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Kolkata/New Delhi: A fierce political slugfest erupted in poll-bound West Bengal on Saturday, after President Droupadi Murmu flagged lack of development among tribals in north Bengal, drawing an angry retort from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the TMC of insulting the President. The exchange quickly escalated into a three-cornered political controversy...

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying the campaign for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Odisha, Opposition-backed common candidate Datteswar Hota Saturday met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi, while BJP-backed Independent candidate Dilip Ray expressed confidence of winning the election on the basis of "conscience votes". Accompanied by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das, Hota sought...

Siliguri: President Droupadi Murmu Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the low turnout at a tribal community event held near Bagdogra airport, questioning the decision to shift the venue from Bidhannagar, and also noted the absence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her ministers during her visit. "Generally, when the President is coming, the CM should be...

Koraput/Baripada: Five school students, including two girls, drowned in separate incidents in Odisha's Koraput and Mayurbhanj districts Saturday, police said. Three Class X students drowned in the backwaters of Kolab reservoir near their school in the afternoon. They had completed their Class X board examinations and were waiting for their parents to come and take them home....

New Delhi: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a joint platform of Central Trade Unions and independent Sectoral Federations/Associations have called for a nationwide "protest day" March 10 to oppose the military conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran. In separate statements issued Saturday, the organisations also voiced strong opposition to recent India-US interim trade deals. The Samyukt Kisan...

Kyiv: As the war in the Middle East strains US missile stocks, Ukraine is hoping it can turn a wartime innovation - low-cost interceptors designed to shoot down Russian attack drones - into geopolitical leverage. Now one of the world's leading producers of interceptors, Ukraine is offering that expertise to the United States and its Gulf partners...

Kathmandu: Mar 7 (PTI) RSP's Balendra Shah Saturday defeated four-time PM K P Sharma Oli by a huge margin and set to form the next government in Nepal, decimating traditional political parties in the first general elections since last year's violent Gen Z protests demanding generational change and a corruption-free regime. Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah 'Balen,' the prime...

New Delhi: The government has granted certain relaxations to exporters in fulfilling their export obligations, as the trading community is facing difficulties in the movement of goods due to the ongoing West Asia crisis, according to a notification. "In view of the prevailing geo-political developments affecting international shipping routes and global supply chains, and with a view...

Bhadrak: Odisha Police Saturday rescued a girl of a central government-run residential school in Bhadrak district after she ran away following alleged sexual harassment by a teacher, officials said. The Class-VII student reportedly escaped by scaling the boundary wall of the school, taking shelter at the house of an elderly woman in a nearby village within Kasia...