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Kolkata: Amid looming uncertainty over a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee October 21, the fast-unto-death agitation by a section of junior doctors to protest the gruesome rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital entered the 16th...

Ranchi/New Delhi: The BJP Saturday released its first list of 66 candidates for the Jharkhand assembly elections, fielding party president Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar and former chief minister Champai Soren from Saraikela. The party named Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of JMM leader and Chief Minister...

Lilongwe (Malawi): President Droupadi Murmu Saturday left for home after wrapping up her three-nation visit to Algeria, Mauritania and Malwai, establishing new benchmarks in India-Africa relations. It was the first visit by an Indian Head of State to the three African nations. Murmu finished her...

Kyiv: A video purporting to show dozens of North Korean recruits lining up to collect Russian military fatigues and gear aims to intimidate Ukrainian forces and marks a new chapter in the 2 1/2-year war with the introduction of another country into the battlefield, Ukrainian...

New Delhi: HDFC Bank Saturday said its board has approved share sale worth Rs 12,500 crore comprising Rs 10,000 crore offer for sale (OFS) related to its subsidiary HDB Financial Services. The initial public offering (IPO) will be for such number of equity shares of...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday urged the junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Hospital to end their fast-unto-death, stating that most of their demands have been addressed while rejecting their insistence on removing the state...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Saturday said that the INDIA bloc partners will contest the upcoming Assembly polls together and the Congress and the JMM will field candidates in 70 of 81 seats. Seat-sharing talks are on with alliance partners - the RJD and...

New Delhi: Goods and services tax (GST) on term life insurance premiums, and premium paid by senior citizens for health cover is likely to be exempted from tax, an official said Saturday. The GoM to decide on the GST rate on life and health insurance...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has cleared a resolution passed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led cabinet urging the Centre to restore the statehood to the Union territory, officials said Saturday. "The cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Omar Abdullah Thursday passed...

Jerusalem: Israel's government said a drone was launched toward the prime minister's house Saturday, with no casualties as Iran's supreme leader vowed that Hamas would continue its fight against Israel following the killing of the mastermind of last year's deadly October 7 attack. In Gaza,...