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LIVE: 4 soldiers, 3 civilians die in Pak shelling along LoC; many injured

Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in the Uri sector, earlier today. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

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10:07 AM

Narcotics Control Bureau arrests Paul Bartel, a friend of actor Arjun Rampal, in a drug-related case

10:01 AM

PM Narendra Modi greets Aung San Suu Kyi on Myanmar election victory

9:57 AM

Thick smog blankets Delhi as Covid-19 gets new ally in air pollution

The thick smog that blankets northern India with the approach of winter has a particularly grim ally this year: Covid-19.

Air pollution from the annual burning of rice stubble across the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab is reversing the gains that gave the north of the country its cleanest air in two decades under lockdown earlier this year. Read on...

9:03 AM

Delhi riots could have been averted if firm had acted: Ex-Facebook employee

A former Facebook employee told a Delhi Assembly panel that violence in the national capital in February this year could have been easily averted if the social media giant had acted in a proactive and prompt manner.

The Committee on Peace and Harmony, headed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha, had summoned the former Facebook employee Mark S Luckie in the wake of several allegations of culpability of the social media platform in the riots in Delhi earlier this year. Read on...

7:55 AM

Bihar election result 2020: We won 5 seats, shall increase tally to 25 in future, says Bihar AIMIM chief

Five MLAs from AIMIM who recently registered victory in Bihar Assembly polls met party chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Bihar AIMIM chief Akhtarul Imam, who won from Amour constituency in Bihar expressed hope that the party's tally will increase to 25 in the future from five.

"We will fight for justice, whoever forms the government, we are ready to serve the people. If people of our constituency are paying taxes then they will have an equal share in the development. People have chosen us, we will surely be the voice of the people," Imam told ANI. Read on...

7:52 AM

Bihar election result 2020: ECI rejects recounting applications of 6 candidates in Bihar Assembly polls

Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected applications of six candidates who are shouted recounting of votes for the recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections.

As per ECI, 11 seats are as such where nail biting finish taken place during counting on November 10 and the margin between victory and defeat was less than 1,000 votes.

Six out of these 11 candidates are not satisfied with the counting and they have challenged the decisions of returning officers. Read on...

7:50 AM

Not my 'last election', Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says remarks misinterpreted

The Janata Dal (U) president was interacting with journalists here for the first time after results for the results were declared of the assembly elections, in which NDA got a clear majority. His party the JD(U) won 43 seats, while the BJP won 71.In a rally at Damdaha in Purnia, as campaigning for the third and last phase of the poll Nitish said, "Yeh mera antim chunav hai. Ant bhala, toh sab bhala. (This is my last election. All is well that ends well)".On being asked who will be the next chief minister, Kumar replied, "I have made no claim, the decision will be taken by NDA. Read on...

7:50 AM