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Technician killed, two pilots injured as Army copter crashes in J&K

An aviation technician was killed and two pilots of an AHL Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Army were injured after the helicopter crash-landed in a remote area of Kishtwar district on Thursday. The pilots were reported safe but the technician, Pabbala Anil, succumbed to his injuries.

After FIR, SC closes proceedings on wrestlers' plea

The Supreme Court on Thursday closed the proceedings on a petition filed by the protesting wrestlers, on whose complaint FIRs have been registered against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

EAM discusses border row with Chinese FM; also meets his Russian counterpart

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ahead of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting in Goa.

Escalating violence: Centre takes over Manipur security

Amidst escalating violence in Manipur between tribal and non-tribal communities, the Central government invoked Article 355 of the Constitution to take charge of security in the state, even as district authorities were empowered to issue shoot-at-sight orders.

Some people are paid to create trouble: CM

Teams coming from Delhi to spread communal, caste violence, says Mamata

BAI to conduct selection trials for Asian Games squad from 4-7 May

2021 World Championship medallists Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen will face off against their young challengers at the selection trails, for the Asian Games, to be held at the Jwala Gutta Academy in Hyderabad from May 4-7,

CSK bowlers' impressive show in vain, as match called off due to rain

Both the teams will split points and CSK move up to second spot on the points table

In coronation, King Charles carries on a medieval tradition

Great Britain's royal family turns the page on a new chapter Saturday with the coronation of King Charles III.

Russia says it foiled an alleged attack on Kremlin, Putin

Russian military and security forces 'disabled' the drones before they could strike

Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 1 amidst clashes

At least one person was killed and five others injured in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said Wednesday, after hours of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the coastal enclave following the death of a prominent hunger-striking prisoner.

Pak general polls likely in August

The SC of Pakistan had ordered the ECP to hold the elections in Punjab province on 14 May

Axis Bank says no exposure to Go Airlines; other lenders to be affected

The voluntary bankruptcy petition filed by the Wadia groups low-cost airline Go Airlines (India) Ltd will be impacting its lenders, i.e., banks.

FM meets Japan Bank for Int'l Cooperation's governor in Incheon

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday met Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)'s Governor Hayashi Nobumitsu on the sidelines of the 56th Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s annual meeting, in Incheon, a city in South Korea.

Market: Asian markets track Wall St decline

U.S.futures edged higher while oil prices were little changed

PM's, CM's & Rajnath Singh's constituencies in Uttar Pradesh to go to civic polls today

Elaborate security have been made in 37 districts of Uttar Pradesh for the first phase of elections to Urban Local Bodies, including for 10 mayor posts, to be held on Thursday.

Health system crippled in MP as govt doctors begin indefinite strike

Health services and medical facilities in government hospitals all over Madhya Pradesh were gravely paralyzed today, as nearly 15,000 government doctors began their indefinite strike alleging insensitive and indifferent attitude of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP state government towards their demands.

MARCOS, NSG being deployed in Kashmir ahead of G20 meet

Security forces on high alert, focus on preventing vehicle-borne IED, drone and suicide attacks

Jagan hits back at Naidu on foundation stone laying row

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today hit back at the Opposition for the row kicked up by TDP over the laying of the foundation stone for the international airport at Bhogapuram and several other key projects in North Andhra region.

K'taka polls: 'I am Bajrangi' posters come up as Cong manifesto triggers huge row

BJP leaders are cashing in on the Congress pledge to ban the Bajrang Dal

TMC Mahila Congress start sit-in demanding money from Centre

Trinamul Congress leaders will go to the rural people to inform them that they did not get jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme and fail to get house because of the stepmotherly attitude of the Centre.

IMD predicts cyclonic storm by 9 May

The cyclonic circulation expected to start brewing from 6 May is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm on 9 May, confirmed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today.

ED-IT joint raid on premises chairman of MLA and PAC of Bengal Assembly

Three joint teams of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax department on Wednesday launched raid and search operations on the premises of Krishna Kalyani, the MLA from Raiganj constituency and the chairman of the public accounts committee of Bengal Assembly.

Mamata, Abhishek to share dais in Malda

Mamata will take stock of ongoing projects and various welfare schemes in dist

Darwin's theory chapter removal draws flak

Members of the Breakthrough Science Society today protested the M removal of a chapter on Charles Darwin's \"Theory of Biological Evolution\" from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbook for Class X under the guise of a \"curriculum rationalisation exercise.\"

NCLT to hear Go First's insolvency plea today

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) will hear cash-strapped air carrier Go First's voluntary insolvency resolution plea on Thursday.

Mayhem in Manipur; four feared killed, curfew clamped

Trouble erupted in Manipur's Churachandpur on Wednesday as mobs backed by militants torched several houses belonging to one community. At least five people are feared dead in the violence, according to unofficial sources.

SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to grant any relief to Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. seeking commutation of his death penalty on the ground that the Central government has failed to decide his mercy petition for a considerably long period.

No proposal to corporatise or privatise post offices: Govt

The government today clarified that there was no proposal for corporatisation or privatisation of the post offices.

India-born Ajay Banga becomes 14th president of the World Bank

India-born Ajay Banga has been elected as the World Bank's next president. A 25-member executive board elected the ex-Mastercard CEO who was nominated for the post by US President Joe Biden in late February.

Congress protects terror masterminds, insults soldiers: PM in Karnataka

Addressing election meetings in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today continued to target the Congress, saying the grand old party protected the masterminds of terror.