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New Delhi: Political analyst and former BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla Friday shed light his decision to resign from the party, saying that he had been considering a transition to the private sector after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Poonawalla said he had always intended to...

New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee-led faction of Trinamool Congress will fight the October 6 bypolls in West Bengal on the 'Football Player' symbol, while the Arup Roy-led group will contest with 'Envelope' as its poll emblem, the Election Commission said Friday. The order came after the...

Haridwar: Surendra Koli, acquitted by Supreme Court in Nithari serial killings, was found dead in his tea stall in Haridwar Friday, police said. Koli, who worked as a domestic help at the Noida house of businessman Moninder Singh Pandher, appears to have ended his life,...

New Delhi: Moody's Ratings Friday sharply raised India's GDP growth forecast for the fiscal to 7 per cent -- the fastest growth rate among all G20 economies-- aided by economic resilience in the face of Middle East conflict but flagged risks to inflation from elevated...

New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Friday said it has initiated legal action against Nestle India Ltd for alleged non-compliance with food safety norms in three infant nutrition products. According to FSSAI, it examined NAN Excella Pro Stage 1, Lactogen...

Ranchi/Bhubaneswar: Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Ranchi Zonal Office conducted search and seizure operations at seven locations in Jharkhand and Odisha in connection with its money laundering investigation into the alleged Jharkhand State Co-operative Bank (JSCB) scam, the agency said Friday. The searches, carried out under Section...

New Delhi: Shapoorji Pallonji Group Chairman Shapoor Mistry has welcomed the Reserve Bank of India's decision requiring Tata Sons to comply with regulations governing upper-layer non-bank financial companies, saying the move could mark a turning point for transparency and accountability at the holding company of...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency Friday declared results for re-examination of UGC-NET papers for English, commerce and sociology. The NTA had last month announced the retest for the three papers of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination following complaints about several errors in these papers....

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday slammed the Election Commission over its decision of directing rival Trinamool Congress factions to not use the party name and the "flowers and grass symbol" during the West Bengal bypolls, saying the poll body's constitutional responsibility is to...

Kolkata: New names and symbols for the two factions in Trinamool Congress -- the "original but minority" faction led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, and the "rebel but majority" faction led by expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee...