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Kolkata: Kolkata Police informed Friday that the investigating team probing the devastating fire at the factory-cum-warehouse has arrested the manager and deputy manager of 'Wow Momo'. The arrests were made late Thursday night, and the two persons have been identified as Momoronjon Sit and Raja...

New Delhi: Foreign Ministers from several countries have arrived in New Delhi Friday to attend the second India–Arab Foreign Ministers' Meeting(IAFMM), scheduled for Saturday. The Foreign Ministers of Libya, Eltaher S M Elbaour and Somalia, Abdisalam Ali, arrived in the national capital. Welcoming the Libyan...

Mumbai: Gold and silver prices fell on Friday, after hitting record highs in the previous session as investors booked profits and the US dollar gained strength. MCX gold February futures fell 1.03 per cent to Rs 1,67,656 per 10 grams around 10 am on an...

Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade Friday after a three-day rally, dragged by IT stocks and caution ahead of the Budget presentation February 1. Fresh foreign fund outflows and weak trends in global equities also added to the markets' weakness...

Kozhikode: V. Srinivasan, husband of Rajya Sabha member and Indian Olympic Association President P.T. Usha, passed away in the early hours of Friday. Srinivasan collapsed at his residence in Payyoli in Kerala's Kozhikode district and was immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital. However, doctors...

Kalma (Chhattisgarh): Activists and members of Mahanadi Bachao Andolan Thursday visited the Kalma Barrage in Chhattisgarh, staged a protest and attempted to dismantle the sand embankment constructed over the barrage downstream, highlighting the serious concerns over restricted water flow in the Mahanadi. The team, led...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said Odisha has been making steady progress and is on the path of inclusive and sustainable growth as evident from the Economic Survey of India 2025-26. Majhi made the statement based on the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament...

New Delhi: Palestine Thursday urged India to play an active role in the reconstruction of war-ravaged Gaza and to support the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin said Gaza needs urgent assistance in view of widespread...

New Delhi: India must focus on building enduring national capabilities and economic sovereignty in the face of shrinking space for rules-based trading, anti-immigrant stance, weaponisation of energy sources and growing use of export controls in critical sectors, the Economic Survey said Thursday. It said the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court's stay on the recent UGC equity regulations on preventing caste-based discrimination on campuses was largely welcomed by opposition parties Thursday, with leaders from the BSP, Congress and TMC welcoming it, while the CPI(ML) Liberation said it is "deeply appalled" by...