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NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday released its second list of 39 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly election, which includes Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste, as well as four Lok Sabha MPs.By fielding such heavyweights, the party has raised the stakes for the assembly polls and underscored its determined bid to retain power in the state amid...

PATNA: A 30-year-old Mahadalit woman was brutally assaulted, stripped, and urinated on her mouth late Saturday night for her purported failure to repay additional interest on a loan amounting to Rs 1,500, which she had borrowed from alocal strongman in Mosimpur village of Bihar’s Patna district, police said Sunday. The woman has identified her attackers as Pramod Singh, his son Anshu Kumar, and four...

NEW DELHI: A suggestion that Rahul Gandhi should not contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad, where CPI is the principal opponent of Congress, has led to some consternation in both parties. While Congress has rejected such a push and said a decision will be taken later, CPI has asserted that this was merely an opinion voiced at an internal party forum and that no formal discussion has been held...

NEW DELHI: Canada's defence minister Bill Blair described the relationship with India as "important", and affirmed Canada's commitment to pursuing partnerships like the Indo-Pacific strategy while the investigation into the killing of a Khalistani leader continues.Tensions escalated between India and Canada after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaumade explosive allegations of potential involvement...

NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer displayed scintillating form by notching up rapid centuries, propelling India to a colossal total of 399-5 in the second one-day international against Australia on Sunday.Suryakumar Yadav, in a blazing display of power hitting, contributed an undefeated 72 off a mere 37 deliveries, while captain KL Rahul added to the batting spectacle with a brisk 52 in the...

BHIWANDI: The Bhiwandi crime branch unit of Thane police nabbed a gang of four persons for allegedly stealing auto-rickshaws from Mumbai and Thane district and selling them in interior areas of Maharashtra. The police has recovered 18 stolen auto rickshaws from accused. tnn!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) { return;...

LUCKNOW: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday urged Sangh functionaries to prioritise work among non-Hindus, in what is being seen as an attempt to be seen as an inclusive organisation instead of just the torchbearer of Hindutva.According to sources, directives to work among non-Hindus Sikhs, Christians, Muslims, Jains and other religions were given to RSS Awadh Prant functionaries during a meeting held...

MUMBAI: The majority of the country’s sickest patients may no longer benefit from carbapenem, an antibiotic that effectively treated pneumonia and septicemia until a decade back, according to the latest Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study on antimicrobial resistance.The study, released on Friday, found that abuse of antimicrobials — be they antibiotics, antivirals or antifungals — had...

GUWAHATI: Browsers and bookmarks on phones sprung back to life in strife-ridden Manipur on Saturday after 143 days as the BJP-led state government ended the country's second longest mobile internet blackout after the one in J&K since August 4, 2019, that lasted a record 552 days. The return of mobile internet coincided with the administration lifting total curfew for a day in the twin valley...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has acquitted two death row convicts and one lifer in a murder case due to shoddy probe into the killing of a 15-year-old boy in MP.Anguished over "disappointing, inept and unscientific police investigations", the court called for framing of a code of investigation to infuse efficiency and professionalism in the police force. Supreme Court: Benefit of doubt given due to weak...