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Kolkata: A former minister in the erstwhile Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, Manas Bhunia, Saturday resigned from the Trinamool Congress, adding to the ever-growing crisis in the embattled party following its electoral drubbing in the assembly polls. Bhunia told PTI that he sent a...

Amritsar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to choose whether students are more important to him or an "incompetent" and "failed" minister, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said Saturday at a protest in Amritsar as part of its nationwide campaign seeking Education Minister Dharmendra...

Dubai/Washington: Iran said Saturday it could sign the framework for a peace deal with the United States in the coming days, but dismissed a suggestion by mediator Pakistan that it would be signed within the next 24 hours. The US and Iran signalled Friday that...

Islamabad: US President Donald Trump is expected to discuss plans to demine the Strait of Hormuz with allies during next week's Group of Seven summit in France, a senior US administration official said Saturday, as mediators said an agreement to end the war was close....

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday stressed the need for unity in the INDIA bloc and claimed that they did not lose the 2024 Lok Sabha election and have already won the 2029 polls. Sharing his speech delivered at a meeting of the INDIA...

Lagos: Eleven Indian sailors have been convicted and their merchant vessel fined USD 5.3 million by a court in Nigeria for cocaine trafficking. They were arrested around six months ago by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing 31.5 kilogrammes...

Kolkata: Two separate complaints were filed Saturday against the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party's Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, at two different police stations in two different districts of West Bengal over two separate allegations. The first police complaint has been filed at...

New Delhi: Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth has been appointed as the next Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), the government said in a statement Saturday. Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, presently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, will assume charge as the next...

New Delhi: Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has made it mandatory for all its schools to maintain at least one Sanskrit section in classes VI and IX under the implementation of the third-language framework for the 2026-27 academic session. In a circular issued May 29, the autonomous...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday said the Cabinet has decided that Aadhaar cards would not be issued to those above the age of 18 to ensure illegal immigrants don't acquire the document. In exceptional cases, the district commissioner will have to send...