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RG Kar rape-murder: CBI arrests ex-principal Sandip Ghosh | 'Will hang distorted photos of women': TMC leader's warning after Mamata Banerjee's call for 'protest' | Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists attack army base, one soldier injured | Under fire over RG Kar case, TMC boycotts 3 TV channels citing 'anti-Bengal agenda-driven propaganda' | ED wants to arrest me: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan after probe agency reaches his residence | 'Hamas will pay': Joe Biden after Israel troops recover bodies of 6 Gaza hostages, including Israeli American Goldberg-Polin | Israel military recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza Strip trunnel | Patient molests nurse at Birbhum health centre in West Bengal during night shift | Donald Trump shakes his leg at a public event in Washington DC, leaves the internet divided | Days after RG Kar protests, Tollywood faces TMC's attack over silence on 'communal film' The Diary of West Bengal

Kathua Police release sketches of four terrorists spotted in Jammu and Kashmir

Aug 10, 2024, at 08:02 pm

Kathua Police have released sketches of four terrorists who were seen in dhoks (mus houses) in Jammu and Kashmir and sought information on them.

PM Modi conducts aerial survey of landslide-hit Wayanad

Aug 10, 2024, at 07:18 pm

Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of landslide-hit areas in Kerala's Wayanad, media reports said.

Maharashtra: Poster mocking Uddhav Thackeray put up in Eknath Shinde's stronghold Thane

Aug 10, 2024, at 05:23 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: The poster showing a mockery of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray was put up in Maharashtra's Thane, which is a stronghold of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, media reports said.

'First morning tea of independence': Manish Sisodia's maiden post after release on bail in liquor policy case

Aug 10, 2024, at 05:07 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia dropped his first social media post with his wife sipping tea this morning, a day after he was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the liquor policy case, media reports said.

RG Kar Hospital: One detained in PGT doctor's suspected rape and murder case as outrage spreads

Aug 10, 2024, at 04:39 pm

At least one person has been detained in connection with the suspected rape and murder of a second-year female medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Hospital even as anger and protest over the incident spread.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Wayanad today, take stock of situation following landslides

Aug 10, 2024, at 02:49 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Wayanad on Saturday to take stock of the situation following landslides which left at least 400 people dead.

Semi-nude body of junior lady doctor with injury marks found at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital

Aug 10, 2024, at 06:19 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A semi-nude body of a second-year female medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Hospital has triggered outrage in the city with many suspecting it to be an incident of rape and murder inside a government hospital. 

Sea of red supporters bid final goodbye to departed ex-Bengal CM and Marxist icon Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Aug 10, 2024, at 04:03 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Marxist icon Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's last journey was on Friday marked by a massive march of thousands of his followers, Communist supporters and Left-leading personalities in a show of respect to their leader, who passed away yesterday at age 80 after a prolonged illness.

'You may be a celebrity...I don't want schooling': Jagdeep Dhankar tells Jaya Bachchan during RS spat

Aug 10, 2024, at 03:46 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar indulged in a verbal spat in the Parliament Friday after the former said the latter's "tone is not acceptable".

Manish Sisodia walks out of jail 17 months after his arrest in Delhi liquor policy case

Aug 10, 2024, at 01:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia walked out of Delhi's Tihar Jail on Friday evening hours after the Supreme Court granted the ex-Deputy Chief Minister bail in the alleged liquor policy scam.

Droupadi Murmu says India will soon open consulate in Auckland

Aug 09, 2024, at 11:23 pm

Indian President Droupadi Murmu has said India will soon open a consulate in Auckland city of New Zealand.

India forms committee to monitor the current situation on Indo-Bangladesh border

Aug 09, 2024, at 10:57 pm

India on Friday said it has formed a committee that will monitor the current situation on the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) in the wake of the violence that the neighbouring nation is witnessing and even led to the fall of the former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government.

Under siege: The Sikh community’s struggle amid riots in the UK

Aug 09, 2024, at 10:43 pm

Recent events in the UK have once again highlighted the vulnerability of minority communities, particularly Sikhs, amidst a wave of far-right violence.

Divisive rhetoric by Pannun echoes Pakistan’s agenda

Aug 09, 2024, at 09:18 pm

A recent video circulating on WhatsApp and social media has sparked significant concern and debate.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: The life and time of a Red Romantic

Aug 09, 2024, at 07:07 pm

“Patria o muerte” (Homeland or Nothing)! This is how Ernesto Che Guevara had ended his historic address (in Spanish) before the 19th United Nations (UN) General Assembly in December, 1964. The non-negotiable willingness to defend its sovereignty, the Argentine guerrilla leader had shaken the world with a romantic resolve, as the then Industry Minister of Cuba.

Bail is a right, jail is an exception: Supreme Court granting relief to Manish Sisodia in liquor policy case

Aug 09, 2024, at 06:24 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday blasted the lower courts for not giving former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia bail in the liquor policy case after his arrest which took place 18 months ago.

Supreme Court grants Manish Sisodia bail in Delhi liquor policy case

Aug 09, 2024, at 05:13 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In a huge relief for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Supreme Court on Friday granted bail with conditions to former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy case, 18 months after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

CBI arrests ED officer for accepting Rs 20 lakh bribe

Aug 09, 2024, at 05:18 am

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a senior Enforcement Directorate officer while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a jeweller in Mumbai, media reports said, citing officials.

PM Modi extends 'best wishes' to Muhammad Yunus as he takes oath to head Bangladesh interim govt

Aug 09, 2024, at 04:03 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his best wishes to Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, who was sworn in as the head of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday. 

Amid Sheikh Hasina's asylum speculation, EAM Jaishankar speaks to UK Foreign Secretary

Aug 09, 2024, at 02:40 am

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has discussed recent events in Bangladesh with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, following the collapse of Sheikh Hasina's government due to violent protests, according to the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday.

Serial killer in UP? Police on high alert after 9 women were murdered in 13 months

Aug 09, 2024, at 01:05 am

Bareilly (UP): The existence of a serial killer has triggered panic in a rural area of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, where nine women of the same age have been found murdered in almost identical circumstances over the past 13 months, media reports said.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav accuses Speaker's rights being curtailed; Amit Shah slams him

Aug 08, 2024, at 10:55 pm

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused the government of narrowing the scope of the rights of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and asserted that the Opposition would have to protect his rights, eliciting a sharp retort from Home Minister Amit Shah.

PM Modi mourns former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's demise

Aug 08, 2024, at 09:45 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourned the demise of former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who passed away at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness on Thursday.

Modi govt tables Waqf bill in Lok Sabha, Congress-led Opposition protests

Aug 08, 2024, at 07:38 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Modi government on Thursday tabled the Waqf bill, which aims to bring about certain changes in powers of state Waqf boards, in the Lok Sabha amid stiff resistance from the Opposition, media reports said.

Vinesh Phogat disqualification issue in Parliament: Opposition demands discussion, walks out after denied by Chairman

Aug 08, 2024, at 07:07 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The opposition walked out of Parliament's upper house Rajya Sabha after their demand for a discussion on the dramatic disqualification of Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Paris Olympics was turned down by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, media reports said.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: A 'capitalist communist', poet and face of Bengal's fractured industrialisation

Aug 08, 2024, at 05:41 pm

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, whose bold attempts at economic reforms in the decades-long rule of the communists in the state saw their ouster over farmers' protests, died on Thursday at age 80, ending one of the illustrious yet politically incomplete journeys of a reformist Marxist in India.

Former West Bengal CM and Marxist icon Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passes away at 80

Aug 08, 2024, at 04:07 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Marxist icon Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was suffering from prolonged illness, passed away at the age of 80 on Thursday.

3-year-old girl dies near Mumbai after dog falls on her from fifth floor

Aug 08, 2024, at 06:25 am

Mumbai/IBNS: A three-year-old girl died after a Golden Retriever-breed dog fell on her from a five-storey building in Mumbra, a suburb near Mumbai.

Can Vinesh Phogat's disqualification be overturned? PM Modi dials IOA President PT Usha

Aug 08, 2024, at 04:04 am

Vinesh Phogat, a renowned wrestler who was almost certain of winning an Olympic medal but got disqualified from competing in the women's 50 kg final match, has sparked widespread disappointment nationwide.

Situation in Bangladesh worrisome for India: Former envoy Veena Sikri 

Aug 07, 2024, at 11:59 pm

Former High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri has said the current situation in the neighbouring nation is 'worrisome for India'.