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New Delhi: India and Nepal have decided to strengthen measures to check cross-border smuggling of gold, narcotics, fake currency notes and other goods such as e-cigarettes, according to a statement issued by the Finance Ministry Sunday. The issue was discussed at the 21st Director-General level...

Chandigarh: A day after a viral video showed a girl emerging out of a suitcase being carted around on a hostel campus, the private university concerned in Haryana has said it was just a "prank" being played "within the girls' hostel" by some students. The...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday lashed out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for allegedly mocking Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram and "insulting" the Dalit community. BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya took to the social media platform X...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Sunday paid tributes to the freedom fighters who lost their lives in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre Sunday and said a grateful India will always remain indebted to them. Hundreds of people protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act, which granted...

Kolkata: The measures, taken by the West Bengal government to control communal unrest in Murshidabad district during the last few days over protests against the newly promulgated Waqf (Amendment) Act turning violent, were not adequate, observed a special division bench of Calcutta High Court while...

Bengaluru: The controversial caste census report submitted by the Backward Classes Commission to the Congress-led government in Karnataka has pegged the Muslim population in the state at 18.08 per cent and recommends 8 per cent reservation for the community, sources confirmed Sunday. Currently, the Muslims...

Gangtok: Eight people, including four boys, were apprehended for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl for months in Sikkim's Gyalshing district, police said Sunday. The action was taken on the basis of a complaint filed by the Child Welfare Committee Friday after the girl's school alerted...

Kolkata: Stating that it cannot keep its eyes closed when such situations come up, the Calcutta High Court Saturday ordered deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, which has been hit by violence allegedly linked to ongoing protests against the...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced that the Waqf (Amendment) Act would not be implemented in the state, following violent protests in the Muslim-majority Murshidabad district that left at least three people dead and several others injured. Amidst growing unrest in pockets...

Kolkata: Two persons were killed in West Bengal's Murshidabad district following violent clashes allegedly linked to ongoing protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, an IPS officer said Saturday. The victims, a father and son, were found with multiple stab wounds inside their home in Jafrabad,...