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New Delhi: E-commerce website Amazon faced a major backlash on Twitter on Thursday and #boycottAmazon trended on the micro blogging site after users started tweeting out against the retail giant for “hurting” Hindu sentiments and...

Colombo: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday granted amnesty to 762 prisoners to mark Buddha Purnima, also known as Vesak festival. An event was held at the Welikada prison to free the inmates —...

Guwahati: The Assam police have arrested five persons for their involvement in the grenade blast on Thursday that left six people injured in state capital Guwahati. Guwahati Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar said on Saturday that while...

London: Heart attacks that mostly happen in the morning tend to be more severe than cardiac arrests at night, warn researchers. The study, published in the journal Trends in Immunology, discusses how time of the...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena on Saturday said a woman poll official would verify women voters, coming to polling booths with faces covered. Seven booths in Kasargode and Kannur Lok Sabha constituencies...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to finish him and the positive politics he had started. “Why BJP wants to kill me? What...

Jammu: Curfew continued without any relaxation for the third day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah town in Doda district on Saturday. The curfew was imposed on Thursday after the body of a local, identified as Nayeem...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday directed to prepare a five-year action plan on revival of coastal shelter belt and afforestation programme. The state government has decided to spend Rs 200 crore for the...

Mumbai: Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma has been acknowledged as the most viewed stand-up comedian in India and abroad by the World book of Records London. “It’s a proud moment for all of us. We congratulate the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced Rs 100 crore special package for street vendors, coconut growers and poultry farmers affected by Cyclone ‘Fani’. The special package will be met from the Chief...

New Delhi: The Congress party will hold commemorative programmes on May 21 to mark the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to highlight his contribution to the country. A statement issued by Congress...

New Delhi:  Over 62 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Sunday in polling for 59 seats in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, with West Bengal recording the highest turnout...

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed the possibility of war breaking out in the region amid rising tensions with the US, saying that Tehran doesn’t want a conflict and no country had...

Mumbai: Actress Alia Bhatt, who is gearing up for her next film “Sadak 2”, says she is petrified to shoot for the movie, which will be directed by her father and veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt....

Bengaluru: People in India can now use Amazon to book their domestic flights in addition to shopping, money transfers, utility bill payments, mobile recharges — all through one single app, the e-commerce giant announced on...

Nanning (China): Top shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will spearhead the Indian challenge at the prestigious Sudirman Cup which gets underway here on Sunday. India, who reached the quarterfinals twice in 2011 and 2017,...

Ranchi: Jharkhand recorded 13.84 per cent polling till 9 a.m. for the three Lok Sabha seats on Sunday, an election official said. According to Election Commission data, voter turnout was highest in Godda with 16.51...

Kedarnath (Uttarakhand): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday offered prayers at the Kedranath temple. Modi, who arrived here on Saturday, meditated at a cave called ‘Dhyan Kutia’. Speaking to the media after offering prayers on...

Lucknow: Only 8.04 per cent voting was recorded in the first two hours of polling to Uttar Pradesh’s 13 parliamentary constituencies in the seventh and last phase of the general elections, according to a voter...

Chandigarh: More than 10 per cent voting was recorded in the first three hours of polling to Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha seats on Sunday in the seventh and final phase of the general elections, officials...