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Death toll rises to 9 in Thane chemical factory blast, owners booked

Police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the owners of the unit, Amudan Chemicals

Dombivli chemical factory owners knew lapses might lead to explosion: FIR

According to the FIR, some more people might be buried under the rubble of the factory that collapsed due to a blast in its boiler

India to get next-gen nuclear fuel this summer, says Russian official

A full-scale discussion took place on the perspective areas of the Russian-Indian cooperation in the nuclear field

Avian flu outbreak confirmed in state-run poultry farm in Kerala's Kottayam

Decision was taken to euthanize and cremate all domesticated and pet birds within a one kilometer radius of the poultry farm

Govt working to prevent international spoof calls deceiving Indian citizens

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre and the Department of Telecommunications are collaborating to block the influx of overseas spoof calls that falsely alleging digital arrests

Indian official takes over as spl rep of UN chief for disaster risk cut

Kamal Kishore was earlier with the National Disaster Management Authority, he succeeds Mami Mizutori of Japan

India heat waves linked to climate change cause massive food waste

India wastes more food than almost any other country partly because of spotty refrigeration. Climate change is making the problem worse

Another Indian student dies in US, this time in bike accident in NY

The incident comes amid a spike in the deaths of Indian-origin students in the US

BCI asks centres of legal education to implement 3 new criminal laws

The circular dated May 20 and signed by BCI secretary Srimanto Sen was addressed to vice-chancellors and registrars of universities and principals, deans and directors of legal institutions

Pune car crash: Police question accused teen's grandfather, driver

The accused teenager's one of the friends and the former's driver who were accompanying him in the car when the accident occurred in Kalyani Nagar area, were also questioned

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HC upholds validity of extending assessment orders' time limit during Covid

The court observed that the government is empowered to extend the limitation period for taking actions that could not be completed or complied with due to force majeure

Seven Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

The exchange of fire broke out when security personnel were cordoning off the forest on Bijapur-Narayanpur border on Thursday and the intermittent firing lasted till evening, an official said

7 killed in boiler blast fire at Dombivli chemical factory in Thane

The blast took place around 1.40 pm, causing cracks in the glass windows of nearby buildings and damaging many houses in the vicinity

Publishing polling booth-wise data will 'vitiate' electoral space: EC

In its counter affidavit, the poll panel said there is no legal mandate to provide Form 17C to any person other than the candidate or his agent

Juvenile rams bike into another rider in South Mumbai, killing him

The incident came days after the May 19 Pune accident involving a Porsche car driven by a 17-year-old boy in which two people were killed

Heatwave persists in large parts of India, Barmer sizzles at 48.8 degrees C

In Rajasthan, Churu logged a high of 47.4 degrees Celsius, Phalodi 47.8 degrees, and Jaisalmer 47.2 degrees

Over dozen DU colleges including Lady Sri Ram, Hansraj receive bomb threat

The Police officer said that all the affected college campuses were searched but nothing suspicious was recovered from any of them

After Pune crash, Kanpur police sends teen to juvenile home in similar case

A 15-year-old boy in Kanpur was involved in two accidents that killed two people last October and left four injured in March

Explained| Why did Calcutta HC cancel OBC certificates issued since 2010?

The two-judge bench of Calcutta HC emphasised the total absence of legislative policy in the 2012 scheme that governed the State's authority to classify any group as OBC