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New Delhi: Opposition parties Wednesday opposed the ‘one nation, one election’ proposal by calling it impractical and a ‘cheap stunt’ by the ruling BJP. The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the proposal for "one nation, one election" as recommended by a panel headed by former president...

Kolkata: There will be another round of talks between the delegates of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF) and Chief Secretary Manoj Pant at the state secretariat Nabanna at 6:30pm Wednesday over the unresolved demands of the forum. The doctors have been protesting over...

New Delhi: Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the development of Venus Orbiter Mission for exploring and studying the planet. The 'Venus Orbiter Mission' to be helmed by the Department of Space will involve placing a scientific spacecraft in the orbit of Venus for better understanding of...

New Delhi: Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the proposal for 'one nation, one election' as recommended by the Kovind panel, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Wednesday. The report of the high-level committee on 'one nation, one election' was placed before the Union Cabinet Wednesday. The panel...

New Delhi: Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a new moon mission "Chandrayaan-4" to develop and demonstrate technologies needed for landing of Indian astronauts on the moon and safely bring them back to Earth. Chandrayaan-4 mission will achieve the foundational technologies for the landing of Indian astronauts...

New Delhi: The report of the high-level committee on 'one nation, one election' was placed before the Union Cabinet Wednesday, sources said. The panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind had submitted the report in March ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha elections....

New Delhi: Police delayed seizing the clothes of Sanjay Roy, an accused in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College, for two days though his role had been established August 10, a day after the crime, CBI officials...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate has seized several documents during the nearly 20-hour-long search operation at the residences and nursing home of TMC MLA Sudipto Roy in connection with its probe into financial irregularities at the RG Kar hospital, an officer said. Sleuths of the central...

Kolkata: West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Association (WBJDF), the umbrella body organising a protest against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata, will seek fresh discussions with the state government on their unfulfilled demands, especially on...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will launch the New Pension Scheme (NPS) 'Vatsalya' Wednesday here, which will be joined by school children, according to an official statement from the Ministry of Finance. Announced in the Union Budget 2024, the scheme will allow parents to...