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Maharashtra: 8 dead in pickup van, auto-rickshaw collision in Pune

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:19:26 S O Correspondent

Supreme Court's decision on Article 370 is not God's verdict: Mehbooba Mufti

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:16:24 S O Correspondent

Rajasthan: Four killed, three injured as car collides with bus in Sikar

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:13:14 S O Correspondent

India needs to address issues like malnutrition to become a developed country: Raghuram Rajan

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:08:53 S O Correspondent

India needs to address problems like malnutrition to become a developed nation and also focus on its most important asset of human capital, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said.

‘Outstanding’ Warner can play Test cricket for another year, feels Ian Healy

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:06:53 S O Correspondent

David Warner can continue playing Test cricket for another year if he continues his imperious form displayed against Pakistan in the just concluded first Test in Perth, former Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy said.

Rains, flooding bring southern TN to its knees

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:04:39 S O Correspondent

Paddy fields, roads and bridges are submerged and many residential colonies came under sheets of water in several regions of southern Tamil Nadu as heavy rains, unprecedented in recent times wrecked havoc in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tenkasi districts of the state.

"Not old, can still straighten some people out": Sharad Pawar hits back at age jibe

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:58:11 S O Correspondent

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar took a swipe at his age critics on Sunday, saying that he had not grown old and still had the power to "straighten some people out."

Opposition meet to focus on early seat-sharing, redrawing strategy to take on BJP

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:53:30 S O Correspondent

The meeting of opposition INDIA bloc parties on Tuesday is likely to focus on seat-sharing in key states, with some leaders pushing for an agreement before December 31, and on redrawing the joint strategy to take on the BJP after the recent reverses in assembly polls.

Angry locals, kin of workers block road near blast-hit factory in Nagpur

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 19:59:13 S O Correspondent

Angry locals and relatives of workers blocked a highway near an explosives manufacturing unit in Nagpur district, where a blast claimed nine lives on Sunday, and demanded they be allowed to enter the premises to see the bodies.

Raghuram Rajan calls on Telangana CM Reddy, discusses strategies for state's economic development

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:55:41 S O Correspondent

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Sunday and discussed the present economic condition of the state besides the strategies that needed to be adopted for its development.

BJP winning elections due to ‘misuse’ of EVMs, alleges SP’s Swami Prasad Maurya

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:15:03 S O Correspondent

Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Sunday alleged that the BJP won the recent state elections and in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls due to the “misuse” of electronic voting machines (EVMs) Attacking the ruling party, he said that the people “who beat the drum of Sanatan Dharma do not understand the meaning of the word and are anti-Sanatan”.

Citizens must remain healthy for India to become 3rd largest economy: V-P Dhankhar

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:11:39 S O Correspondent

India will become the world’s third largest economy in the next four-five years leaving behind Germany and Japan, but to achieve that the citizens of the country must remain healthy, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Sunday.