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Bengaluru: Notwithstanding the Karnataka government's claim that there is no shortage of beds in the hospitals, former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who tested positive for COVID -19 earlier Saturday, was in for a rude shock when a private hospital in Bengaluru reportedly turned down his...

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) in a statement has said that the nation is paying a very heavy price for the thoughtlessness and unpreparedness of the NDA government to tackle the gravest disaster. The CWC statement read out by former Union Finance Minister...

Kolkata/Siliguri: Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some areas where polling is underway in the fifth phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal Saturday, officials said. At least 78.36 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 pm Saturday. The highest 81.73 per...

Chapra (Nadia): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday gave assurances that the BJP, if voted to power in Bengal, will put an end to the problem of infiltration, stressing that "not just humans, birds, too, won't be able to enter the country from across the...

New Delhi: Stating that the national capital reported as many as 24,000 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday that the city hospitals are running out of oxygen stock, beds and the life-saving drug Remdesivir due to...

Mumbai: Warning of a possible "third wave of Covid-19", Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Saturday appealed to India Inc. to make all-out preparations to counter it right now and ensure it doesn't hit the state's industry and economy. Urging the corporate houses and industrialists to...

Galsi (WB): A day after a purported audio tape -in which she is heard proposing a rally with the bodies of Cooch Behar firing victims- surfaced, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday alleged that her phone is being tapped and said she will order...

New Delhi: Country's cyber security agency CERT-In has cautioned WhatsApp users about certain vulnerabilities detected in the popular instant messaging app that could lead to breach of sensitive information. A "high" severity rating advisory issued by the CERT-In, or the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team,...

Asansol (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday claimed that the TMC has been broken in the first four phases of elections, and asserted that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew would be vanquished by the end of polling in the state. Speaking at an...

Kolkata: A BJP delegation Sunday urged West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab to take note of a purported audio clip -- in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is heard proposing a rally with the bodies of Cooch Behar firing victims - as ‘such move...