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  Kolkata: The crucial second meeting of the new West Bengal cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled Monday afternoon, with sectors such as state finance and education being on the agenda. In the finance sector, a crucial subject on the...

Kolkata: A protest against the recent bulldozer action in Kolkata's Tiljala turned violent Sunday as demonstrators threw stones at police personnel in the Park Circus area, injuring at least three of them and damaging several vehicles, officials said. Bulldozers rolled into Kolkata's Tiljala last Wednesday...

Kolkata: A large number of Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) were found scattered in a field in West Bengal's Birbhum district Sunday, while over a hundred Aadhaar cards and other documents were recovered from a TMC office in Bidhannagar, triggering political sparring and prompting police...

Kandla: A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla in Gujarat after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, officials said Sunday. The Marshall Islands-flagged MV SYMI started its journey from Qatar...

New Delhi: India is closely monitoring Sri Lanka's decision to offer foreign investors control of an airport near the China-controlled Hambantota port, as it could present a rare opening for Indian firms seeking strategic footholds in the Indian Ocean, people familiar with the matter said...

Cairo: A drone strike caused a fire outside a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi Sunday, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said. The Abu Dhabi media office said in a statement that the fire broke out in an external electrical generator outside the perimeter...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Education Sunday dismissed concerns about On-Screen Marking (OSM) affecting students' scores in CBSE class XII exams and announced that the revaluation and answer sheet verification charges have been reduced to Rs 100 each. According to officials, the decision has been...

New Delhi: The alleged role of a public servant associated with the National Testing Agency has come under CBI's scanner in the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said Saturday. While seeking the custody of one of the accused, Manisha Sanjay Waghmare, who was arrested May...

The Hague: Driven by shifting global geopolitics, India and the Netherlands elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and inked 17 agreements to boost cooperation in defence, critical minerals and other key sectors during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Rob...

Kota: A massive fire broke out in one of the coaches of the Rajdhani Express in Rajasthan's Kota early Sunday morning. No one was injured in the incident, officials confirmed. The fire first broke out in an air-conditioned coach of the Rajdhani Express bound for...