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Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday lost her cool and slapped a party worker amid chaos during her party's protest procession in Kolkata against the alleged rape and murder of a minor in Baruipur. The Trinamool Congress faction led by Mamata Banerjee...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday organised the third one-day conference for media and communication officers. Around 200 officials from 10 states and Union Territories were brought together to strengthen election-related communication and address the growing challenge of misinformation in the...

Melbourne: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Australia on the second leg of his three-nation tour, during which he will hold talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, and interact with the Indian diaspora. "Landed in Melbourne, Australia. This visit will add vigour...

New Delhi: India Wednesday conducted a successful flight test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha, officials said. The rocket was tested for a user- defined minimum range of 60 km, they said. "The Defence Research &...

Nairobi: Four fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who had been stranded in Somalia, are flying back to India Wednesday. Indian High Commission in Kenya arranged for their repatriation. In a social media post, the High Commission said the four fishermen had been stranded in Lassqoray, Somalia,...

New Delhi: Strengthening collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) can play a significant role in supporting India's economic growth and advancing its global trade ambitions, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday following a meeting with the institute's...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted search operations Tuesday at the premises of M/s E-Complex Private Limited and the residential premises of one of its directors, which resulted in the detection and seizure of evidence pertaining to suspicious transactions and assets beneficially owned or...

Mumbai: Indian benchmark equity indices witnessed their sharpest single-day decline in more than three months Wednesday as escalating tensions in West Asia dampened investor sentiment and sparked a broad-based selloff across sectors. The Sensex plunged 1,677.12 points, or 2.15 per cent, to close at 76,503.60,...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday carried out coordinated searches across multiple states in connection with an online terror radicalisation case involving an alleged conspiracy to establish an Islamic state in India through violent jihad and anti-national activities inspired by the ideologies of...

Cairo: Drone strikes on civilian vehicles headed to social gatherings in Sudan have killed over 20 people in recent days, according to rights groups, as the use of unmanned aircraft becomes increasingly common in the north-eastern African country's war. A drone hit the outskirts of...