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Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and former MP Simranjit Singh Mann Thursday made derogatory remarks against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, who had recently courted controversy with her comments on the farmers' protest. Mann, 79, made the disparaging remarks, mentioning “rape” when a reporter in...

New Delhi: Two YSRCP members of the Rajya Sabha -- Beedha Mastan Rao Jadhav and Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi -- have tendered their resignation from House membership, parliamentary sources said Thursday. They said Vice President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar has accepted their...

New Delhi: Days after her controversial comments on the farmers' protest, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut met the party's national president JP Nadda at his residence Thursday. Ranaut’s comments have stirred a significant backlash and came at a time when Assembly elections are around the corner...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday continued to question Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with its probe into the alleged rape and murder of a medic, an official said. Ghosh appeared for questioning...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday granted time to former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and ex-BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to file contentions for seeking quashing of the FIR and charges framed against him in a sexual harassment case lodged by...

New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a 'certificate of identity' issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 will be treated as valid documentation for applying for a PAN card. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday extended till September 5 the interim protection from arrest granted to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits. Justice Subramonium Prasad deferred hearing on the anticipatory...

Agartala: The Tripura government has declared the entire state as natural calamity-affected area following unprecedented floods causing loss of human lives and extensive damage to properties, an official said Thursday. The state has witnessed unprecedented floods, causing loss of human lives and extensive damage, destruction...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday asserted that she did not threaten junior doctors at state-run hospitals, who have been continuing ceasework for 21 days now to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman medic. Banerjee said that some people...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata are focussing on the possibility of evidence tampering in the case. Sources said that the CBI officials are going by...