New Delhi: A fire broke out at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building here Tuesday afternoon, but was controlled soon in a swift response from firefighting teams. No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident, officials said. According to officials, the blaze originated...
Kyiv: Russian drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine's power grid during the night killed at least five people and wounded 39 others, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rebuked Moscow for what he said was its "utter cynicism" in launching the attacks after...
New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday named Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the party's central observer for the election of its legislative party leader in West Bengal. The party also appointed Union minister JP Nadda as its central observer for the election of the legislative...
By Mihir Kanta Das Bhubaneswar: In Indian democracy, the verdict of the people is surely supreme. Often, those in power maintain a firm belief in their victory based on the strength of their power and position; however, voters have frequently made them taste the bitterness...
New Delhi: Are you the chief priest of the country The Supreme Court remarked Tuesday while slamming the Indian Young Lawyers Association over its 2006 PIL challenging the prohibition of women aged 10 to 50 from entering the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. The top court...
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy. Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC,...
Beijing: At least 26 people were killed and 61 others injured in a massive explosion at a fireworks factory in China's Hunan province, officials said Tuesday. The explosion occurred Monday afternoon at the plant operated by the Huasheng fireworks manufacturing and display company in Liuyang,...
Chennai: The DMK has suffered a major electoral setback in the recently concluded Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, winning only around 59 of the 164 constituencies it contested directly and slipping into the Opposition. The polls witnessed a fierce three-cornered contest involving the DMK, the...
Kolkata: An eight per cent positive vote swing in its favour finally enabled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to increase its winning seat tally by 129 and form the new government in West Bengal for the first time since independence. In the recently concluded Assembly polls...
New Delhi: Vietnamese President To Lam to visit India Tuesday for a State visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To Lam, also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, will be in India till May 7....
Every few years, India calls in its envoys for a reality check. At the 11th Heads of Mission Conference recently,...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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