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New Delhi: Assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase November 20, and in Jharkhand in two phases November 13 and 20, and the results of both will be declared November 23, the Election Commission announced Tuesday. The Assemblies of Maharashtra and...

New Delhi: India Tuesday trashed Canada's attempts to link Indian agents with criminal gangs in that country with official sources rejecting Ottawa's claim that it shared evidence with New Delhi in the Nijjar case. The sources also rejected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that...

Islamabad: India remains actively engaged in various mechanisms of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), New Delhi said Tuesday, hours before External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar lands in Pakistan to attend a conclave of the influential regional grouping. It will be the first visit by an...

Colombo: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's visit to Delhi at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will happen only after November this year, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said Tuesday. “We will discuss dates for the visit only after we form the new government,” Herath told...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the Supreme Court Tuesday that the investigation in the rape and murder case of a doctor working at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata was going on with ‘utmost seriousness’. Solicitor General Tushar...

New Delhi: Several opposition MPs Tuesday walked out of a meeting of the joint committee on the Waqf Bill, alleging derogatory remarks against them by a BJP member. Opposition members, including Kalyan Banerjee, Gaurav Gogoi, A Raja, Mohamed Abdulla and Arvind Sawant, stormed out of...

New Delhi: Hours after deciding to withdraw its High Commissioner and other ‘targeted diplomats’ and officials from Canada, India Monday expelled six Canadian diplomats. The reason cited behind India's withdrawal of the High Commissioner and other officials from Canada was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's...

Kolkata: The fast-unto death demonstration by junior doctors against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has entered the 11th day Tuesday. A crucial hearing on rape and murder is scheduled at the three-judge...

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) will announce the schedule for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls Tuesday. The poll panel has convened a press conference here at 3.30 pm to announce the details. While the term of the Maharashtra assembly ends November 26, that...

Mumbai: The conspiracy to kill NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was hatched in Pune and shooters were provided with a photo and a flex banner for the target identification, police said Monday. Mumbai crime branch probing the sensational murder of the 66-year-old...