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Guwahati/Puri: Another accused in the alleged financial irregularities in Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd has been apprehended in Odisha’s Puri, marking the ninth arrest in the case, officials said Sunday. They said Padma Kanta Hazarika was apprehended in Puri Saturday and will be brought to...

New Delhi: Congress Sunday flagged that the answer sheets of two million CBSE Class-XII students have been shown to be available in the public domain and said it is a "data breach of monumental proportions" which compromises the privacy of the students. Congress leader Jairam...

Shimla: The principal Opposition BJP in Himachal Pradesh Sunday won three out of four Municipal Corporations, Mandi, Dharamsala and Solan, while the ruling Congress managed to win Palampur alone. The polling for the four corporations was held May 17 on party symbols with a straight...

Kolkata: Six people have been arrested in connection with the attack and harassment of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in Sonarpur in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, the police said on Sunday. Banerjee was heckled and attacked when he went to the family of...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sunday announced the expansion of the state Council of Ministers June 5. In a post on X, CM Sarma said, "I am pleased to inform that the Council of Ministers of the Government of Assam will be expanded...

New Delhi: Gen NS Raja Subramani, widely known as an expert on Pakistan and China, Sunday took charge as India's new Chief of Defence Staff with a primary mandate to implement the ambitious military theaterisation plan and bolster tri-services synergy. He succeeded Gen Anil Chauhan,...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo and former chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Saturday expressed shock over the attack on party MP Abhishek Banerjee and raised questions over both the security arrangements in place and the circumstances surrounding his treatment at a hospital afterwards. Addressing...

New Delhi: A 26-year-old man died while eight others were rescued after a commercial building collapsed near the Saket Metro Station in South Delhi, officials said Sunday. According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the deceased has been identified as Ravi. The injured persons are...

Singapore: Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said Saturday that a BrahMos missile deal with Vietnam had already been signed, while a similar pact involving Indonesia was in the final stages. Singh is in Singapore to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, and his comments were in response...

New Delhi: Several people are feared to be trapped under debris after a five-storey building collapsed near Saket metro station in south Delhi Saturday evening, officials said. The entire five-storey structure collapsed, flattening into a massive mound of rubble, according to officials at the site....