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Kolkata: The rebel faction in Trinamool Congress under the leadership of the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, will be announcing its state and district committees in West Bengal Saturday. This rebel faction in the Trinamool Congress, which is claiming to be the “real Trinamool Congress,”...

New Delhi: A video showing an Indian diplomat objecting to the depiction of an incorrect map of India during a seminar in Bangladesh has gone viral on social media, with many users Saturday praising her for immediately flagging the issue and firmly reiterating New Delhi’s...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed all Central government offices and Governors' offices to ensure strict adherence to the prescribed script, text, diction and pronunciation while singing or playing the National Song and the National Anthem, reiterating the protocols governing their...

Ahmedabad: Fresh from his historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut and Ashoka Chakra awardee Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is scheduled to visit Tanmay's 'Amazing Space Museum – Zero Digital Space Museum' in Ahmedabad Saturday. The visit is scheduled between 12 p.m. and...

New Delhi: Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile in India around December and surrender. The South Asian nation’s longest-serving leader said she...

New Delhi: After WhatsApp, messaging platform Telegram has also submitted its reply to the IT Ministry's notice on the 'username' feature, according to sources. Submissions of both WhatsApp and Telegram are currently being examined by the government, sources told PTI. The username feature essentially allows...

New Delhi: Centre has withdrawn the licensing exemption for medicinal formulations containing more than 12 per cent of ethyl alcohol and brought them under stricter regulatory oversight, including mandatory licensing and prescription-only sale, to curb misuse and prevent diversion for intoxication, officials said. Certain medicinal...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday filed a charge sheet against six Kashmiri separatist leaders, including Shabir Ahmad Shah, for allegedly instigating large-scale mob violence against police personnel during the funeral procession of a slain terrorist in Srinagar nearly three decades ago. Besides...

New Delhi: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) Friday staged a protest against the E20 ethanol-blended petrol policy, accusing the Centre of pushing a measure that allegedly harms vehicles and benefits ethanol manufacturers. Gathering outside the IYC office on Raisina Road, party workers wearing masks of Union...

New Delhi: Several women's organisations and movements Friday came together to demand the immediate implementation of the women's reservation law by delinking it from the census and proposed delimitation exercise, and announced a nationwide campaign, including a dharna at Jantar Mantar beginning July 20. Addressing...