Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested seven people, including organisers of Chorbagan Durga Puja, for the pandal stampede that killed at least 19 people, a senior officer said Sunday. Police have also registered a suo motu case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. At least...
New Delhi: With the Election Commission deciding to provide "readable" electoral rolls to parties, the Congress Sunday said it was the result of the whole nation being on the streets against the "vote chors" and pushed for its demands that the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh...
Gwalior: Families of those killed in a tragic road accident near the Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district gathered outside the post-mortem house Sunday and expressed outrage over what they alleged was the administration's failure to ensure proper traffic management during the heavy...
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the waiver from sanctions on Russia and tariffs on other countries, including India, was a 60-day pause to analyse the global impact of the measure. Rubio was responding to questions Saturday evening at Joint Base Andrews...
Kolkata: The police have detained 12 people, including organisers, volunteers and others, for questioning in connection with the stampede at the Chorebagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja Pandal in Kolkata, which claimed 19 lives. A forensic team arrived at the site of the stampede -- Muktarambabu Street...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the stampede in Kolkata is extremely distressing and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. At least 10 people are feared...
New Delhi: Drug pricing regulator NPPA Saturday capped trade margins on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer formulations at 30 per cent, according to an official statement. The move, effective November 9, is expected to slash retail prices of these critical life-saving medicines by up to 70 per...
New Delhi: Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Enquiry Committee has launched a portal to receive complaints and representations from people affected by violence at Jantar Mantar and other places outside Delhi in July 2026, the Union Home Ministry said Saturday. The portal, http://hpec.nic.in, has been launched...
New Delhi: Supreme Court has declared the right to access and use the internet as a fundamental right of children and directed the Centre to create a national database for detection of sexually explicit visual content depicting minors on digital platforms and their removal. The...
Bucharest: All nine Indian seafarers on board chemical tanker YARA J are safe, and the vessel has arrived at the Port of Constanta in Romania, the Embassy of India in Bucharest said Saturday. The confirmation came after India’s Ambassador to Romania, Manoj Mohapatra, spoke with...
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