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Kolkata: The West Bengal government Wednesday constituted a six-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe the October 17 stampede at Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata in which 19 people were killed and 25 injured. The SIT, headed by retired judge Justice Anindita Roy...

Koderma: Jharkhand Police have arrested a woman and her alleged lover for the murder of her husband in Koderma district, whose body was found in a disused stone quarry, officials said Wednesday. The case was solved within 48 hours, with police alleging that the victim,...

Vijayawada: Filing of nominations for MPTC and ZPTC elections in Andhra Pradesh began on a violent note Wednesday with attacks on candidates and leaders of the opposition YSR Congress Party, including Former Deputy Chief Minister K. Narayana Swamy. YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) blamed Telugu Desam...

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was allegedly made to wait for nearly three hours at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport after returning from Paris and was subsequently fined Rs 50,000, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed Wednesday, triggering a political controversy between the party...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to procure Improved Low-Level Lightweight Radar (LLLR-I) at a cost of approximately Rs 770 crore to boost the air defence capability of the Indian Army. The LLLR(I) system has the...

New Delhi: The Congress Wednesday attacked the government over the CBSE on-screen marking row, saying the vote chor, paper chor sarkaar must go. Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh shared on X a media report which claimed that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)...

New Delhi: Labelling 'experts' from the United Nations (UN) as an "oxymoron", US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Wednesday called the recent demonstrations by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and opposition parties against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar as India's "domestic matter". Currently visiting India,...

New Delhi: The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to revive the Khalistan movement in Punjab. It is pumping in substantial funds, nurturing gangs to strengthen the nexus, and promoting groups operating from foreign countries. The question, however,...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Wednesday said it will hear October 22 All India Students' Association (AISA) President Neha Bora's plea against a Delhi Police notice asking her to execute a "peace" bond before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM). Bora, who has been at the...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to interfere with the judicial custody of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, as it asked them to await the outcome of the hearing scheduled before the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM), and approach the appellate...