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New Delhi: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique. The 66-year-old leader was shot dead outside the office of his son Zeeshan Siddique in Mumbai's Bandra East Saturday night. A Facebook post, purportedly...

Mumbai: The murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique is suspected to be a pre-planned act, a Mumbai police official said Sunday. Police have also said the crime branch has launched a probe into the case from different angles, including a possible...

Kolkata: The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day Sunday, even as their health parameters continue to decline. Three of the junior doctors who were observing ‘fast unto death'...

Guwahati: An earthquake of 4.2 magnitude jolted the north-central part of Assam Sunday morning, an official bulletin said. A National Center for Seismology report said the quake was recorded at 7:47 am in Udalguri district on the northern bank of Brahmaputra, at a depth of...

Kolkata: Anustup Mukhopadhyay, one of the eight junior doctors who were currently on a fast-unto-death protest at Esplanade in Kolkata in support of their demands over the horrific rape and murder of a junior doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, had to be...

New Delhi: The apex child rights body has raised serious concerns about the state of functioning in madrasas and called for stopping state funding to them unless they comply with the Right to Education Act. In its latest report titled 'Guardians of Faith or Oppressors...

New Delhi: A 34-year-old woman from Odisha was allegedly raped and later dumped in a semi-conscious state in New Delhi, police said Saturday. According to officials, a passerby spotted the woman in Sarai Kale Khan area and informed the police around 3.30am Friday. A police...

Mumbai: Police have launched a probe into the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique from different angles, including a possible contract killing, business rivalry or threat over a slum rehabilitation project, officials said Sunday. The body of NCP leader Siddique (66), who was shot...

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by three men in Mumbai's Bandra area Saturday, and two of the assailants have been since arrested, officials said. The shocking incident prompted the Opposition to question the law and order...

Jamnagar: The maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Nawanagar, known as Jamnagar, in Gujarat, has declared his nephew and former cricketer Ajay Jadeja as his heir to the throne on the auspicious day of Dussehra Saturday. The 53-year-old cricketer, who played 196 ODIs and...