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Kolkata: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police, Thursday morning, took over the probe of the ghastly murder of Chandranath Rath, the long-time personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, who was shot dead by a bike-borne man. Initial investigation revealed that while Rath was...

Chennai: Amid continuing uncertainty over the formation of the next government in Tamil Nadu, TVK President C. Joseph Vijay has convened a crucial meeting of all newly elected party legislators at the TVK headquarters in Panaiyur Thursday. The meeting comes at a politically sensitive moment,...

Hamirpur: In a tragic incident, two people were killed, and six others went missing after a boat carrying nine passengers from Ghatampur submerged in the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district. One was rescued safely, officials said Thursday. The incident took place at Kutupur...

Kolkata: At least five BJP workers were injured after crude bombs were hurled at them in the Panihati area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, said police Thursday. This attack happened hours after the ghastly murder of Chandranath Rath, long-time personal assistant of Suvendu...

New Delhi: Post the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was under immense pressure to act against Pakistan. Islamabad would have hoped that the retaliation would be very limited and India would not go that extra mile, considering that it is a nuclear state....

Kolkata: In a shocking incident Wednesday night, Chandranath Rath, a close aide and personal assistant of outgoing Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead on a road in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas district while returning home from...

Chennai: A writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President C. Joseph Vijay in connection with alleged income tax irregularities linked to the 2015 Tamil film...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 to make any obstruction to the singing of the national song Vande Mataram a punishable offence. This gives Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as...

New Delhi: Ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to India, US envoy Sergio Gor Wednesday said Washington deeply values its growing partnership with New Delhi and remains committed to building even stronger ties that will benefit both the nations and the world. In...

Kolkata: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Wednesday afternoon submitted a report to Governor R.N. Ravi on the post-poll violence in the state after the results of the recent Assembly elections were declared May 4. The CEO at the same...