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Bengaluru: Four more bodies were recovered during the search and rescue operation after an under-construction building collapsed in Babusapalya here, police said Wednesday. Teams from the fire and emergency department, National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force have been pressed into rescue operations...

Kolkata: More than 150 express and passenger trains running through South Eastern Railway jurisdiction have been cancelled in view of the possibility of formation of a severe cyclonic storm which is likely to hit Odisha-West Bengal coasts on October 25, an SER official said Tuesday....

Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit here Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said. "I can confirm that there will be a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese...

Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who emphasised on the need for peace in West Asia and the role that India could play in de-escalating the conflict given its good relations with all the parties, amid heightened tension between Iran...

Kolkata: A single-judge vacation bench of Calcutta High Court, Tuesday, has put an interim stay on the decision of the authorities of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata to suspend 51 doctors attached to the hospital who had been accused of “threat culture”...

Mumbai: After a case was booked against Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha Kapoor under POCSO Act for showing obscene scenes of juvenile girls in an episode series 'Gandi Baat', TV czarina’s Alt Balaji Telefilm Limited has now come out with a clarification. For the...

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Tuesday said it was on high alert and had mobilised its vessels and aircraft to respond swiftly to any contingency owing to a cyclonic storm that was likely to form over the Bay of Bengal. A depression over the...

Kolkata: The representatives of West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front (WBJDF) during their meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee handed over several crucial documents on how the state government had previously ignored complaints on the financial irregularities in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the...

Kolkata: Stating that they were going through "tremendous mental pressure and feeling helpless" at the moment, the father of the deceased woman doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Tuesday wrote to Union Minister Amit Shah seeking an appointment. In the mail, the father...

Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday reached the Russian city of Kazan to participate in the 16th BRICS Summit, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The summit, themed 'Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security', will provide an important platform for world...