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Kolkata: Two former minority Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members namely Khalilur Rahaman and Abu Taher Khan, who have recently joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) along with 18 others, Saturday, held a meeting with the West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at the...

New Delhi: Voicing deep frustration over the delay in restoration of promised statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said that the anger and disappointment over the issue in the Union territory is not only against the Modi government but he himself...

New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram has sought that the chairperson of the high-powered committee constituted under the directions of the Supreme Court in the Aravalli Hills matter extend the deadline by two months for stakeholders to submit their suggestions on defining the...

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order denying him permission to travel abroad for eye treatment. The high court had August 5 dismissed Banerjee's plea seeking nod to travel abroad, noting that the Diamond...

Kolkata:  A symbolic 'yagna' organised on the Jadavpur University campus by RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has triggered a controversy, with a teachers' association opposing the holding of religious programmes on the premises, stating it could spark competitive events by other groups. The 'yagna' was...

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has reacted to a plea by cricketer Rishanh Pantfor help in purchasing land to build a house in his home state and has issued instructions to officials concerned to tackle the issue as per the rules and assist...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a comprehensive probe into alleged donation irregularities at the famous Siddhivinayak Temple in the city, directing officials to examine the shrine's records of the last five years, an official said Saturday. The directive comes on the heels...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a set of guidelines prohibiting any new solar, wind and hybrid renewable energy projects within 1 km of the Line of Control, the Line of Actual Control, and the International Border. The guidelines issued by...

Ranchi: The Jharkhand unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Friday began a march towards the chief minister's residence in Ranchi to express solidarity with students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment exams. The march commenced from Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University . For over...

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s recent remarks on student issues and public outreach have sparked political reactions, with the BJP backing him, while Congress leaders stated that Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has risen above political calculations and remains...