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Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has upgraded Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's security to the Y+ category after the actor reportedly received death threats from the underworld some months ago, an official from the Home Department said.The actor will now have...

Greater Noida: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that providing clean drinking water to the growing population will be a big challenge in the coming years.After inaugurating the 7th India Water Week, the President said: "The issue of water...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on LIC Housing Finance Ltd, Mumbai, for non-compliance with certain provisions of The Housing Finance Companies (NHB) Directions, 2010.This follows a statutory inspection of...

Chennai: Two people have been killed in two rain-related incidents in the city today, as heavy rains lashed this teeming megapolis since last night following the onset of the Northeast monsoon in Tamil Nadu.Police sources said the deceased included...

Jamshedpur: Former Tata Steel MD Padma Bhushan Dr. Jamshed J Irani who was also known as the "Steel Man of India" passed away on Monday night.He was 86 Dr. Irani is survived by his wife Daisy Irani and his...

Kendrapara: A 7-month-long fishing ban was imposed on Tuesday at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary by the Marine Fishery Department in a bid to provide security to the endangered Olive Ridley Sea turtle for their annual sojourn for laying eggs.The ban...

Puri: In a major drug haul in Puri in the recent past the police have arrested four persons, two of them hailing from West Bengal, and seized 900 grams of brown sugar worth nearly Rs.1 crore from their possession.Additional...

Bhubaneswar: Struck by the Morbi tragedy in Gujarat, the Cuttack district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPc at the famous Dhabaleswar shrine ahead of famous “Bada Usha and Kartik Purnima” and closed the suspension bridge connecting...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance has ranked number one in the country as per the latest NCRB data in the area of detection and registration of disproportionate assets cases, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said.Joining the state-level function on the...

Hyderabad: Seven people were killed and eight others injured in two different road accidents that occurred in Telangana in the wee hours on Monday.Three persons were killed and seven others injured when a vehicle in which they were traveling...