51+ min ago   (401+ words) CHANDIGARH: The pattern of drug smuggling in Punjab is changing as the availability of 'street heroin' has declined sharply, while pharmaceutical drugs are increasingly being smuggled into the state from other states. This has emerged as a new challenge for…...

23+ min ago   (310+ words) NEW DELHI: Six people, including women and children, were injured after they jumped from a building in panic when a fire broke out in an adjacent godown-cum-factory in northwest Delhi's Swaroop Nagar on Sunday, police said. Another fire broke out…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (260+ words) BENGALURU: Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday accused the BJP of attempting to provoke communal sentiments in the name of Ganeshotsava and create unrest in society, even as he assured that the government would not impose unnecessary restrictions on…...

56+ min ago   (405+ words) CHANDIGARH: Two shooters allegedly working for United Kingdom-based gangster Doni Bal were shot dead in an encounter with the Punjab Police and the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in Ludhiana on Sunday. The two men were allegedly on their way to…...

27+ min ago   (250+ words) NEW DELHI: The defence ministry’s annual report has set out the induction timeline for the Indian Air Force's second tranche of indigenous Tejas fighters, with deliveries of 97 LCA Mk1A aircraft scheduled between September 2027 and September 2033, even as not a single jet…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (322+ words) DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Bhatt on Sunday accused the Congress of “double standards” over its objections to the use of the expression “Rahul Miya”, claiming that the opposition party had long pursued minority appeasement politics....

3+ hour, 22+ min ago   (271+ words) The West Bengal government has ordered the closure of 252 madrassas and issued show-cause notices to around 100 others following a state-wide survey that found several institutions lacked the required approvals and basic infrastructure, officials said on Sunday. Minority Affairs and Madrasah…...

12+ hour, 20+ min ago   (271+ words) The New Indian Express Uttarakhand is preparing a month-long “Seva Sankalp” campaign from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17 to October 17, blending public service with the Viksit Bharat 2047 pitch The Chief Minister said 11 activities…...

9+ hour, 34+ min ago   (259+ words) BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhakta Charan Das on Saturday demanded a white paper from the BJP government on actual investments made and jobs created in the state since June 2024. Questioning the credibility of the investment claims during the…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (246+ words) PUDUKKOTTAI: Former minister and Thirumayam DMK MLA S Regupathy on Saturday said he had urged the then chief minister M K Stalin to name TVK leader C Joseph Vijay as the accused in the case relating to the Karur incident,…...