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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...

New Delhi: World Bank Tuesday raised the growth forecast for the Indian economy to 7 per cent for the current fiscal year on the back of recovery in agri sector and rural demand. World Bank had in June projected India to grow at 6.6 per...

Bahraich: A five-year-old girl was injured in a wolf attack in Mahsi tehsil of Bahraich district on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, the district information department said. According to the locals, Afsana was sleeping in her house in Pandohia village when a wolf...

Kolkata: West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak Tuesday introduced the anti-rape Bill at a special session of the state Assembly. Discussion on the Bill is expected to take place for around two hours in which BJP MLAs Sikha Chatterjee and Agnimitra Paul are scheduled to...

Porbandar: Three crew members went missing after an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) helicopter on a rescue mission crashed into the Arabian Sea off Porbandar coast in Gujarat, officials said Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday night after the agency launched an operation around 11pm to evacuate...

Kolkata: A prominent doctor’s body, the West Bengal Orthopedic Association (WBOA), Tuesday, terminated the membership of Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Ghosh was arrested by the CBI Monday evening in connection with the case of financial irregularities in...

Kolkata: The indefinite sit-in demonstration by junior doctors and medical students from different colleges demanding the resignation of the Kolkata Police Commissioner, Vineet Kumar Goyal, in connection with the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case continued Tuesday. The protest started Monday afternoon near...

Chandigarh: At least seven pilgrims, comprising three women, were killed and eight injured in a road crash in Haryana's Jind district early Tuesday, police said. All the passengers were trapped inside the vehicle, and the spot was filled with screams. The accident occurred on the...

Kolkata: CBI Monday arrested the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh in connection with the alleged financial misconduct at the establishment, officials said. Ghosh was questioned for the 15th day at the agency's Salt Lake office over the alleged...

Palakkad (Kerala): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Monday said it has no objection to collecting data on specific communities or castes, provided that the information is used for their welfare and not exploited as a political tool for electoral gains. Addressing the media here after...