Several residents of Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district were jolted awake on New Year’s morning by a loud explosion near the local police station. The blast, which could be heard from up to 400–500 metres away, resulted in property damage but no injuries. The blast occurred in a lane adjacent to the Nalagarh police...

NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) on Thursday denied reports claiming that it had directed edits to the blockbuster Hindi film Dhurandhar, asserting that no instructions were issued by the government to mute words or revise dialogues.Responding to reports that the Ranveer Singh–starrer’s theatrical cut was altered following ministry intervention, the I&B...

A Kalaburagi court on Thursday sentenced a revenue officer to four years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹20,000 after finding her guilty of accepting a bribe for facilitating mutation of houses sanctioned by the Karnataka Housing Board. The convicted officer has been identified as Ningamma Hanumanthraya Biradar who was serving as a revenue...