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Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor says prohibition in Bihar has been a complete failure but CM Nitish Kumar 'does not want to accept this reality'

An explosion, followed by fire, occurred at Deepak Nitrite Company in Nandesari GIDC in Vadodara

Exports in May up by 15.46% to $37.29 billion; trade deficit widens to $23.33 billion: Govt data

OPEC+ oil producers alliance increases production to 648,00 barrels per day in July, August, reports AP

Headcount of castes in Bihar gets cabinet nod, says Chief Secretary Amir Subhani

BJP threatens to go on agitation if West Bengal govt does not cut taxes on fuel in next 15 days

CBI files charge sheet against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh and others in Rs 100-crore bribery case: Officials

RS polls: Around 40 Rajasthan Cong MLAs, some Independents leave for Udaipur hotel in bus from CM residence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishes Congress president Sonia Gandhi a "speedy recovery from Covid-19."

Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori dies in Gurugram hospital, says family

Bodies of four Indians killed in Nepal plane crash cremated at Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu

Bodies of four Indians killed in Nepal plane crash cremated at Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. (PTI)

"We announce that the movie 'Samrat Prithviraj' will be made tax-free in Uttar Pradesh so that a common man can also watch this movie,"UP CM Yogi Adityanath announcedin Lucknow

Uddhav Thackeray to chair Covid-19 task force meeting as cases spike

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to chair the meeting of Covid-19 Task Force in the wake of sudden increase in the cases of the viral infection.

Three new Delhi High Court judges on Thursday took oath of office, taking the strength of the court to 47. (PTI)

Kerala High Court posts the anticipatory bail plea of Malayalam actor-producer Vijay Babu to June 7 in the alleged sexual assault case registered against him. (ANI)

Major fire breaks out at oil mill near Daurai railway station in Ajmer

KK's mortal remains being taken to Mumbai's Versova crematorium for last rites

Congress president Sonia Gandhi tests positive for Covid-19

"Congress president Sonia Gandhi tests positive for Covid-19. She has developed mild fever & some symptoms & has isolated herself and has been given requisite medical attention. As of today, her date of appearance before ED on June 8stands as it is,"Congress' Randeep Surjewala (ANI)

Hardik Patel who recently quit Congress joins BJP in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Bank employee shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam: Officials

Sidhu Moose Wala murder case | Punjab Police interrogated gangster Sampat Nehra. Police took him to Punjab on a production warrant from Tihar jail in Delhi on May 31. Today he has been brought back to Tihar jail: Prison Officials (ANI)

Sources have informed that Manish Sisodia next to get arrested, says Delhi CM Kejriwal

"I hadalready announced a few months back that Central govt is going to arrest Satyendar Jain in a fake case. Reliable sources have suggested to me that Manish Sisodia is going to be arrested soon, centre has ordered all agencies to form fake cases against him," says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

We are not afraid of being put up in the jail: Delhi CM

Put all AAP members in jail at once, Delhi CM Kejriwal tells Modi

Amit Shah to hold high level meeting to review preparedness to deal with floods during monsoon

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a high-level meeting today to review the preparedness to deal with flood situations in the country during the monsoon,Ministry of Home Affairs informed.

Event in every 10 days to let unhappy Congress members join BJP, says Hardik Patel ahead of joining BJP today

"Today I'm starting a new chapter. I will work as a small soldier. We will do an event every 10 days in which the people including MLAs who are unhappy with Congress will be asked to join (BJP)...PM Modi is the pride of the entire world," Hardik Patel said in Ahmedabad. (ANI)

Ex-Congress leader Hardik Patel to join BJP today, preparation under way

Mortal remains of singer KK brought to his residence in Mumbai

Vijay Babu appears before police in alleged sexual assault case (ANI)

DH Toon | How to be on the news? Get summons from Enforcement Directorate

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and senior leader Rahul Gandhi have been asked to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a money laundering case linked to National Herald newspaper, a move the party strongly criticised as one that “reek of vendetta politics” while asserting that its leaders will not bow down before pressure. Read more

Israeli forces blow up the house of assailant Palestinian militant Diaa Hamrasheh near Jenin

Smoke is seen as the Israeli forces blow up the house of assailant Palestinian militant Diaa Hamrasheh near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June. (Reuters Photo)

Russian missile hits western Lviv; 5 injured

A Russian missile hit rail lines in the western Lviv region, a key conduit for supplies of Western weapons and other supplies, officials said.

Lviv region Gov. Maksym Kozytskyy said five people were wounded in the strike, adding that more information would be available Thursday.

Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the country's interior minister, said the Russians hit the Beskidy railway tunnel in the Carpathian Mountains in an apparent effort to cut a key railway link and disrupt shipments of weapons and fuel.

However, the head of Ukrainian railways said the damage to the railroad was still being assessed but the tunnel was spared.

The strike reportedly delayed three passenger trains, but all later resumed their journeys. - AP.

5, including gunman, killed in shooting at medical building in US

Four people were killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, a police captain said.

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Three cops arrested in Gurugram for helping two prisoners escape from custody