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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday presented veteran star Mithun Chakraborty the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award and honoured other winners of the 70th National Film Awards, including music composer AR Rahman, actors Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen, and Manasi Parekh. The National Film Awards were announced...

Kolkata: Around 50 senior doctors of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here Tuesday tendered their resignations in a mark of solidarity with medics who have been on fast-unto-death demanding justice for the deceased woman doctor, sources in the health facility said. The decision...

Stockholm: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning. “This year's two Nobel Laureates in physics have used tools from physics to develop methods that are the foundation...

Chandigarh: Olympic wrestler and Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat Tuesday won her maiden election, defeating her nearest BJP rival Yogesh Kumar from Julana assembly seat in Haryana, according to the Election Commission. Phogat defeated Kumar by a margin of 6,015 votes. The counting of votes polled...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Tuesday it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut, a day after the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack was marked by mourning and demonstrations around the globe. The military said the strike killed Suhail...

Kolkata: The fast-unto-death protest of seven junior doctors at Esplanade in Kolkata, over the rape and murder of their colleague in the state-run RG Kar Medical College Hospital entered the fourth day Tuesday. With Tuesday coinciding with Maha Panchami, the doctors -- both seniors and...

Chandigarh: The ruling BJP has crossed the halfway mark of 45 in the Haryana assembly polls and was leading on 48 seats now, while the Congress is ahead on 33, according to the latest trends on the Election Commission website. The two parties have been...

Kathmandu: The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu handed over the first consignment of emergency relief materials, including sleeping bags, blankets and tarpaulin sheets, to authorities in flood-struck Nepal, according to an official statement. The 4.2 tonnes of aid supplies handed over Monday were for families affected...

New Delhi: Civic volunteer in Kolkata Police Sanjay Roy had raped and killed the trainee doctor in the seminar hall at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital August 9, the CBI has alleged in its first charge sheet in the sensational case filed Monday while...

New Delhi: Terming Naxals the biggest human rights violators, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday said security forces have been carrying out "offensive operations" instead of defensive against the insurgents and have achieved big successes in recent times. Addressing chief ministers and top officials of...