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NEW DELHI: India has improved both its long-term and year-wise global climate risk index (CRI) rank, figuring as the 9th and 15th most-affected country globally due to extreme weather events during the 1995-2024 period and in 2024, respectively, compared to the previous year’s assessment, showed the latest CRI report released by the environmental think tank…

JABALPUR: A 22-year-old woman was murdered in full public view at a bustling junction in Baihar town of Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Tuesday morning, even as onlookers allegedly recorded videos of the attack on their cellphones instead of intervening or helping her. Ritu Bhandarkar, a resident of Samanapur, worked as an attendant at a…

NEW DELHI: The special CBI court in Delhi Tuesday rejected the plea by former railway minister Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi against holding a day-to-day trial in the IRCTC case in which they were charged with criminal offences. Observing that the Constitutional courts have asked trial courts to expedite cases against MPs and…

NEW DELHI: Dr Umar Un Nabi, who has emerged as the prime suspect behind Monday’s suspected car blast near Red Fort, was the most radicalised member of the Faridabad module, which included the arrested Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie, Dr Adeel Majeed Rather, and Dr Shaheen Shahid, sources connected with the investigation said on Tuesday. Shaheen,…

NEW DELHI: Monday’s tragic incident of a blast outside Red Fort, in which nine people lost their lives, also had a bearing on bail hearing of an accused facing prosecution under anti-terror law UAPA for alleged links with terror organisation Islamic State, with SC dismissing his plea and terming the order as a message. Representing…