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Kolkata/Sambalpur: Congress Tuesday staged a protest in front of Utkal Bhavan in Kolkata against the killing of a migrant worker from Murshidabad district in Odisha, alleging a growing pattern of violence against Bengali-speaking workers across several states. The demonstration was led by Congress leader Manoj...

New Delhi: A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court seeking judicial intervention to address the "continuing constitutional failure" to prevent and respond to racial discrimination and violence against citizens from northeastern states and other frontier regions. The PIL was filed on December 28 in...

Guwahati: Eleven people were arrested in Assam and Tripura for their alleged links with Bangladesh-based fundamentalist groups, police said Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Guwahati's Police Commissioner Parthasarathi Mahanta said the Special Task Force (STF) arrested on the basis of intelligence inputs provided by central...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday expressed grief over the bus accident in Uttarakhand's Almora and offered his condolences over the loss of lives. At least six people were killed after a bus carrying around 18 passengers lost control and plunged into a deep...

Kolkata: Alleging that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was abetting infiltration of Bangladeshis for electoral benefit, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday asserted that the BJP will drive out illegal immigrants once it comes to power in the state. Addressing a press conference...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday voiced "deep concern" over the reports of the targeting of the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged Russia and Ukraine to focus on diplomatic efforts to end hostilities. "Deeply concerned by reports of the targeting of...

Almora: At least seven people were killed after a bus carrying around 18 passengers lost control and plunged into a deep ravine on the Bhikiyasain-Vinayak road in Uttarakhand's Almora district Tuesday morning, officials said. According to official sources, the accident took place near Shilapani on...

New Delhi: The NHRC has sent a notice to the Dehradun district magistrate and the SSP over the allegedly racially charged killing of a student from Tripura in the Uttarakhand capital. The National Human Rights Commission has directed the Dehradun authorities to investigate the allegations...

Mumbai: Four people, including three women, died and nine were injured after a reversing bus of Mumbai's civic-run transport undertaking BEST knocked down pedestrians Monday night, a police official said. The incident took place around 10 pm at the busy Station Road in suburban Bhandup...

Chennai/Bhubaneswar: Four teenagers have been apprehended in Tiruvallur district for allegedly attacking a migrant labourer, reportedly from Odisha, with a sickle and uploading reels of the assault on social media while under the influence of alcohol, police said Monday. The incident took place on the...