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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has notified dengue as an ‘epidemic disease' and introduced regulations, which allow authorities to penalise those who disobey its orders or fail to take measures to stop breeding of mosquitoes. “In exercise of the power conferred by section 3 of The...

New Delhi: Centre Tuesday moved the Supreme Court alleging "unpardonable" non-cooperation by the West Bengal government in providing logistical support to the CISF, tasked with providing security at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered....

New Delhi: Centre Tuesday approved 10 capital acquisition proposals amounting to Rs 1,44,716 crore, including for the modernisation of the Indian Army's tank fleet with a futuristic Main Battle Tank. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accorded Acceptance of Necessity...

Kolkata: A special court in Kolkata Tuesday sent RG Kar Medical College & Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh, arrested over alleged financial irregularities at the state-run college, to eight days under Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody. Ghosh was arrested Monday evening by the CBI....

Mumbai: Netflix India Tuesday said it has updated the opening disclaimer of its latest series ‘IC814: The Kandahar Hijack’, which has courted controversy over its depiction of hijackers' code names. "For the benefit of audiences unfamiliar with the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814,...

Kolkata: Nearly 24 hours after junior doctors began a sit-in demonstration on being prevented by the cops from marching towards the Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar demanding the resignation of Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal, the police Tuesday afternoon finally succumbed to the pressure of the...

New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday questioned the ICICI Bank's assertion that it had not paid any salary or granted ESOPs to SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch after her retirement and asked that if the amount paid to her was her "retiral benefit", why was it non-uniform...

Bijapur: Thirteen Naxalites were arrested from two places in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said Tuesday. Of them, seven were apprehended from an area under Gangaloor police station limits Sunday, while six others from a place located within the jurisdiction of Tarrem police station Monday,...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the chief ministers of all states that have "not been able to implement effective legislations to safeguard women". Speaking in the assembly after...

New Delhi: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was dealing with ‘ill-gotten’ money and indulged in ‘tainted’ cash transactions to purchase an immovable property in Delhi, the Enforcement Directorate alleged Tuesday. The federal agency has arrested the 50-year-old legislator from Okhla Monday after conducting a search at...