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New Delhi: Ahead of his swearing in, Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, where he paid his tributes to the late leaders. Modi first visited...

Mexico City: At least 23 Catholic pilgrims were killed when a bus carrying them hit a cargo truck and erupted in flames in Mexico, authorities said. The collision took place on Wednesday in the state...

Mumbai: Despite a muted trend in global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher ahead of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi’s swearing in ceremony later in the evening. The Sensitive Index (Sensex)...

Mumbai: Actress Katrina Kaif says actor Arjun Kapoor is her ‘rakhi’ brother. Katrina said this when she appeared on “BFFs with Vogue – Season 3” along with Anaita Shroff Adajania. The show will be aired...

Mumbai: Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will be making his on-air expert debut with the World Cup beginning on Thursday in England and Wales. Tendulkar will grace the commentary box during the tournament opener between...

San Francisco: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was likely to face a leadership vote at the social networking giant’s annual general meeting on Thursday to step down as Chairman. According to the BBC, Zuckerberg was “unlikely...

Vijayawada: Cheered by thousands of supporters, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy took oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan administered him the oath of office and secrecy at a public...

New Delhi: In a setback for the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the state’s decision to introduce 10 per cent quota for academic year 2019-20 in the postgraduate medical courses. The...

New Delhi: Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case involving overseas properties owned by him. Vadra arrived at the...

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has shared a photograph of three generations of the Bachchan family in one frame. Big B, an avid social media user, took to his Twitter account on Wednesday night to share a...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the NRC Coordinator to provide a fair chance to those who have challenged the non-inclusion of their names in the National Register of Citizen (NRC) in Assam. A...

Mumbai: When a social media user accused actor Arjun Kapoor of having a “double standard” when it comes to relationships, he simply replied saying it is “easy to type and judge”. A Twitter user who...

Mumbai: In a significant development, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch will take over the investigations into the alleged suicide of Mumbai medico Payal S. Tadvi, official sources said on Thursday. The development came a day...

New Delhi: The following are most likely to be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet and could be sworn in this evening. 1. Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena , Mumbai South MP 2. Narendra...

New York: Teasing and bullying overweight children could act as a catalyst in further increasing their weight by 33 per cent, compared to obese kids who do not suffer body shaming, a study suggests. The...

New Delhi: Usha Kiran, the youngest female CRPF officer to become a part of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) and currently serving in the volatile Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, straddles both worlds of rough...

Sitapur: Three persons died and four others were taken ill after consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Thursday. The incident was reported from Saijanpur village of the Mahmudabad area, where one...

Indore: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Indore on Thursday celebrated the sweeping election victory of the BJP-led alliance by polishing people’s shoes. BJP Councillor Sanjay Kataria led the activists on Radisson Chowk where surprised...

Bhubaneswar: With the city of Bhubaneswar, where the FIH Men’s Series Finals will be held in June, recovering from the damage caused by Cyclone Fani, Hockey India has announced that all profit from the sale...

Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed on Thursday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police sources said the killings took place in Dangarpora village in Sopore area. “Exact...