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Three people, including a woman, have been arrested for allegedly obtaining a loan of over Rs 2 crore by using forged property documents, police said on Wednesday. Two of the accused have been identified as Rohit Bhutan and Subhash Bhutan, they said.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn a petition filed by top actor Rajinikanth over a property tax demand of Rs 6.50 lakh by the city corporation on his marriage hall here for the first half of the current financial year. Justi...

The government of India handed over the contribution cheque to the UN agency through its representative in Palestine, Sunil Kumar.

The death toll in the explosion at a toy factory in Delhi Gate area here has risen to four, while a dozen people have sustained injuries in the incident, police said on Wednesday. The explosion apparently caused by a gas cylinder on Tuesday had ripped a...

Renowned Kuchipudi exponent Sobha Naidu, a recipient of Padma Shri and numerous other awards, passed away here on Wednesday. Naidu, who was in her sixties, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital and the end came around 0100 hours on Wednesday,...

Over 10.15 lakh persons have been tested for coronavirus so far in Maharashtra's Thane district, of which more than 8 lakh tested negative for the infection, an official said on Wednesday. With the addition of 959 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the coun...

A fire broke out in a sweet shop in Maharashtra's Thane district in the wee hours of Wednesday, an official said. There was no report of any casualty, he said.

Tope said that the National Institute of Virology, a unit of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had discovered that the quality of the RT-PCR kits was "not up to the mark".

ONGC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 3 per cent, followed by NTPC, PowerGrid, UltraTech Cement, ITC, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and HDFC.

In Chennai, the price of 22-carat gold and 24-carat gold for 10 grams have dropped by Rs 220. It is now priced at Rs 48,650 while yesterday the cost was Rs 48,870. 10 grams of 24-carat gold can be purchased at Rs 53,090 which was at Rs 53,310, as per Good...

A Dalit teenage girl, who was allegedly raped by three men, has ended her life by hanging herself in this district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said. Chitrakoot Superintendent of Police (SP) Ankit Mittal said the 15-year-old girl hanged herself in her hous...

In view of the COVID-19 situation, the National Human Rights Commission has issued advisories to various ministries and states stressing on human rights aspects, including protection of rights to mental health of people, officials said on Tuesday. The N...

Senior citizens will be able to avail Metro services throughout the day from Wednesday using their identity cards and they will not require any e-passes, he said.

A 30-year-old woman and her daughter were found murdered at their house in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place in the evening at the house of Prasad Patel in Sirathu locality in Saini area, they said.

Kota Neelima, wife of Congress Party spokesperson Pawan Khera and Sangeeta Tyagi, widow of Rajiv Tyagi, have filed petition on hate speech in the apex court.

Mufti was among hundreds of people and political leaders in the state who were taken into preventive custody hours ahead of the Centre revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year.