More Delhi areas fall under severe AQI category as air pollution worsens
A thick layer of smog enveloped the national capital Wednesday morning as its air quality remained in the 'very poor' category with an overall AQI of 363, while more areas fell into the "severe" zone. The Jahangirpuri monitoring station registered a "severe" Air Quality Index at 418, while Vivek Vihar's reading...
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In majority verdict, SC holds states have power to regulate on industrial alcohol
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Mumbai hotelier's murder in 2001: HC suspends Chhota Rajan's life sentence, grants him bail
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India ready to provide all possible cooperation: PM Modi on ending Ukraine conflict
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Waqf meeting: TMC's Kalyan Banerjee smashes glass bottle during heated exchange with BJP MP
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We are trying to restore the trust: Army chief after India-China talks breakthrough
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China confirms agreement to end standoff in eastern Ladakh
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Hezbollah fires rockets into central Israel
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PM Modi arrives in Kazan for BRICS Summit, to meet President Putin, Xi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived here to attend the 16th BRICS Summit, where he is likely to hold bilateral meetings, including with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. “Landed in Kazan for the BRICS Summit. This is an important Summit, and the discussions here will contribute...
3 CRPF schools get hoax threat email
The CRPF has received a hoax threat e-mail claiming that its three schools in Delhi and Telangana will be targeted by improvised explosives, official sources said Tuesday. The schools-- one each in Rohini and Dwarka of Delhi and one in Medchal near Hyderabad -- are safe and functioning normally, the sources...
Can't imagine a better representative for Wayanad than Priyanka: Rahul Gandhi
A day before Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra files nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he cannot imagine a better representative for the constituency than his sister. Vadra will file her nomination on Wednesday. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul...
East coast braces for cyclone as low pressure strengthens into depression over Bay of Bengal
A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Tuesday morning as it rolled towards the eastern coast with the likelihood of turning into a severe cyclonic storm, the IMD said. In its bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the well-marked low-pressure area over the...
J-K Police counter-intelligence team conducts raids to dismantle new militant outfit
Counter-Intelligence Wing (CIK) of Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday carried out multiple raids in several districts of the valley to dismantle a new militant outfit believed to be an offshoot of the banned organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), officials said. The CIK conducted a major operation, carrying out raids across multiple districts including...
Bengal: Agitating junior docs withdraw hunger strike after meeting with Mamata
Agitating junior doctors on Monday evening withdrew their weeks-long hunger strike over the RG Kar incident, hours after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The medics also called off their proposed shutdown in the state's health sector from Tuesday till an indefinite period. "In today's meeting (with the CM),...
Shah turns 60, PM Modi lauds 'exceptional administrator'
Home Minister Amit Shah turned 60 on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other leading politicians greeted him on his birthday. Modi said on X, "He is a hardworking leader, who has devoted his life towards strengthening the BJP. He has made a mark as an exceptional administrator and...
