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New Delhi: A fire broke out at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building here Tuesday afternoon, but was controlled soon in a swift response from firefighting teams. No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident, officials said. According to officials, the blaze originated...

Amaravati/Rayagada: Centre has issued a gazette notification establishing the South Coast Railway Zone, with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters. The new railway zone, which will come into effect from June 1, 2026, comprises Guntakal, Guntur, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam divisions. The Ministry of Railways included some of...

Kolkata: Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ruled out stepping down after her party's defeat in the assembly polls, claiming that the verdict was not a genuine public mandate but the result of a conspiracy. Banerjee also alleged that...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday said it will appoint senior lawyers as amici curiae to represent AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak in the CBI case against their discharge in the liquor policy case. The former Delhi chief minister and...

New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday named Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the party's central observer for the election of its legislative party leader in West Bengal. The party also appointed Union minister JP Nadda as its central observer for the election of the legislative...

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has been appointed as co-observer, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah will serve as central observer for the election of the BJP’s legislative party leader in West Bengal, the party said Tuesday. According to a notification issued by...

By Mihir Kanta Das Bhubaneswar: In Indian democracy, the verdict of the people is surely supreme. Often, those in power maintain a firm belief in their victory based on the strength of their power and position; however, voters have frequently made them taste the bitterness...

Chennai: Key allies of the DMK-led alliance have indicated they are not inclined to support actor-politician C. Joseph Vijay in forming the next government in Tamil Nadu, casting uncertainty over the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)’s path to power despite emerging as the single-largest party. The...

New Delhi: Are you the chief priest of the country The Supreme Court remarked Tuesday while slamming the Indian Young Lawyers Association over its 2006 PIL challenging the prohibition of women aged 10 to 50 from entering the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. The top court...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy. Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC,...