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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sunday announced the expansion of the state Council of Ministers June 5. In a post on X, CM Sarma said, "I am pleased to inform that the Council of Ministers of the Government of Assam will be expanded...

New Delhi: Gen NS Raja Subramani, widely known as an expert on Pakistan and China, Sunday took charge as India's new Chief of Defence Staff with a primary mandate to implement the ambitious military theaterisation plan and bolster tri-services synergy. He succeeded Gen Anil Chauhan,...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo and former chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Saturday expressed shock over the attack on party MP Abhishek Banerjee and raised questions over both the security arrangements in place and the circumstances surrounding his treatment at a hospital afterwards. Addressing...

New Delhi: A 26-year-old man died while eight others were rescued after a commercial building collapsed near the Saket Metro Station in South Delhi, officials said Sunday. According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the deceased has been identified as Ravi. The injured persons are...

Singapore: Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said Saturday that a BrahMos missile deal with Vietnam had already been signed, while a similar pact involving Indonesia was in the final stages. Singh is in Singapore to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, and his comments were in response...

New Delhi: Several people are feared to be trapped under debris after a five-storey building collapsed near Saket metro station in south Delhi Saturday evening, officials said. The entire five-storey structure collapsed, flattening into a massive mound of rubble, according to officials at the site....

New Delhi: Delhi Police said Saturday that they busted a Pakistan-backed ISI-underworld terror module and arrested eight suspected operatives, including a Nepali national, allegedly planning attacks on vital installations, security establishments and police personnel in Delhi and other cities. The arrests were made in a...

New Delhi: Congress Saturday alleged that the "Pradhan Mantri-Mantri Pradhan jugalbandi" is destroying the hopes and aspirations of lakhs of youth across the country by "messing up" the education system, encouraging the "infiltration of third-rate academics chosen by the RSS", as well as enabling "large-scale...

Kolkata: Scores of people hurled stones, eggs and abuses at TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who escaped the mob wearing a cricket helmet and helped by aides Saturday in Sonarpur town of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Banerjee was attacked when he...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Saturday announced that the swearing-in ceremony of KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka will be held June 3 at the Glass House in Lok Bhavan. The announcement came ahead of the Congress Legislature...