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Kolkata: Around 63.66 lakh names, nearly 8.3 per cent of the electorate, have been deleted in West Bengal since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in November last year, bringing down the total number of voters in the state to over 7.04 crore ahead of...

New Delhi: Above-normal number of heatwave days are expected over most parts of the country between March and May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its monthly forecast Saturday. These parts include West Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, south and east Maharashtra, east Uttar Pradesh,...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded message released Saturday morning that the attacks will let Iranians "take their fate into their own hands" and that Israel plans the current operation to be "much more powerful" than the bruising 12-day war Israel...

Amaravati: At least 20 people were killed and 15 others injured in a massive explosion in a firecracker manufacturing unit near Samarlakota in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh Saturday.​ The incident occurred around 2 pm at Suryashri Fireworks, near the Godavari canal in Vetlapalem, in...

Dubai: The US and Israel launched a major attack on Iran Saturday, with President Donald Trump calling on the Iranian public to "seize control of your destiny" and rise against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Some of the first strikes...

Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) is likely to delete an additional eight lakh names over and above the 58 lakh voters previously removed in the state's draft rolls, taking the total SIR-induced deletions in West Bengal to around 66 lakh so far, sources in the...

Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) Saturday started publishing the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal in phases, as officials put up hard copies of the list in some districts such as Bankura. Till reports last received, the list was yet to be made available online...

New Delhi: India Saturday advised its nationals in Iran and Israel to exercise utmost caution and remain vigilant after US President Donald Trump announced major combat operations against Iran. In an advisory, the Indian embassy in Iran urged Indian nationals in that country to avoid...

Tel Aviv: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Saturday said it had detected the launch of ballistic missiles from Iran toward Israeli territory and urged citizens to immediately move into safe rooms and other protected areas. The development comes amid sharply rising tensions in the Middle...

Washington: Harvard University’s Department of South Asian Studies has apologised for posting what it described as an “insensitive image” related to its Sanskrit programme, following criticism from sections of the Hindu community. The department, in a statement Friday, said it “deeply regrets the posting of...