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A comprehensive health check-up of the five primates, including X-rays and blood tests, was carried out after one of the juvenile orangutans developed fever; No major breakthrough in the probe so far

According to a list containing 989 nominations, multiple nominations have been filed in several urban bodies, including cases where the same candidate figures more than once

Twenty seven people, including senior Congress leaders Vidya Charan Shukla, Nand Kumar Patel, and Mahendra Karma, were killed in the attack on May 25, 2013

The court expressed a sense of chagrin that the disparagement from the petitioners’ side had commenced even before the HPEC had started work

Based on Ayush Malik’s submission that he had voluntarily embraced Islam in 2014 and accepted Ms. Qureshi as his partner, the court observed that such choices cannot be curtailed merely because they are contrary to the wishes of family members

A man allegedly beheaded his sleeping wife in Hardoi over suspected infidelity. The accused surrendered to the police after committing the crime. The couple's relationship had been strained for months due to these suspicions. Investigators are examining the scene and questioning the accused man. The victim's family claims she faced prior abuse and threats from her husband.

Nagaon is the first major face-off between the principal combatants, BJP and Congress, since the former’s crushing sweep in the April Assembly election with 102 out of 126 seats for the National Democratic Alliance

India's government has reduced export levies on petrol, diesel, and aviation fuel. The revised rates for these petroleum products took effect from September sixteenth. Export duty on petrol decreased by one rupee to zero point five rupees per litre. Diesel export levies were lowered by five rupees to twenty rupees per litre. These changes reflect a reversal of higher rates implemented earlier this month.

Asserting that maintaining and operating the UPI infrastructure is not cheap, the Chief Minister said it takes a substantial amount of money to run the payment system

The survival of the pygmy hog depends on a thriving ecosystem

Maqsood Ali, who was allegedly in touch with Pakistani hackers and had developed a secure communication network for others like him, was arrested from Coimbatore with the assistance of Tamil Nadu ATS

Congress seeks resignations of Health and Excise Ministers, seeks ₹1 crore compensation and jobs for victims’ kin; the incidents reflect failures in the State’s health and administrative systems, it says