Ocheretyne is around 15 kilometres northwest of Avdiivka. (File) Russia said Sunday its armed forces had seized the village of Ocheretyne in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the latest in a string of small territorial gains for Moscow. After capturing the nearby industrial hub of Avdiivka in February, Russia has pressed …...Read More

Two terrorist associates were arrested by a joint security forces team in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Sunday, and arms, ammunition, and grenades were recovered from their possession, police said. "Acting on specific information, police, along with the army's 34RR and the CRPF's 178 Bn, established a checkpoint in …...Read More

Agartala has cancelled all arrivals from Kolkata till tomorrow morning (File) Flight operations between Kolkata and Agartala have been suspended and all arrivals from Kolkata have been cancelled till tomorrow morning as cyclonic storm "Remal" intensifies over the Bay of Bengal. According to airport authorities in Agartala, all flight arrivals …...Read More

Charanjit Singh Channi entered politics at the age of 20. (File) Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi (60), who lost both the seats he contested in the February 2022 Assembly elections, scripted victory from the Jalandhar (reserved) Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday after defeating his nearest …...Read More

India's rural poverty ratio has registered a dramatic decline to 4.86 per cent in the financial year 2023-24 from 25.7 per cent in 2011-12 while urban poverty has fallen to 4.09 per cent from 4.6 per cent during this period, according to an SBI Research report released on Friday. "At …...Read More

The seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election begins today. Fifty-seven seats across seven states - 13 in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, nine in Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, and three in Jharkhand, as well as Chandigarh - will complete a …...Read More

The police issued an e-challan against the vehicle's owner. A man has been fined Rs 28,500 after a video of him making reels by sitting on the roof of a moving car went viral online, police said on Friday. The 12-second video shows the man sitting on both the roof …...Read More

An 84-year-old Parkinson's disease-affected woman had to wait for over three hours for a wheelchair at the tarmac of Delhi airport after her arrival from Jaipur on an Alliance Air flight on Sunday, an incident which the airline said is being investigated. The government-owned airline also said it is in …...Read More

The Gujarat government on Wednesday approved the bifurcation of Banaskantha district to create a new district. The new Vav-Tharad district will have its headquarters in Tharad town, state Health Minister and government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel said. With the formation of this new district, the number of districts in Gujarat will …...Read More

Our relationship with India is important, said the US Consul General. (Representational) US Consul General Melinda Pavek on Sunday said that over 18 lakh people from India are expected to visit the United States this year. "Our relationship with India is important and facilitating people-to-people connections is at its core," …...Read More