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New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha Monday took to social media to explain the reasons behind his exit from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), alleging that the party had turned "toxic", while asserting that his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would...

Kolkata: A violent clash broke out between workers of the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jagatdal in North 24 Parganas, leaving several people injured, officials said. The incident occurred Sunday night and involved stone-pelting, firing and the use of crude bombs....

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency Sunday arrested a prime accused in the West Bengal bomb explosion case, in which one person was killed and three others were seriously injured last month. The accused, Ahidul Islam Molla of Bijoyganj Bazar area in South 24 Parganas...

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh said Sunday that he has submitted a petition to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan seeking the disqualification of seven party MPs in the Upper House, who recently quit the AAP and announced their merger with the...

New Delhi: Data on oil imports from Russia to India cannot be provided as it is exempted under the RTI Act due to its "commercial and confidential" nature, according to the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Oil Ministry, with the Central Information...

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has said it was "taken aback" to find that crucial regulations issued by the National Medical Commission were not vetted by the Union law ministry, an essential prerequisite to prevent future infirmities. In its report on "Infirmities in the regulations...

Kolkata: Police have filed an FIR on the instructions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) related to an incident of threatening voters in Diamond Harbour in West Bengal's 24 Parganas district, said officials Sunday. The Commission received a complaint that voters were being intimidated...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said he was relieved that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President J D Vance were safe and unharmed after a security incident at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington. Modi said violence...

New Delhi: India has achieved a major milestone in wind energy, with the country's wind energy generation capacity exceeding 56 gigawatts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday. In his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi also said the country must save electricity and adopt...

New Delhi: Raghu Rai, one of India's best-known photographers whose lens captured India in its many shades, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83. "Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago, but he was cured....