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New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) will announce the schedule for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls Tuesday. The poll panel has convened a press conference here at 3.30 pm to announce the details. While the term of the Maharashtra assembly ends November 26, that...

Damascus: Syrian and Russian joint airstrikes targeted militant positions in the rural areas of Syria's northwestern provinces of Idlib and Latakia, killing 30 militants, according to local media. The airstrikes hit sites belonging to extremist rebel groups, reports Xinhua, quoting local media outlet Al-Watan Online,...

Mumbai: The conspiracy to kill NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was hatched in Pune and shooters were provided with a photo and a flex banner for the target identification, police said Monday. Mumbai crime branch probing the sensational murder of the 66-year-old...

Kolkata: The crucial meeting between representatives of 12 doctors' associations in West Bengal and Chief Secretary Manoj Pant at Swasthya Bhavan here Monday concluded without any resolution as the state government was reluctant to set a timeline to resolve the deadlock, sources said. The absence...

New Delhi: Several opposition MPs Monday boycotted a meeting of the parliamentary committee examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, alleging that the panel is not functioning in accordance with rules and regulations. Opposition MPs, such as Gaurav Gogoi and Imran Masood of the Congress, A Raja...

Stockholm: The Nobel memorial prize in economics has been awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research into differences in prosperity between nations. The announcement was made Monday in Stockholm. Acemoglu and Johnson work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and...

Bahraich (UP): Restless crowds, some people armed with sticks and iron rods, roamed the streets and shops were set on fire as tension escalated in Bahraich Monday, a day after a 22-year-old man was killed in communal violence during a Durga idol immersion procession. Police...

Kolkata: The ‘fast-unto-death' by junior doctors in West Bengal to press for their demands in the wake of the RG Kar hospital incident entered the 10th day Monday, even as the health condition of two more medics deteriorated, one of whom has been hospitalised, officials...

Mumbai: Mumbai Police investigating the murder case of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddiqui conducted an ossification test of accused Dharmaraj Kashyap in which it was proved that he is not minor, official said Monday. Baba Siddiqui was shot dead by three assailants...

New Delhi: India's wholesale price inflation stood at 1.84 per cent in September, primarily due to an increase in prices of food articles and some manufacturing areas, the government said Monday. In August, the wholesale inflation came at 1.31 per cent and 2.04 per cent...