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Kolkata: West Bengal Police Thursday said the absconding former chief of Panihati Municipality in North 24 Parganas district, Somnath Dey, the third co-accused in the conspiracy of the hurried cremation of the R.G. Kar rape-murder victim's body in August 2024, was arrested in Bengaluru, Karnataka....

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee Thursday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists of ransacking his party office on Camac Street in central Kolkata. He released a video on his X handle, alleging the ransacking of his party...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government of deliberately marking his voter identification record in Mohali as “permanently shifted” in the draft electoral rolls prepared under the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), alleging that the...

New Delhi: Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever arrived in New Delhi Thursday for his three-day visit to India. This will be PM De Wever's first visit to India after assuming office in February last year. Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken is also part of...

New Delhi: India Wednesday severely condemned the reported demolition of a century-old Hindu temple in Pakistan and called upon the country's government to conduct a "prompt and transparent investigation" into yet another shocking incident involving the destruction of a place of worship for minority communities...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday ordered the immediate demolition of two structures set up for the Sebashray health camp initiative, associated with Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, at Falta in South 24 Parganas district during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will travel to the United States later this month to attend the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting and hold discussions on the ongoing bilateral trade deal negotiations, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Wednesday. In his address...

Kolkata: Kolkata's football-crazy fans have responded with overwhelming enthusiasm to the much-anticipated India-Brazil friendly next month, with the lower-priced tickets for the once-in-a-lifetime encounter selling out within an hour of going online Wednesday. India will take on five-time world champions Brazil October 3, with football...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 775 senior citizens Wednesday left for Varanasi and Ayodhya on the first pilgrimage train of the current fiscal under Odisha government's 'Mukhyamantri Baristha Nagarik Teertha Yatra Yojana'. The special train was flagged off by Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, who also...

Ayodhya: Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra (retd), a decorated former Indian Air Force officer and veteran fighter pilot, has been appointed the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya. Mishra was selected for the key administrative position Wednesday...