New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal today rejected a plea against the ban on sale of firecrackers in the capital, saying the Supreme Court’s order banning the sale till October 31 was the “law of the land”.

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar rejected the plea to reopen firecr

Lahore: The Pakistan government today sought the extension of Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed’s detention under the public safety law, two days after withdrawing its application to prolong his house arrest under the anti-terrorism law.

The Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) head, who has been under hous

Two men and a woman have been killed as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia hit the British Isles.

As hurricane-force gusts battered the Republic of Ireland, one woman and a man died in separate incidents when trees fell on their cars.

A second man died in a chainsaw accident while attempting to remove a tree felled by the stor

Kochi: A division bench of the Kerala High Court today restored the life ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.

The bench, comprising Chief Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh and Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan, gave the verdict on a petition file

New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will celebrate Diwali with soldiers at the strategically important tri-service command in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Sitharaman will pay a two-day visit to the Andaman and Nicobar tri-services command from tomorrow, during which she will review its operational p

Mumbai: Seventeen-year-old Prithvi Shaw gave glimpses of his immense talent as a young Board President’s XI comfortably beat New Zealand by 30 runs in their opening warm-up game, here today.

Batting first Board President’s XI scored 295 for 9 in 50 overs and then bowled out the tourists for 265 in 47.4 overs.

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Despite a Supreme Court ruling on October 9 banning the sale of firecrackers in the National Capital Region, Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Bagga on Tuesday distributed firecrackers to children in Hari Nagar area, which falls in the West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.

“The SC has banned the sale of firecrackers. I am only distrib

Phulbadi: The bullet riddled body of a ‘Gaon Sathi’ was found today near a village a day after he was abducted allegedly by Maoists in Kandhamal district, the police said.

The body of Basant Kumar Bhatta, who worked as a ‘Gaon Sathi’ at Durgapanda, was found with gunshot marks this morning,

Hyderabad: Two patients died when fire broke out at Rohini Superspeciality Hospital on Subedar Road in Warangal of Telangana district on late Monday.

While a 45-year-old patient died allegedly due to “suffocation”, another succumbed to injuries.

Over 400 people, including 190 patients, were rescue

Peshawar: A US drone killed five people in an attack on a compound in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region Monday, officials said.

At least four missiles were fired during the strike in the Kurram tribal district close to the Afghan border, according to officials.

One said the target was suspected mili