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Kolkata: A Kolkata court Friday rejected the bail prayer of Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the rape and murder of a woman medic in a state-run hospital, and remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days till September 20. The lawyers associated with the...

New Delhi: The alliance talks over seat sharing between the Congress and the AAP for the Haryana Assembly polls have hit a roadblock, and the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is planning to contest 50 seats in the state, sources claimed Friday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...

Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah released Friday the BJP's manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, and asserted that Article 370 has become "history" and will never make a comeback in the Union territory. Addressing a press conference here, the senior BJP leader...

New Delhi: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the Congress Friday ahead of the Haryana assembly polls, with the party saying its Central Election Committee would decide if they would contest the elections. Phogat and Punia joined the party in the presence of Congress...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought response from ICICI Bank's former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Chanda Kochhar and her businessman-husband Deepak Kochhar on a plea filed against the Bombay High Court order declaring their arrest as "illegal". A bench of Justices Sanjiv...

Ujjain (MP): Police in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain have identified three to four suspects, who allegedly shot a video of a woman scrap collector's rape, and efforts were on to nab them, an official said Friday. The scrap collector was raped by a man after he...

New Delhi: Levelling more conflict of interest allegations against SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch, the Congress Friday claimed that she received rental income from an entity affiliated with a company that the capital markets regulator was investigating for various cases, including that of insider trading. Congress...

New Delhi: Former BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar joined the BJP in the presence of senior party leaders Friday. BJD Friday expelled Kumar for "anti-party activities", soon after he tendered his resignation from the Upper House of Parliament, a source said. Kumar joined the...

New Delhi: Amid a political storm over allegations of conflict of interest against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch, the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has decided to review the performance of regulatory bodies established by Acts of Parliament. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman K C Venugopal...

New Delhi: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are set to join the Congress Friday ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, sources said. "Both Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will join the party Friday. Whether one of them will contest or both would contest would...