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New Delhi: An Indian-flagged crude tanker safely transited the Strait of Hormuz even as two other vessels were forced to turn back after being fired at, prompting New Delhi to raise concerns with Iran over the safety of merchant shipping. Crude oil tanker Desh Garima,...

New Delhi: Left parties have written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation Saturday violated the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for elections and seeking action against him. CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby and CPI Rajya...

Lucknow: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is likely to present Monday his stand in the Allahabad High Court on a petition filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker alleging that the Congress leader is a 'British national' enjoying dual...

Bankura: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress of betraying women by preventing the passage of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in Parliament, and asserted that the women would punish the ruling party in West Bengal in the upcoming assembly polls. Addressing...

Virudhunagar: More than 10 workers were feared dead following a blast in a firecracker manufacturing unit near, and some others were severely injured, police said. The blast occurred when about 30 workers were engaged in routine manufacturing-related processes at the firecrackers unit at Kattanarpatti near...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday claimed that it was deeply unfortunate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to mislead the nation over the women's quota bill. She also alleged that the central government was plotting to push through the delimitation exercise by...

New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission of India (ECI) Sunday cautioned candidates and political parties against the misuse of AI-generated or manipulated content, highlighting that 11,000 illegal social media posts have been removed since March...

New Delhi: About a dozen officers from India will reach Washington April 20 for three-day talks with the US authorities on the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA), an official said. As the tariff landscape has changed in the US, both sides may...

Bhubaneswar/Amaravati: At least 12 people were injured after a private travel bus en route from Chennai to Bhubaneswar lost control and overturned into a roadside drain on National Highway 16 at Nakkapalli in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district early Sunday. There were 36 passengers on board...

Chennai: With just five days remaining for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the state government to transfer senior IPS officer KA Senthil Velan from his post as Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) and appoint Avinash Kumar in...