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Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court Thursday gave conditional approval for a political programme of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Sreerampore in Hooghly district Friday. The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress faction has planned a political programme at Sreerampore Friday,...

Bhopal: Amid controversy surrounding allegations of donation theft at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh has announced the 'Sanatan Swabhiman Yatra', which will begin in Ujjain October 20, coinciding with Dussehra, and proceed towards Ayodhya. While announcing...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea filed by gangster Abu Salem, who sought release from custody on the grounds that he has completed 25 years in jail in India as mandated under the terms of his extradition from Portugal. A bench of...

New Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Thursday urged people to stay cautious of misleading and fabricated videos allegedly featuring her and asked them not to fall prey to fraudulent and deceitful calls for investment in real estate projects or any other futuristic ventures. Priyanka Gandhi’s...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has decided to proceed cautiously on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) demand for a corruption case against former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others in the CMRL-Exalogic case, with a Vigilance quick verification likely before any FIR is registered. The move comes...

Mumbai: Tensions have escalated near Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (Terminal 2) after the Maharashtra Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) confirmed that a religious structure operating near the high-security zone lacks statutory planning permissions and is unauthorised. Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirit...

Kolkata: A crucial education-related bill will be moved and passed in the West Bengal Assembly at a single-day special session Thursday. The West Bengal Universities & Colleges Administration & Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2026 is aimed at implementing the “one state, one education” policy in the...

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati Thursday expelled her nephew Akash Anand from the BSP, saying he has been freed from the party and that his personal attachment appeared to outweigh his concern for his own political career. She announced this after welcoming Akash Anand's...

Jaipur: The BJP has expelled seven more rebel candidates who are contesting as Independents against the party’s official nominees in the Rajasthan civic body elections. The leaders have been removed from the party’s primary membership for six years. The latest action includes five rebels from...

Gandhinagar: All workers trapped after a portion of an under-construction building collapsed in Gujarat's Kudasan area were rescued safely, with the state government reporting zero casualties after a war-footing rescue operation late Wednesday night. Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, who visited both the accident site...