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Leh: Hundreds of people took part in a rally in Leh town amid tight security, while Kargil observed a shutdown Monday on a call given by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) in support of their demands for statehood and...

New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu Monday informed the Lok Sabha that thousands of flights have been cancelled by Indian and foreign airlines due to the ongoing tensions in West Asia. Speaking during the sixth day of the ongoing Parliamentary Budget...

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) had sought a detailed report from the West Bengal government on the police officers whose transfer orders were announced after February 28, which was the date of the publication of the final voters’ list, minus those cases which...

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Monday announced the replacement of key police officers in West Bengal, including the acting Director General of Police (DGP) Peeyush Pandey and Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar. As per the Commission’s order, Siddh Nath Gupta, an Indian Police...

Kannur: A dramatic political contest is unfolding in the northern Kerala constituency of Payyannur after expelled veteran Left leader V. Kunhikrishnan announced Monday that he will contest the upcoming Assembly elections as an Independent candidate. Kunhikrishnan, once a hugely popular grassroots leader of the Communist...

New Delhi/Cuttack: President of India Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday expressed deep grief over the tragic death of ten patients after a major fire broke out at the Intensive Care Unit of the Trauma Care Centre of SCB medical college in Cuttack,...

Srinagar: Alert troops of the Indian Army braved highly inclement weather, including heavy snowfall, to rescue 214 stranded passengers from Jammu and Kashmir’s Sinthan Pass, officials said Monday. “After heavy snowfall disrupted movement in the Sinthan Pass connecting the Valley with Kishtwar district of Jammu...

Kolkata: Uncertainty is looming over the transfer of several bureaucrats and police officers in West Bengal, ordered just around an hour before the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the two-phase polling dates in the state Sunday afternoon. Uncertainty is looming because the Model Code...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday expressed distress over the loss of lives in the tragic Cuttack hospital fire incident in Odisha and announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the families of the deceased....

New Delhi: The Iranian Embassy in New Delhi has expressed gratitude to Indian citizens who have shown interest in providing humanitarian aid to Iranians affected by the ongoing conflict, but noted that technical difficulties have made it challenging to accept contributions via online banking. In...