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Chhath is celebrated six days after Diwali. It is dedicated to the Sun God, and is one of Bihar's most popular festivals.

News18’s Smitha Nair spoke to the super cop on the latest “encounter killing” in Bhopal where police shot dead 8 SIMI operatives last week after they jumped prison.

Dissent, democracy and nationalism are among the main topics that would be discussed threadbare at a three-day conclave to be held in Goa this week by the India Foundation, a Delhi-based think tank that counts four Union ministers among its board of direc...

The website of BRICS has been hacked by unknown hackers.

The Congress in Karnataka has hit out at Union Minister VK Singh for suggesting that the "mental health" of ex-serviceman Subedar Ram Kishan Grewal, who committed suicide over the delay in implementation of one-rank-one-pension scheme, should be investiga...

The identity of eight Indian High Commission officials who were outed on charges of leak was made public on Wednesday, as suggested by a media report.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday dismissed speculations of the state moving back on the new liquor law and asserted that there is no question of "diluting" after advertisements of excise department appeared seeking public opinion on it.

Five persons, including a 65-year-old man, were on Wednesday injured in fresh violence that erupted in Srinagar between protestors and security forces, officials said.

Fast tracking the appointment of high court judges following apex court rap, the government has cleared 10 names for the Delhi and the Gauhati high courts even as it set in motion the process for the Supreme Court collegium to consider names for eight oth...

Mehbooba said the repeated border shelling has seen a "tragic humanitarian crisis" unfolding in the region, where innocent civilians and their properties are being targeted.

"A decision will (thereafter) be taken according to the findings. For this criminal negligence, if needed we will dismiss (the official or officials)," he said.

The eight SIMI activists killed in a gunfight with police on Monday had escaped from Bhopal Central Jail here using "toothbrush and wood" to forge keys to open the locks of their jail barracks and flee, police claimed on Monday.

Head Constable Ramashankar Yadav, killed by SIMI activists while escaping from jail here, was looking forward to his daughter’s marriage in a few weeks, but the tragedy has now pushed the family into profound grief.

The Supreme Court has issued clear directives on encounter killings and they have to be abided by if such a situation arises. Here are the directives:

Chauhan also held a high level meeting with officials post his conversation with Singh.

Pakistani Rangers on Sunday pounded BSF posts and civilian areas using small arms and mortars shells in continuous ceasefire violations along the International Border (IB) in Samba, Kathua and Jammu districts, prompting BSF to retaliate.