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Guwahati: The Assam government Saturday ordered suspension of mobile internet services across the state for three-and-half hours from 10 am September 15 during a written examination for recruitment to Grade III posts. Voice calls and broadband connectivity based on fixed telephone lines will remain functional,...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested Abhijit Mondal, the former officer-in-charge of the Tala Police Station, under whose jurisdiction RG Kar Medical College & Hospital comes, in connection with the ghastly rape and order of a junior doctor of the hospital...

Kolkata: The proposed talks to resolve the impasse between agitating junior doctors and the West Bengal government over the RG Kar issue fell through Saturday after protestors, who had agreed to join the meeting based on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal despite relenting on their...

Kolkata: A group of agitating junior doctors Saturday evening reached West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kolkata's Kalighat area to hold talks to resolve the RG Kar hospital impasse. Escorted by a pilot police vehicle, the delegation comprising around 30 medics arrived at...

Kolkata: A ragpicker was injured in a blast that took place in central Kolkata Saturday, a police officer said. The explosion occurred when he was "near a plastic bag" at the crossing of Blochmann Street and SN Banerjee Road. "The injured person was identified as...

New Delhi: There can never be a competition between Hindi and other Indian languages because official language Hindi is their friend and they complement each other, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Addressing the fourth Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhasha Sammelan on the occasion of...

New Delhi: About 10 lakh beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) living in Odisha, Jharkhand, Gujarat, and other states will get their sanction letters as well as the first installment under the rural housing scheme of the government next week, Union...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the ancient Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place Saturday, a day after being granted conditional bail by the Supreme Court in the liquor policy case. He was accompanied by his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish...

Kolkata: The Bidhannagar City Police arrested two persons in connection with an audio clip released by Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh Friday evening regarding an attack on protesting junior doctors with the intention of maligning the West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress. The...

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his first poll rally in J&K Saturday, launched a fierce attack on the Congress for being all-round corrupt as he ridiculed its claim to put him in jail if it had secured some more victories in the recent Lok...