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In a shocking case, a 23-year-old woman was kidnapped and gang-raped in Bengaluru, said police on Thursday, adding that five accused have been arrested.

Bollywood actress Tamannaah Bhatia has been summoned by the Maharashtra Cyber Police for the ongoing investigations into the multi-crore Mahadev online gambling and betting scam, officials here said on Thursday.

An Indian Air Force aircraft crashed in Jajia village near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, confirmed officials here.

Six members of a family were killed and two injured when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada national highway in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

Hundreds of students have been arrested on US campuses as protests against Washington’s support for Israel are surging sea to sea.

The founder of BJP’s alliance partner TIPRA Motha Pradyot Kishore Deb Burman on Wednesday targeted the CPI(M) in Tripura and said that the former government had failed to address the issues of tribals in the state.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday criticised the ‘unholy’ alliance of the Congress and CPI(M) and said that the BJP-IPFT-TIPRA Motha force in Tripura is enough to destroy the unholy alliance of the Congress-CPI(M).

As preparations for the East parliamentary constituency election are finalized, a 48-hour silence period has commenced, prohibiting all political campaigning and gatherings.

Former Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Verma took a swipe at the opposition CPIM, likening the party to a 'Chinese Product' for its failure to offer any assurances to the populace.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Wednesday said that the overwhelming support witnessed in election campaign rallies signifies the massive support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP.

With the state buffeted by a heat wave, the Tripura government on Wednesday declared a holiday in all schools for four days from Wednesday to provide respite to children.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday apprised the Supreme Court that all three units (i.e. ballot unit, control unit and VVPAT) of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have their own microcontroller.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Congress, saying that the party seeks to destroy the ordinary people of India economically and is about to set a "dangerous precedent" by implementing an 'Inheritance Tax' if voted to power.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken 400 million (40 crore) people out of poverty and is doing an “unbelievable job” in India, Global banking giant JP Morgan Chase chief executive officer (CEO) Jamie Dimon has said.

India has commissioned four semiconductor manufacturing units and in the next five years, the country will become one of the biggest semiconductor hubs in the world, Union Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday emphasised the need to invest in resilient infrastructure as part of the strategy to minimise the damage from natural disasters that are on the rise across the world.

To combat sexual violence in conflict situations, India has advocated a multifaceted approach which includes “gender-responsive arms control” that prevents the proliferation of weapons.

Pressing the case for Security Council reforms, India has highlighted the consensus arrived at the more representative G20 Summit on issues that could not make it through the UN's highest decision-making body stuck in a "cold war" mode.

In a big breakthrough, the Mumbai Police have recovered some arms and ammunition that were reportedly used in the firing at the house of Bollywood megastar Salman Khan on April 14, official sources said on Tuesday.

In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, Tripura CPI-M Secretary Jitendra Chaudhury called the minister's announcement an “open provocation for false voting”.

The BJP candidate for the West Tripura Parliamentary Constituency and former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday mocked at the Congress-CPI(M) alliance and said that the Communist party, which is on the verge of its extinction had chosen to vote for the Congress in this Lok Sabha election.

Speaking with reporters, Unakoti District Superintendent of Police, Kanta Jangir, said, "We have detained five Rohingyas. Interrogation is underway to determine how they entered the state and their intentions.

Asserting that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or the ASEAN, is at the heart of India's 'Act East' policy, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday that the time has come for the Global South to present its perspective and assume a greater role in international affairs.

Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha on Tuesday said that the time has come for the INDI alliance to gradually fade away as people have become aware of their tactics aimed at confusing the populace.

In an order, the revenue department has said that state is reeling over hot and humid weather conditions since last week. As per the IMD report similar condition may continue for more days.