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New Delhi/Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking a CBI probe against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she, with the aid of police, took away incriminating documents from the agency’s custody during a raid at the residence of...

Nahan (HP): The death toll in the bus mishap in Himachal's Sirmaur has reached 14, as an injured person under treatment succumbed to wounds sustained in the accident, police said. On Friday afternoon, an overloaded private bus surpassing its seating capacity of 39 from Shimla...

New Delhi: India Friday pressed Bangladesh to "swiftly and firmly" deal with attacks on minorities in that country and described as "troubling" the attempts to attribute the incidents to extraneous reasons. New Delhi's reaction came against the backdrop of the killing of several Hindu men...

Mumbai: India's forex reserves dropped by USD 9.809 billion to USD 686.801 billion in the week to January 2, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said Friday. In the previous reporting week, the forex reserves had jumped by USD 3.293 billion to USD 696.61 billion....

New Delhi: India Friday rejected as "inaccurate" US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's remarks that a proposed trade deal between the two countries couldn't be sealed last year, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not make a telephone call to President Donald Trump. New Delhi also...

New Delhi: India Friday said it is closely following developments relating to a proposed American legislation that seeks to impose up to 500 per cent tariff on countries procuring Russian crude oil. India and China are among a handful of countries which are procuring a...

Shimla: Eight people died while five others were injured after a private bus rolled down from the road in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district Friday, police said. A large crowd is seen helping in the rescue operations, trying to get the injured out of the wreckage...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday led a protest march in south Kolkata against the Enforcement Directorate's searches linked to political consultancy firm I-PAC, as her TMC mounted a show of street strength ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls. As she walked from...

New Delhi: The CBI Friday arrested in Bengaluru Central Power Research Institute Joint Director Rajaram Mohanrao Chennu in an alleged bribery case of Rs 9.5 lakh, officials said. During searches at his residence, the CBI seized a huge pile of cash worth over Rs. 3.59...

New Delhi: Nearly 44 per cent Indian cities face chronic air pollution, indicating a structural problem driven by persistent emission sources rather than short-term episodes, an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has found. However, only 4 per cent...