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Two persons feared trapped after shooting stone hit their truck near Digdole on NH-44 have reportedly died in the incident. More details awaited.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting of the Head of Departments of the member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), dealing with the Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations, here in the national capital on Thursday.

Shah will also hold bilateral meetings with the Ministers of some of the SCO member-states, on the sidelines of the SCO meeting. (ANI)

A day after the launch of Apple’s first retail store in India, CEO Tim Cook met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday. Read more

“A controversial banner was put up in Majalgaon in support of Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf. The banner was immediately taken down by the police as it could have led to communal tension. FIR was registered. Two suspects have been taken into custody, legal action is on,” senior cop told ANI.

A 72-year-old woman was killed with a brick in Patna’s Phulwari Sharif. Dog squad was called. Relatives and neighbours were questioned. We are looking at all angles. Soon we will find the accused and the reason behind the murder, Vikram Sihag, ASP, Phulwari, was quoted as saying by ANI.

The government on Wednesday approved the National Quantum Mission to nurture and scale up scientific and industrial research and development in quantum technology.

The mission involves a cost to ₹6,003.65 crore from 2023-24 to 2030-31.

The National Quantum Mission (NQM), approved at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will accelerate quantum technology-led economic growth and nurture the ecosystem in the country, reported PTI. 

Modi govt has set target to make India drug-free by 2047- its 100th year of independence: HM Amit Shah at NCB meeting

Uttar Pradesh | NHRC registers a case into the encounter of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's son Asad and his aide Ghulam.

France risks shortages of abortion pills as US states build up stocks during an intensifying legal and political battle over reproductive rights, the country's gender equality authority has warned.

France gets most of its abortion drugs from a largely US-owned manufacturer, and supplies are already under pressure from a shortage in raw materials, reported AFP. 

A power cable connecting Finland's west coast to Sweden's east coast stopped working on Wednesday afternoon due to excavation work on the Finnish side, Finland's power grid operator Fingrid said in a statement, reported Reuters. 

The higher reaches of Kashmir continued to receive snowfall for the second consecutive day, officials said on Wednesday.

The upper reaches of the valley, including Keran and Machil, in the Kupwara district, Gurez, in the Bandipora district, and Sonamarg in the Ganderbal district, received light snowfall, they said, adding that there are reports of snowfall in some other areas at the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, reported PTI. 

An old building under renovation at Armenian Street, near Parrys Corner in Chennai collapsed on Wednesday, ANI reported. A few workers are feared trapped under the debris. Rescue operation underway.

India surpassed China to become world's most populous nation now with 142.86 crore people, according to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Read more

Students union in Ranchi called for a bandh on Wednesday after which police have deployed across the district, ANI reported. Police said that action against students will be taken only if required.

The three accused assailants, who shot dead gangster-turned politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, remanded to four-day police custody by Prayagraj CJM court on Wednesday.

Supreme Court on Wednesday remanded Maoist links case against former DU professor G N Saibaba setting aside Bombay High Court's order of acquitting and asked for fresh consideration on merits, PTI reported. 

The driver has been injured and two workers are feared trapped after two goods trains collided with each other near Singhpur railway station in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, ANI reported citing officials. The engines of the trains caught fire after the collision and rescue operations are currently underway. All trains on the Bilaspur-Katni route have been affected.

Ministry of External Affairs and Indian mission in Khartoum are continuously monitoring situation in Sudan, PTI reported citing goverment sources. 

Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, UAE assured EAM Jaishankar of practical support on ground, say sources over safety of Indians in Sudan.

UP police on Wednesday took the three shooters of Mafia brothers Atiq-Ashraf to Prayagraj CGM court, to seek their remand for questioning, ANI reported.

Nepal President Ram Chandra Poudel is being shifted to AIIMS Delhi on Wednesday from Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital- Maharajgunj, ANI reported.

Poundel was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday after his oxygen levels went low and was found that he had an infection in his lungs.

A parking garage collapsed on Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District in New York, killing one worker, injuring five and crushing cars as concrete floors fell on top of each other, news agency AFP reported.