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The former technocrat, who has vowed to make Palakakad city the best in the country in five years, talks more development and less politics during the campaign meetings. (PTI)

Kerala polls: BJP hopes to chug into Palakkad with E Sreedharan's...

With the unexpected entry of Sreedharan in the poll fray as BJP nominee, Palakkad in central Kerala, has now captured...

25 March 2021 11:16 AM IST

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Three soldiers dead, 5 injured as their vehicle overturns, catches...

The accident occurred in Rajiyasar area in the early hours of Thursday

25 March 2021 11:13 AM IST

Indian army soldiers are seen near the site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and government security forces at Moachwah in Chadoora area of Budgam district on the outskirts of Srinagar on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

Retired SSC officers can use military ranks

This decision will not only remove dissatisfaction among the retired SSC officers, but will serve as a big boost to the...

25 March 2021 9:04 AM IST

In Rajya Sabha, Opposition parties had given notice under rule 267, calling for the suspension of business of the day to discuss the ongoing agitation by farmers on Delhi borders. (Twitter/ANI)

Parliament clears Bill on Delhi L-G despite huge Opposition furore

Opposing the bill, Congress' Rajya Sabha leader Mallikarjun Kharge said the bill must be sent to a select committee

25 March 2021 9:02 AM IST

The vehicle, a Scorpio van, was found on Carmichael Road near Antilia, the multi-storey residence of Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, an official said. (Twitter)

NIA invokes UAPA against suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze

The ATS contended that the plea of NIA was not maintainable because it had not received directions from the state for...

25 March 2021 8:58 AM IST

An artist makes a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop at Kumartuli, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Kolkata. PTI photo

COVID-19 double mutant variant detected in India

Officials said the new 'Indian strain' does not match any previously catalogued Variants of Concerns (VOC)

25 March 2021 8:05 AM IST

Justice Ramana will be the second Telugu speaking Chief Justice of India. (Photo: PTI)

Chief Justice recommends Ramana as his successor

SC rejects a complaint by Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy against Justice Ramana relating to the...

25 March 2021 4:38 AM IST

Pinarayi Vijayan (Photo: ANI)

Kerala CM Vijayan condemns 'harassment' of nuns by Hindu outfit...

In his letter to Amit Shah, Vijayan sought strict action against those 'who disrupt and impair the freedom of individual...

24 March 2021 2:44 PM IST

Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh at the press conference on Thursday. (PTI)

SC asks Param Bir Singh to move Bombay HC on CBI probe in corruption...

A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul allowed Singh to withdraw the plea and approach the High Court

24 March 2021 2:08 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd during a public meeting ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Polls, in Bankura on March 21, 2021. (PTI)

No Indian is outsider in Bengal, BJP CM will be son of soil: Modi

Modi's comments came amid an 'insider vs outsider' debate with Mamata asserting that she won't allow Bengal to be ruled...

24 March 2021 1:17 PM IST

Health workers prepare to takes swab samples to test for COVID-19 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, on March 23, 2021. (AP/Rajanish Kakade)

India records highest single-day spike with 47,262 fresh COVID-19...

The daily rise in infections was the highest recorded in 132 days, while the country's COVID-19 death toll increased to...

24 March 2021 10:57 AM IST

BJP wrote a letter to home minister Anil Deshmukh urging him to roll out a more aggressive action plan to protect Mumbai police. (PTI Photo)

Reshuffle among Mumbai police, 86 cops transferred

API Riyazuddin Kaazi, who was Waze's colleague at the the Crime Intelligence Unit, was transferred to the Local Arms...

24 March 2021 10:31 AM IST