Kolkata: In an absolutely peaceful repolling for the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Thursday, a high voting percentage of 20.47 was recorded in the first two hours till 9 a.m. Not a single report of violence, tension or electoral malpractices...
Chennai: The C. Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government will undergo its first Cabinet expansion Thursday, with Congress likely to formally join the ministry in a move aimed at strengthening the ruling coalition and filling several key portfolios that have remained vacant since the government assumed...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: BJD MP Sasmit Patra Wednesday met Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman and urged the initiation of structured deliberations on bringing petrol and diesel under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) framework. In his detailed representation to Sitharaman, Patra emphasised that the constitutional...
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor discussed deepening the India-US economic and financial partnership, including collaboration in the fintech sector, investment opportunities and bilateral cooperation, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. According to the ministry, the two sides...
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to undertake euthanasia of aggressive and demonstrably dangerous stray dogs after the Supreme Court's recent order upheld prioritisation of human safety. A senior MCD official said a review meeting chaired by MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar...
New Delhi: India and South Korea Wednesday signed key agreements to shore up cooperation in defence cyberspace and military training, reaffirming their commitment to stronger bilateral defence ties and a rules-based Indo-Pacific, a region that has witnessed increasing Chinese assertiveness. The pacts were firmed up...
New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday sent five accused in the NEET paper leak case to judicial custody till June 2 and extended the CBI custody of another accused. Special Judge Ajay Gupta allowed the agency's plea seeking judicial custody till June 2 of five...
Bhopal: A Bhopal district court Wednesday refused to allow a second post-mortem examination of model and actor Twisha Sharma, even as her family continues to demand a fresh autopsy at AIIMS Delhi, citing alleged inconsistencies in the investigation. “Directions for conducting a second post-mortem examination...
New Delhi: Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides kickstarted a three-day visit to India Wednesday to boost bilateral cooperation in areas of trade, investment, defence and technology. Christodoulides, accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising senior ministers, officials and business leaders, began his trip from Mumbai and will...
Ranchi: Thousands of pharmacies across Jharkhand remained shut Wednesday in response to a nationwide strike against online medicine sales and e-pharmacy platforms. The shutdown, called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), affected districts such as Palamu, Garhwa, Latehar, Hazaribag, Khunti and...
As the stalemate in the war between the US-Israel combine and Iran continues, good news has emerged following a social...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ongoing visit to India comes at a moment of unusual strain in India-US relations,...
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By Aakar Patel Assume for a moment that I am a big and strong fellow who lifts heavy weights easily...
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By Dilip Cherian Another year for Praveen Sood as CBI Director was hardly unexpected. In fact, the bigger surprise would...
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