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Kolkata: The Kolkata Police Thursday denied the allegations raised by two Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha members and one Lok Sabha member on Wednesday, accusing the West Bengal government of deliberately withdrawing the security arrangement to which former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is entitled. Wednesday night,...

New Delhi: The India-UK free trade agreement will come into force July 15 this year, the commerce ministry said Wednesday. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was inked July 24 last year. In a major stride for India's global economic engagement, India and the...

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked operators of uncontrolled airstrips to immediately review the operational conditions of their facilities and rectify deficiencies that affect safety against the backdrop of accidents at such airstrips. Several uncontrolled airstrips across the country are being utilised for landing...

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Wednesday slammed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for his criticism of the Opposition for defeating the Constitution amendment bill in Parliament and pointed out that southern states' chief ministers are concerned over losing out on political weight....

Narayanpur: In a significant breakthrough, security forces have recovered a substantial cache of weapons and ammunition from the dense Maspur-Gudrapal forest area in Narayanpur district during a special search operation conducted June 16, an official said Wednesday. The operation was carried out by the 'E'...

New Delhi: A day after the Delhi Police Special Cell busted an ISI-linked terror syndicate involving Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti, the unit has arrested five of the eight accused while uncovering another ISI-backed inter-state terror module linked to Bhatti, police said Wednesday. According to officials,...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said National Conference Parliament members will not support the NDA government at the Centre. Responding to a question about factions of Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena backing the government at the Centre, Abdullah said he could...

New Delhi: Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has said that the temporary suspension of the messaging platform in India ahead of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination affected more than 150 million users. In a post on social media platform X, Durov...

New Delhi: Messaging platform Telegram Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court, challenging the Central government's decision to temporarily suspend its services across India ahead of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination scheduled for June 21. The matter was mentioned before the Vacation Bench of Justice Tejas...

New Delhi: Messaging app Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has alleged that Reliance Group, in which Meta has a partial stake, may have lobbied, along with its competitor WhatsApp, to impose a ban on the company's app in India. He also accused Reliance of sabotaging access...