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New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Monday announced that it will raise prepaid tariff rates by up to 25 per cent with effect from November 26. In a notification to the exchanges, the operator said that decision was taken "to…

Mumbai: Continuing the Nawab Malik vs. Sameer Wankhede war of words, the former on Monday, shared a photo of Wankhede dressed in a skull cap in which he seems to be signing the 'nikahnama' during his first wedding. In a counter move,…

Mumbai: Sending “obscene messages” to a woman one is going to marry cannot be termed as insulting her modesty, a sessions court in Mumbai has said while acquitting a man accused of cheating and raping a woman under the pretext of false…

Kolkata: Team India challenged themselves by going against the trend and opting to bat first after Rohit Sharma won his third straight toss in the final T20 International against New Zealand here on Sunday. But the result was the same.…

New Delhi: The Central government is worried about low COVID-19 vaccination rates in three states and one union territory. To address the issue and find a way forward, Union Health & Family Welfare minister Mansukh Mandaviya will on…

Agartala: Actress-turned-politician Saayoni Ghosh was on Sunday arrested here by Tripura Police. Saayoni, the president of Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) Youth wing, was booked under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder), 153 (wantonly giving…

Bhubaneswar: An engineering student from Gajapati district died of drowning in sea at Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh, while four others were rescued on Sunday. According to sources, around 60 students of Centurion University at…

New Delhi: The Delhi government had decided at an emergency meeting earlier this month that schools will remain closed for a week from November 15 due to the alarming pollution situation in the nation’s capital and surrounding regions. On…

Mumbai: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday took a dig at China, saying that "some irresponsible nations" with their narrow partisan interests and hegemonic tendencies are coming up with wrong definitions of the UN Convention on…

Kolkata: A tweet by a man from Kolkata -- complaining that a State Bank of India (SBI) branch denied him entry for wearing shorts – has gone viral. In the November 16 tweet directed at the official SBI Twitter handle, the man, identified…