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4 Bodies Found, 5 Still Trapped in Assam Coal Mine

THE bodies of three miners, who were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district, were recovered by the personnel of Army, Navy and National Disaster Response Force during a joint operation on Saturday.

EVMs in, ballot papers out in C'garh U-turn

The Chhattisgarh BJP government is now preparing to hold the urban bodies polls with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

After hospital death, Bengal firm blacklisted

WEST Bengal's Health Department has blacklisted West Bengal Pharmaceuticals, the company responsible for a batch of spurious saline that resulted in a woman's death at Midnapore medical College and Hospital.

Rebels wreak havoc for BJP, Cong in U'khand

IN Uttarakhand, the long-awaited local body elections are set to take place on January 23, a year later than initially planned.

Crash course on individual rights at Maha Kumbh

MAHA Kumbh bids to blend spirituality with a message of justice, transparency, and individual rights.

23 injured as Kannauj railway station building collapses, rescue ops on

AT least 23 people were injured when an under-construction building at the Kannauj Railway Station collapsed on Saturday afternoon, trapping around two dozen workers under the rubble, officials said.

‘Punishment’: 100 girl students forced to take off shirts inside school

IN a shocking incident, more than 100 girl students from Class 10 at Carmel school in Dhanbad were subjected to humiliation when they were forced to remove their shirts as punishment for celebrating Pen Day on Thursday.

Dallewal health worsens amid chorus for meeting

Doctors say farmer leader's vitals fluctuating, ketone levels high

Huge rush to Ajmer dargah, locals step in as all hotel rooms booked

AMID the controversy over the claims that the Ajmer Dargah is built over a Hindu temple, a record number of pilgrims attended the 813th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

The Boy Who Dreamt of Stars

In the tranquil village of Mela Kattuvilai, nestled in the heart of Kanniyakumari district, the rustling coconut leaves once bore witness to the dreams of a boy who dared to reach for the stars.

India joins UN expert panel on Big Data monitoring SDGs

INDIA has joined the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics, a key body focused on leveraging big data to monitor and report on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Bonding over food: PM's day-out with 3K youths at Bharat Mandapam

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is set to engage with 3,000 dynamic young leaders from across the country during the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders' Dialogue 2025, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Sunday.

A serious mind behind an exuberant persona

BIM BISSELL, who died last Thursday, was an institution in Delhi.

Shah Bats For NDPS Courts In States For Speedy Trials

Dark web, cryptocurrency emerging challenges in fight against drugs

Acute crunch of weapons forces Naxals to change tact to looting, says intel

WITH security forces and enforcement agencies gaining gradual success in their onslaught against left-wing extremists in state after state, the Naxal leadership has of late been facing a major weapon crunch, as they are now using outdated age-old firearms, intelligence sources said.

508km Mumbai-Ahmedabad railway corridor to have 100% green buildings

ALL railway stations along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor, which spans 508 kilometres and includes 12 railway stations, will have 100% green building attributes, according to Railway Ministry officials.

Why Is Delhi Important For Modi?

LEGEND says the modern city of Delhi is built on seven older ones. Though the nuances of ideological substrata are more than seven, Delhi has one face—power. From the Pandavas to the Chauhans to the Mughals to the British, it has always been a seat of power. Delhi is the heart and soul of India. The battle for ballots between the beleaguered Arvind Kejriwal and the pugnacious Narendra Modi is to capture that soul.

PLANNING OUR LIVES BEYOND WORK

Stepping into the new calendar year means surfing through a barrage of forwarded new year greetings.

From Fields To E-Commerce

Farmers in Haryana have formed a producers' organization that has become a model of agricultural transformation, supplying vegetables across Delhi and NCR through e-commerce platforms, reports Harpreet Bajwa

Road to riches: A shopping mall owner's odyssey

Deben Kakoty, once evicted from his pan shack by the road, came to own a shopping mall in the same location, Prasanta Mazumdar writes

Forest dept in a fix over Siddu, NTCA orders on tribals

KARNATAKA forest department officials face a double-edged sword over implementing the tribal relocation programme, protecting forests from becoming townships, and reducing man-animal conflict.

AIADMK to boycott Erode (East) bypolls

THE AIADMK has decided to boycott the by-election to the Erode (East) Assembly seat scheduled for February 5, alleging that the bypoll will not be conducted in a \"free and fair\" manner.

Retain Waltair division: Rly panel

Political uproar over carving out South Coast railway zone from East Coast, South Central zone

Kochi water metro model inspires 18 similar ventures

FOLLOWING its successful implementation in Kochi, the Union Government has asked the Kochi Water Metro Ltd (KWML) to explore the feasibility of similar ventures in 18 locations nationwide.

My Davos visit will help attract big investments for Andhra, says Naidu

CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has felt that his visit to Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 will come in handy to attract large scale investments to the state.

AP to use drones, AI to prevent cockfights

ANDHRA Pradesh State police will use the advanced technology such as drones and artificial intelligence to control the organisers from conducting banned rooster fights and other illegal activities in the name of Sankranthi festivities.

ISRO Brings SpaDex Mission Sats Within 230m for Docking

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday corrected the drift anomaly between the two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites by closing the distance between them to 230 metres.

Man killed as speeding Audi collides with car

A 28-year-old man died after an Audi crossed the divider and collided with a Maruti Suzuki Ertiga traveling from the opposite direction, police said on Saturday.

Dip in crime against women in 2024; spike in fatal accidents, narco cases

THE national capital witnessed a significant decline in major crimes in 2024 as compared to the previous year, including crimes against women and snatching.

Fog affects 220 flights; rain intensifies cold wave

THE national capital and nearby areas were shrouded in a thick layer of fog on Saturday, disrupting flight services and road traffic as several north Indian states continued to reel under a cold wave.