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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Agarwal, was Monday appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary. "The Governor is pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS (WB-1990), Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal and ex officio Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs...

New Delhi: India has no plans to ration fuel supplies despite ongoing disruptions in global energy markets, a top oil ministry official said Monday, adding that the country has maintained adequate inventories of crude products and LPG while diversifying imports to manage supply risks. "There...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President C. Joseph Vijay Monday met his predecessor and DMK President M.K. Stalin at his Alwarpet residence here, in a politically significant development following the dramatic post-election realignment in the state. Vijay, who recently led...

New Delhi: The Centre Monday announced that the Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act will come into force across the country from July 1, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The new Act will have a...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and others can file fresh applications regarding their claim that the victory margins were less than the deletion of votes during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in various...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari chaired the first cabinet meeting Monday and said his government has granted transfer of land to the BSF for erecting a fence along the Bangladesh border and approved immediate implementation of the Census exercise in the state. The...

Shimla: Six tourists from Gujarat were killed while four others sustained serious injuries as the car they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge at Chamba district's Kakira in the wee hours of Monday, police said. The Toyota Innova vehicle, overloaded with 10 people...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks calling for measures to be taken by citizens to overcome the challenges posed by the West Asia conflict, saying that the "compromised PM" is no longer capable of running the...

Gir Somnath: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Somnath Monday to a rousing welcome, as large numbers of people gathered for the event, cheering and greeting him with enthusiasm. PM Modi held a roadshow upon his arrival in the city to participate in the Somnath...

Kolkata: The three sharpshooters who were arrested in Uttar Pradesh in the Chandranath Rath assassination case will be presented at a district court at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district Monday. The three were arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the West Bengal...