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The demolition is part of a larger road-widening exercise in Ujjain. NEW DELHI: Tensions rose in Ujjain on Monday as protesters clashed with police during demonstrations over development work in the city. Police were deployed in large numbers around the Shahi Masjid Complex as sporadic protests and stone pelting were reported in the area.The clashes...

SC cancels Mhatre’s bail in doctor assault case, stays Bombay HC order The Supreme Court has cancelled the bail granted by the Bombay High Court to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who is accused of assaulting a doctor at a civic hospital. The court also stayed the High Court order granting him bail on a...

Nadda​ accused the oppn of repeatedly raising allegations despite responses from the Election Commission. NEW DELHI: Union minister JP Nadda on Monday attacked the opposition and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over the SIR row surrounding the Election Commission, saying, “repeating a lie a hundred times does not make it the truth”.Nadda...

Wrestlers challenge acquittal, cite ‘stereotypical assumptions’ NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue court has issued notice to former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and others on an appeal challenging his acquittal in a sexual harassment case involving women wrestlers.Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh sought a response to the appeal and listed...

Katrina said Suzanne continues to live there because she enjoys helping people. Katrina Kaif’s mother, Suzanne Turquotte, has spent more than 15 years living and working in rural Tamil Nadu, far removed from the world of Bollywood. Suzanne moved from London to Tamil Nadu in 2008 and founded Relief Projects India (RPI), a grassroots organisation...

Image credit: Yaarob Alabdullah Archaeologists can be just as passionate about their finds as scientists are about their inventions. After all, they each live for their passion for objects of time. Now, a new study has revealed how archaeologists risked their lives to save thousands of historic treasures from imminent destruction by Islamic State terrorists.Syrian...

BJP CMs Rekha Gupta, Devendra Fadnavis and Yogi Adityanath NEW DELHI: A dozen BJP chief ministers held press conferences in their respective states on Sunday, a day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a press release responding to a media report that had claimed a “rift” between Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar...

Supreme Court of India (file photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed “anguish and deep concern” over the growing number of sexual assault cases involving girls in public places in Delhi and drew a parallel with the 2012 Nirbhaya case.The court said the incidents point to a systematic failure of law enforcement agencies...

Both indices crashed over 1% amid the intensifying Iran-US conflict. Stock market crash today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmarks tanked in morning trade on Monday as persistently high crude oil prices and a spike in US bond yields added to investors’ woes. Both indices crashed over 1% amid the intensifying Iran-US conflict.While...

Vijay presented 22-carat, one-gram gold rings to 25 newborns. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday rolled out the state government’s one-gram gold ring scheme for newborns in Madurai.Under the scheme, eligible babies born in government hospitals and government primary health centres will receive a 22-carat, one-gram gold ring. Vijay...