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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...

Srinagar: Voting began for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, first time since the abrogation of Article 370, as 24 constituencies spread over seven districts of the Union Territory went to polls in Phase 1 amid tight security arrangements, officials said. This is...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday said the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was committed to the management and preservation of Waqf properties and would be passed in Parliament in the coming days. At a press conference held to mark 100 days of Prime Minister...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tendered his resignation to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena here Tuesday and AAP leader Atishi, chosen by the party as his successor, staked her claim to form a new government. Kejriwal reached the LG Secretariat along with his Cabinet...

Kolkata: The West Bengal government Tuesday effected a reshuffle in the Health and Police departments as announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after her meeting with the agitating junior doctors. Senior IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma was made the new commissioner of Kolkata Police, replacing...

New Delhi: AAP leader Atishi Tuesday thanked her "guru" Arvind Kejriwal on being given the "big responsibility" of succeeding him as the Chief Minister of Delhi and said she would work under his "guidance" to protect people's interests from the BJP's obstructions. She would be...

New Delhi: West Bengal has experienced a continuous decline in its relative economic performance over several decades, according to a working paper by Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). Odisha, traditionally a laggard, has shown a marked improvement in recent years, the paper...

New Delhi: Even if there is one instance of illegal demolition, it is against the ethos of our Constitution, the Supreme Court said Tuesday while directing that authorities across the country will not demolish properties of those accused of crime without seeking its leave. A...