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Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has released the list of candidates selected for interview who had appeared in the State Level Selection Test (SLST) exam, held in September. The list of candidates selected for the interviews for teaching jobs for Classes 11...

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has set a target for completing the digitisation process of the voters' details mentioned in the enumeration forms in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal by November end. "Already, the process of digitisation of the enumeration...

New Delhi: One person was killed, and multiple workers went missing in the stone quarry collapse in the Billi Markundi mining area under Obra Police Station limits in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred around 1500 hours on Saturday, and the National Disaster Response...

Chennai: Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-politician Vijay, will hold protests across Tamil Nadu Sunday to oppose the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. The party alleges that the ongoing revision has created widespread confusion among voters and raised concerns about the...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, one of South India’s most revered pilgrimage centres, will open Sunday at 5 p.m. for the Mandala-Makaravilakku festival season, marking the beginning of the Kartika month. With lakhs of devotees preparing for the annual pilgrimage, authorities have put in place...

New Delhi: The driver of the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near Delhi's Red Fort metro station on November 10 received Rs 20 lakh through illegal financial channels, sources revealed Sunday. A white Hyundai i20 exploded near a traffic signal on Netaji Subhash Marg, close...

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose Sunday described the four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Kalyan Banerjee’s allegation that arms and ammunition were being distributed from the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata as “inflammatory, explosive and irresponsible”. Speaking to the media in the morning, the...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal directed all district election officials Saturday to complete the collection of filled Special Intensive Revision enumeration forms by the end of this month. The instructions were issued during a video conference with district authorities, he said. "The...

Surat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated Saturday that Bihar voters had rejected what he termed the "Muslim League-Maoist Congress" combination and opposition parties promoting what he described as the "poison of casteism." Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, he said even the Congress' nationalist leaders who...

Lucknow: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed Saturday that Indonesia has formally expressed interest in purchasing the Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system. "Indonesia has requested to purchase the BrahMos missile being manufactured in Lucknow," Singh said, addressing the BJP workers here. Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief...