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New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday vehemently urged the Supreme Court to intervene in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to "save democracy", alleging the state is being targeted and its people are being bulldozed. The top court took...

Imphal: NDA legislature party leader Y Khemchand Singh on Wednesday staked a claim to form a government in Manipur, state BJP chief A Sharda Devi said. Restive Manipur has been under the President's rule since February last year. An NDA team led by Singh met...

Jammu: Two Pakistani terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit were killed in an over 20-hour-long operation in a remote forest area in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, officials said. One of those killed was identified as Avu Mavia, a top commander of JeM, who...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Wednesday cited former Army Chief MM Naravane's unpublished "memoir" to claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not fulfil his responsibility during the India-China conflict in 2020 and passed the buck on to Naravane. Addressing reporters in the...

New Delhi: Ahead of the Supreme Court's hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved a fresh application urging the Apex Court to restrain the Election Commission of India...

Ghaziabad: Three minor sisters allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the ninth floor of a residential building in Ghaziabad. Police have also recovered a suicide note in which the girls reportedly said they could not live without online Korean games. Their father was unaware...

Washington: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held separate meetings with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, holding wide-ranging discussions on the India-US strategic and economic partnership. “Delighted to meet US @SecRubio this afternoon,” Jaishankar said in a post on X...

Kathmandu: The Nepal government Tuesday decided to withdraw the controversial social media bill, which was under consideration in Parliament. The Social Media Bill 2025, registered by the then-government led by deposed prime minister K P Sharma Oli last year, drew criticism from all quarters over...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's wife and son were questioned separately by police Tuesday in connection with two different cases, officials said. The former first lady, Shiranthi Rajapaksa, was questioned in connection with a case filed in 2015 over alleged financial irregularities involving...

New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday that India has a very good trade deal with the US, better than competitors, without compromising interest of the agriculture and dairy sectors. Without giving details of what has been agreed with Washington, Goyal said the trade deal...