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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Jawhar Sircar, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Sunday announced his decision to resign from the Rajya Sabha as a protest against the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital...

New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will travel to Moscow this week to hold discussions aimed at resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict, sources have said. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Russia (in July) and Ukraine (in August) where he held meetings with...

Imphal: Security was heightened in Manipur Sunday following the fresh bout of violence that left several people dead, officials said. The situation was tense but under control, they said. "No new incidents of violence have so far been reported on Sunday. SPs of various districts...

Kolkata: Thousands of people were expected to hit the streets of West Bengal Sunday as various demonstrations, including another 'Reclaim the Night' protest, were scheduled to be held seeking justice for the doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College...

New Delhi: India has sent 1,000 metric tonnes of rice as part of humanitarian aid to drought-hit Malawi. The Southeast African nation has been reeling under dry spells that caused widespread damage to crops and negatively affected food production. "Humanitarian assistance in solidarity with the...

Lucknow: The death toll in the building collapse here climbed to eight with rescuers pulling out three more bodies from the debris, officials said Sunday. Twenty-eight people were injured when the three-storey building housing godowns and a motor workshop collapsed in the Transport Nagar area...

Jammu: Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday dismissed the opposition's attempt to revive the autonomy plank during the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls and asked the NC-Congress alliance to stop fooling people by promising statehood as only the Centre can restore the status. Shah assured people...

Jammu: Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday dismissed the opposition's attempt to revive the autonomy plank during the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls and asked the NC-Congress alliance to stop fooling people by promising statehood as only the Centre can restore the status. Shah assured people...

Kolkata: Arrested former principal of RG Kar hospital Sandip Ghosh has been operating a "criminal nexus” along with the other "co-accused” for “wrongful gains”, according to initial findings of the CBI's probe into financial irregularities at the medical establishment here, an officer claimed Saturday. The...

Guwahati: All new applicants for Aadhaar cards in Assam need to submit their NRC application receipt number (ARN), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Saturday. A detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) will be prepared for the purpose and this will be implemented from October 1,...