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Mumbai: Shooters involved in the killing of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique learnt to handle firearms by watching videos on YouTube at a rented house in Kurla area here, officials said Wednesday. Baba Siddique (66), a former Congress leader who had joined...

Srinagar: The swearing-in ceremony of Omar Abdullah as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Wednesday will be attended by many top leaders of the INDIA bloc as sources said, adding that just four Ministers, all belonging to the National Conference (NC), will also...

New Delhi: Doctors have always been "soft targets" and the "injustice inflicted on the medical fraternity has no parallel", Indian Medical Association chief Dr RV Asokan has said amid the indefinite hunger strike by young doctors in West Bengal over the rape and murder of...

Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors continued their fast-unto-death for the 12th consecutive day Wednesday demanding justice for the deceased woman colleague of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and workplace security. Sourav Dutta of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, fasting since October 5 was hospitalised...

New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday announced that its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would contest the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll next month, making her electoral debut from the seat in Kerala. She had campaigned for her brother Rahul Gandhi who contested the seat during the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday questioned the West Bengal government over hiring of civic volunteers in the state and sought data regarding their recruitment and appointment process. A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj...

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Tuesday once again dismissed charges of possible tampering with EVMs or their batteries and also suggested introspection over the sample size chosen by exit poll agencies to avoid distorted expectations. The CEC also promised to come out with...

Chennai: Over a month-long indefinite strike by the employees of Samsung India Electronics Ltd at its plant near here was called off Tuesday and the workers have decided to resume work, the Tamil Nadu government said. The state government in a statement said the strike...

New Delhi: India Tuesday sealed a mega deal with the US to procure 31 Predator high-altitude long-endurance drones from American defence major General Atomics under the foreign military sales route at a cost of nearly $4 billion to crank up Indian military's combat prowess along...

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Tuesday slammed the practice of showing early trends on counting day by news channels as "nonsense". Addressing a press conference here, Kumar also said exit polls create a huge distraction by raising expectations and it was a matter...