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Kolkata: At least six people were killed and several others critically injured in a devastating fire at a five-storey hotel in Tarapith in Birbhum district of West Bengal Monday. The injured persons are currently under treatment at the nearby Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital....

Chennai: 'We The Leaders' founder and former Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President K. Annamalai Sunday alleged that some Ministers in the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led state government had begun demanding commissions ranging from two to four per cent in government tenders. He, however,...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency on Sunday announced re-test for three papers of the UGC-NET examination -- English, Commerce and Sociology -- following complaints about several errors in these papers. The English paper will be held September 9 from 9 am to 12 noon...

Jaipur: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot Sunday hit back at Union home minister Amit Shah for his remarks against the Congress over Vande Mataram and questioned why he had not spoken about the status of the 2022 Udaipur Kanhaiya Lal murder case during his...

New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'dimagi Naxal' remark in his Independence Day speech sparked a war of words between the Opposition and the BJP, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Sunday said the PM was not referring to opposition leaders but only to those who...

New Delhi: Three sets of questions concerning the Cockroach Janta Party-led youth protests were disallowed during the recent Monsoon Session of Parliament citing admissibility conditions, CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das said Sunday, criticising the decision. In a post on X, Das said Lok Sabha MP...

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has rejected allegations of irregularities in faculty recruitment and promotions at the university, calling them 'propaganda'. This comes in light of the demands made by JNU Students' Union and JNU Teachers' Association, asking for the...

Patna: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar Sunday credited the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for a significant rise in voter turnout in Bihar elections. Addressing media persons on arrival in Patna on a two-day visit to Bihar, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said the...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party's Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, Sunday issued a social media post blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the media for the suicide of Asish Banerjee, the former West Bengal Minister and ex-Deputy Speaker of...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Sunday demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for the alleged assault that led to the death of Janab Mafik, the father of CJP volunteer Shaik Abdul Hafeez, in West Bengal. The 25-year-old Hafeez was allegedly attacked after inspecting...