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According to police, two members of the Maoist squad were killed in a gun battle with special police parties that were combing the forest area in Mangapet mandal of that district based on a tip-off.

The government is deliberating on making a special identity card for transgender community members that will help in liking them with various social welfare schemes, a member of the recently-constituted National Council for Transgender Persons said. The C...

Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City on Sunday signed Senegalese defender Mourtada Fall on a two-year contract. The 32-year-old centre-half started his playing career with Moghreb Ttouan, featuring for the Moroccan club over three spells, during...

New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert has replaced injured USA fast bowler Ali Khan at IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. According to ESPNcricinfo, Seifert has been roped in as replacement for USA fast bowler Khan, whose maiden stint at the l...

Seema Mustafa, the Editor of The Citizen, has been elected as President of the Editors Guild of India, a statement by the top body of editorial leaders said Saturday. The announcement came after the results of an online election held on October 16 were...

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav charged the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday with surrendering before criminal elements because of which women are not safe in the state. "Sisters and daughters cannot be safe till the BJP government is...

Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time on Saturday, a record oneday increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the outbreak.

The Karnataka governor, along with other dignitaries, would be present on the occasion with members of the syndicate and the academic council, MPs, MLAs, MLCs, statutory officers, district officers and students and parents set to witness the ceremony onli...

Ex-Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his former deputy Sachin Pilot and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel will be among the star campaigners of the party in the bypoll for 28...

The 'Cauvery Teertodbhava' ritual at Talacauvery, considered the origin of the river Cauvery, was witnessed by only a small number of devotees on Saturday, amid COVID-19 restrictions. Theerthodbhava, that marks sacred water gushing from the 'Brahma...

AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Saturday said he is ready to shift to his residence in Delhi the family of the Hathras victim who died after being allegedly gangraped. Singh said they do not need to live in fear of the Adityanath government.

Farmers in several states protested last month against three new bills the government had said will open up the tightly-controlled agriculture sector to free-market forces.

The low pressure over the Arabian Sea intensified into a depression on Saturday but is moving away from the Indian coast and no adverse weather is likely over the west coast, the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said. Yesterday's well marked low pr...

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the Uddhav Thackeray government must increase the number of COVID-19 determination tests in Maharashtra as the daily average was on a downward trend since September 1. In a letter to the chief ministe...

The study performed a retrospective cohort analysis of all Danish individuals tested for SARS-CoV-2 between 27 February 2020 and 30 July 2020, with a known ABO and RhD blood group, to determine the influence of common blood groups on virus susceptibility.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday announced that he would be touring the rain and flood-affected districts of Maharashtra from October 19. Heavy rains and floods have claimed at least 48 lives in Pune, Aurangabad and Konkan divisions in the last...