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NEW DELHI: Under Operation Sindoor, Indian forces dismantled terror infrastructure, punctured a long-standing strategic assumption, and then stopped "deliberately and purposefully", and it reflected "smart power" in its most complete expression, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday. In...

Uttar Pradesh is set to receive another major road infrastructure upgrade with the upcoming inauguration of the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway. The six-lane access-controlled expressway, stretching nearly 63 km, is likely to be inaugurated on 24 May. Officials said the project was initially...

NEW DELHI: India's peak power demand hit an all-time high of 257.37 GW on Monday, primarily driven by increased usage of cooling devices such as air conditioners and desert coolers amid intensifying heat wave conditions, according to power ministry...

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by about 90 paise per litre on Tuesday, marking the second increase in fuel rates in less than a week after state-run oil firms ended a nearly four-year freeze on revisions. The...

KOLKATA: (May 19) The West Bengal government sanctioned the prosecution of former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh in connection with a case of financial irregularities linked to the institution. An order issued on Monday by the...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Cabinet here on Monday approved the industrial policy-2026, which targets an investment of Rs 5 lakh crore. The cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. "Make in Haryana Industrial policy 2026" has...

NEW DELHI: (May 18) The government's fertiliser subsidy bill for 2026-27 may surge by Rs 70,000 crore to Rs 2.41 lakh crore, driven by rising import costs of urea and other fertilisers amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, a...

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested AAP leader Deepak Singla in an alleged money laundering case following searches in Delhi and Goa, officials said. Singla was a candidate for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from the Vishwas Nagar...

OSLO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Oslo, where he will hold talks with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store on trade, technology and other key sectors. Modi, who is on a four-nation European tour, arrived here from Sweden...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: V D Satheesan on Monday took oath as Kerala's Chief Minister, with Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administering the oath of office to the Congress Legislative Party leader here. Satheesan took the oath in the name of God. Besides Satheesan, members...