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Patna: The superstructure of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga collapsed in Bihar on Saturday. The four-lane bridge, spanning 3.1 km, was being constructed by SP Singla Constructions Private Limited at a cost of Rs 1,710 crore,…

Mumbai: A Sessions court on Saturday reserved order on Navneet and Ravi Rana’s bail petition for May 2. The Independent MP-MLA couple from Maharashtra’s Amravati district was arrested on the evening of April 23 over the Hanuman Chalisa row…

New Delhi: When Prashant Kishor talks, everyone listens. In a prediction that is likely to attract the Opposition’s attention, the experienced poll strategist said he does not believe that any third or fourth front will be able to win the…

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized Rs 5,551.27 crore belonging to Xiaomi Technology India Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based Xiaomi group, under provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. The…

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached assets worth Rs 7.27 crore of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in the money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The attached property is a fixed deposit,…

Bhubaneswar: The government has decided against reducing the gap between the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine and the 'precaution dose' to six months, the news agency ANI reported quoting sources on Saturday. The decision was taken in a…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the need to introduce local languages in courts. "We need to encourage local languages in courts. This will not only increase the confidence of common citizens in the justice…

Bhubaneswar: A climate change expert has said that what was more worrying about the current heatwave roiling India was the long duration of the severe wave than the high temperatures. “The significance of the current Indian/Pakistani heat…

New Delhi: India will take up to 13 years to fully recover from the scars of COVID-19 pandemic, reckons the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The country’s central bank and the regulatory body for banking system said in its latest report that…

New Delhi: Several parts of India, including Odisha, have been reeling under extreme heat wave conditions. The severity of weather conditions can be gauged from the fact that Delhi has recorded the hottest April in 12 years. Odisha, on…