Two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were killed and an equal number injured in an encounter with terrorists in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Friday, officials said.

The growing involvement of former Amethi MP Smriti Irani in BJP activities in Delhi has created a buzz within the party's city unit over her possible "role" in local politics ahead of next year's assembly elections.

Dumka (Jharkhand): At least 65 students of a government school were taken ill after consuming mid-day meal in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Friday, an official said.

Delhi: In a landmark decision, the Karkardooma Courts in Delhi have acquitted ten individuals who had been charged in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots. The court ruled that the prosecution had failed to provide sufficient evidence to substantiate the charges against the defendants.

Chennai: BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai has issued an apology after a video showing the Managing Director of Tamil Nadu’s renowned Annapoorna hotel, Thiru K. Srinivasan, apologizing to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, went viral. The video, shared by local BJP functionaries, stirred controversy with opposition parties accusing the BJP of forcing the businessman to apologize and humiliating him publicly.

New Delhi: Sebi on Friday dismissed regulatory violation charges against the NSE and its seven former employees, including Chitra Ramkrishna and Ravi Narain, in the matter of the co-location facility, citing the absence of sufficient evidence.

New Delhi: In his first remarks after being released from the Tihar Jail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he will continue to fight "anti-national" forces working to weaken the nation, and asserted the incarceration has only strengthened his resolve.

Palamaneru (Andhra Pradesh): Seven people died on Friday after a Bengaluru-bound APSRTC bus they were travelling in collided with a truck here, said police.