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New Delhi: Amid rumours of a possible merger of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) with the Congress, sources from the Mamata Banerjee-led party dismissed the reports Wednesday, stating there was no such plan. Dismissing the reports, a senior TMC leader called them baseless. We have no...

New Delhi: The Congress has called a meeting of its general secretaries, in-charges and state unit chiefs Thursday during which the current political situation and the party's plans will be deliberated upon. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will preside over this crucial meeting, Congress general secretary...

New Delhi: A special MP/MLA court in Varanasi Wednesday allowed a fresh complaint seeking criminal action against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks describing Lord Ram as a "fictional" character during an interaction in...

New Delhi: Asserting that India's youngsters are not scared of questioning the government, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which led a protest last week demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, said Wednesday that it would launch an indefinite sit-in at Jantar Mantar from June 20...

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party Wednesday alleged that despite major fire incidents in the national capital, no 'firm action' has been taken against officials responsible. AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials are responsible for the lapses, but...

Kolkata: Ten days after the swearing-in of the extended cabinet of the BJP government in West Bengal, portfolios were allocated among the ministers Wednesday, with senior leader Tapas Roy named the industries minister and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta getting the finance department. According to a notification...

Rome/Male: Political leaders from several countries have extended their greetings to Narendra Modi on becoming India's longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister. Modi, who was elected to the office in 2014, reached the milestone Wednesday, with an unbroken tenure of 4,399 days - surpassing India's...

New Delhi: Top Congress leaders met the Election Commission Wednesday, alleging that the nomination papers of Meenakshi Natarajan, its Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, were wrongly rejected. A delegation of top party leaders, including K C Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, Deepa Dasmunshi, Vivek...

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev Wednesday resigned from the party and the Rajya Sabha, dealing a fresh blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led party which is facing an internal storm after its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly polls. Dev's resignation as MP has...

Islamabad: Shops and markets remained closed in different parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after a protest call by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), as over 20 people have reportedly been killed in recent police action in the region. About 2,000 protestors associated with the JAAC...