace Ghulam Nabi Azad as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. The party has...

New Delhi: Death owing to custodial violence is abhorrent and not acceptable in a civilised society, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. “The custodial violence on the deceased which led...

Thakurnagar: Even before Amit Shah’s helicopter touched down at Thakurnagar helipad, some two kilometres away from the venue, the buzz was that Union home minister Amit Shah would make some...