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New Delhi: NDA ally and Union minister Chirag Paswan Sunday expressed confidence that the BJP would retain the Bankipur seat in Bihar, where the party had to bring in a fresh candidate after its original nominee pulled out of the race for the July 30...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday accused the BJP of trying to bring down his government by engineering a split in the National Conference, claiming that his party MLAs were offered Rs 20-30 crore to switch sides. Addressing a packed workers' convention...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday expressed grief over the deaths of Indian nationals in a boat accident in Vietnam and said that Indian missions are providing all possible help. Fifteen Indian tourists were killed in the incident on Saturday, according to Vietnamese media...

New Delhi: India has asserted that trade issues with the US should be resolved through bilateral trade negotiations rather than unilateral measures, urging the USTR to reconsider its proposed 12.5 per cent tariff, citing inconsistencies in its Section 301 investigation into forced labour concerns. Participating...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has issued a fresh order to attach assets worth Rs 1,021 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against the Reliance Anil Ambani Group. The provisional order, issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering...

New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI Saturday said it has issued 9 notices to quick-commerce platform Swiggy Instamart following several consumer complaints, including of alleged supply of rotten and expired food products, against the platform. In a social media post on X, Food Safety Standards Authority...

New Delhi: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has said he is just an ordinary citizen, not a modern Gandhi or a hero, urging people to become the heroes of their own lives instead of looking for someone else to lead. The Cockroach Janta Party's...

New Delhi: A committee set up by the Centre to examine the content of the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer film Satluj is learnt to have recommended that the ban on its public access through online streaming platforms should remain, as the film allegedly goes against India's sovereignty...

New Delhi: Shehzad Bhatti has emerged as the Inter-Services Intelligence's latest operative tasked with carrying out a large-scale recruitment drive in India aimed at fuelling terrorism. Once known as a social media influencer, Bhatti was recruited by the Pakistani spy agency to enlist Indian youth...

Kolkata: The rebel faction in Trinamool Congress under the leadership of the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, will be announcing its state and district committees in West Bengal Saturday. This rebel faction in the Trinamool Congress, which is claiming to be the “real Trinamool Congress,”...