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NEW DELHI: The NIA has arrested a Kashmiri resident who had conspired with suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi to carry out the suicide blast at Red Fort last Monday.Amir Rashid Ali, a resident of Samboora, Pampore, in whose name the car involved in the attack was registered, was arrested in Delhi.“Amir had come to Delhi…

PATNA/NEW DELHI: RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya’s outburst at her brother Tejashwi Yadav and his close associates for “abusing” and “throwing” her out of home is snowballing into a full-blown family feud and hints at increasing internal rumblings over the decisions of the party’s anointed heir after its bid for office unravelled spectacularly…

NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid a courtesy visit to defence minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, urging the continuation of key defence and infrastructure projects in the state.According to the Uttarakhand CMO, CM Dhami requested the Union Minister to allow the Air Force Audit Branch to remain operational in Dehradun and…

Amit Thackeray (in black) NAVI MUMBAI: Nerul police have filed an FIR against Amit Thackeray, the son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray and 70 MNS workers including office bearers for defying police prevention and forcibly unveiling the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a canopy constructed by NMMC at a junction in sector -1, Nerul…

SRINAGAR: Inspector Asrar Ahmad Shah called his cousin at 10.50pm on Friday, asking him to wait on the highway so they could drive home to Kupwara together after work. Thirty minutes later, an explosion ripped through Srinagar’s Nowgam police station, killing Asrar and eight others. The victims were police officers, forensic personnel, revenue officials and…

NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday asserted there is “no need” for him to step down as the state Congress president, stressing that his health is “good” and that he has several responsibilities to discharge as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief. “I have worked to build the party day in…

NEW DELHI: The national capital shivered through its coldest November night in three years on Sunday, with temperatures dipping to 9°C — 4.5 degrees below the seasonal average according to the India Meteorological Department. Not since 29 November 2022, when the city recorded 7.3°C, has November felt this cold. In the past two years, the…

In the lead-up to Bihar’s assembly polls, three major marches: Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra, Tejashwi Yadav’s Bihar Adhikar Yatra and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Padyatra were expected to energise the opposition and reshape the election narrative. All three drew large crowds and garnered a lot of attention. Yet, when the votes were counted, none…

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday said it has arrested an aide of suicide bomber Umer un Nabi who had carried out the Nov 10 car blast, for allegedly facilitating purchase of the car in Delhi and conspiring with the bomber to carry out the terror attack.Amir Rashid Ali, a resident of…

CPI (ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya (centre) NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Sunday termed the Bihar assembly election outcome “abnormal,” claiming it was shaped by three “experiments.” According to him, these included the transfer of Rs 10,000 to women under the Mahila Rojgar Yojana, the Special…