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New Delhi: Discussions on public appearances of leaders are standard protocol, government sources said Monday following remarks by US envoy Sergio Gor that New Delhi told the American side before a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in France that it...

Kolkata: Professor Subha Shankar Sarkar has resigned as the head of a five-member committee constituted by Jadavpur University to probe into the recent vandalism on its campus allegedly by ABVP workers, citing his inability to conduct the inquiry effectively, a varsity official said Monday. The...

Kolkata: At least 25 people, including women and children, fell ill after suspected ammonia gas leaked from an ice factory in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said Monday. The incident occurred around 9.30 pm Sunday at Shapukur area in Basirhat, triggering panic among...

Imphal/Senapati: A CRPF jawan was injured in a gunfight between two groups and several houses were burnt in Manipur's Senapati district Monday, triggering road blockades by locals, police said. Miscreants torched a house in Taphou Kuki village in Kangpokpi district around 2.30 am, a senior...

Tokyo: India is in negotiations with at least 8-9 more groups of countries and individual nations that together account for another USD 15 trillion of GDP, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday. He added that the country's free trade agreements would eventually cover...

New Delhi: TMC MP Mahua Moitra moved the Supreme Court Monday alleging that district administration officials in Nadia, West Bengal, evicted her from a circuit house despite her being allotted a room at the state-owned property. The top court refused urgent listing of the matter....

New Delhi: Supreme Court has agreed to hear Tuesday a plea of a journalist, who flagged alleged irregularities in the handling of donations at Ayodhya's Ram temple, challenging an FIR lodged against him by the Ghaziabad police in an alleged road rage case. The fresh...

New Delhi: The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) Monday announced a nationwide strike September 11 over the delay in implementing five-day banking, differences over the performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme and several pending demands, including pension-related issues. Sharing a post on the social media platform...

Lucknow: Ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, a delegation of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Lucknow Monday for a two-day visit to promote transparency and explain the electoral process to the voters...

Tokyo: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Monday began his official visit to Japan with meeting some of the leading CEOs and business leaders and strengthen the India-Japan economic partnership. Goyal is visiting Japan from August 24-27, travelling to Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka while leading...