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New Delhi/Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted searches on the premises of political consultancy firm I-PAC and its director, Pratik Jain, in Kolkata as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. Jain is the co-founder of the Indian Political Action Committee, or I-PAC,...

Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress youth leader has been accused of harassing a Block Development Officer (BDO) over disagreements regarding various government tenders and allocation of funds for housing schemes. The incident occurred during a meeting Wednesday in the Domkal block of West Bengal's Murshidabad district,...

Hubballi:  An FIR was registered against nine people at the Keshwapur police station in Hubballi Thursday in connection with the alleged stripping and assault of a BJP woman party worker. The incident came to light after a purported video surfaced on social media on Wednesday...

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Thursday said the untimely passing of Agnivesh Agarwal, son of Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal, “is deeply shocking and saddening”. Anil Agarwal, in an X post, announced the demise of his beloved son Agnivesh, who “left us far too...

New Delhi: Delhi Police Thursday said they have identified 30 people involved in the violence that erupted during the municipal corporation’s demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in the Turkman Gate area. The identification was made on the basis of CCTV footage, body-worn camera recordings...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has registered an FIR over alleged sloganeering against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a protest at the JNU campus here, following a complaint from the university administration, an official said Wednesday. The FIR under...

New Delhi: The government has sought more details from X, including specific action taken on obscene content linked to its Grok AI and steps to prevent a repeat in future, sources said Wednesday, adding that the response submitted by the firm, while detailed, was not...

Bhubaneswar: Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday denounced slogans against Prime Minister and the Home Minister on the JNU campus and called those students "misled". He said the slogan-shouting students should understand that the prime minister has been elected and should be respected. "Hatred...

New Delhi: US Embassy in India Wednesday said breaking American laws can have "serious consequences" for a student visa, as it termed a sojourn in the country a privilege, not a right. The embassy in a post on X cautioned that one could become ineligible...

New Delhi: The first phase of Census 2027-- houselisting operations-- will take place between April 1 and September 30 this year in all states and Union territories over a 30-day period specified by each state and UT, a government notification said Wednesday. There will also...