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Srinagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Thursday issued the notification for the second phase of the 3-phased Assembly polls in J&K. The ECI issued the notification for the filling of nomination papers by candidates for the second phase. The last date for filling nomination...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi slammed his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee for allegedly making "negative" and "hateful" comments on the coastal state. Referring to the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in a Kolkata hospital, Majhi also alleged that Banerjee...

Bengaluru: Jailed Kannada superstar Darshan, an accused in the kidnapping and murder case of a fan, was taken out of Bengaluru Central Prison in the early hours of Thursday, sources confirmed, adding that he was being transferred to Ballari Jail. This comes after the emergence...

Srinagar: Three terrorists are believed to have been killed in two separate anti-infiltration operations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, the army said Thursday. Operations in the Machhal and Tangdhar areas were launched Wednesday following intelligence inputs, it said....

While overall suicide numbers increased by 2% annually, student suicides surged by 4%, despite underreporting Over the past two decades, student suicides have grown at an alarming annual rate of 4%, double the national average Between 2021 and 2022, male student suicides decreased by 6...

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has drafted a new digital media policy that allows it to pay up to Rs 8 lakh per month to an influencer to promote its schemes. It also warns of legal action if any "objectionable content" is put online. The...

New Delhi: Bihar Police chief Rajwinder Singh Bhatti and SSB's head Daljit Singh Chaudhary were Wednesday appointed the director generals of Central Industrial Security Force and the Border Security Force, respectively. While the CISF guards the country's critical infrastructure including airports, nuclear installations and space...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee Wednesday for allegedly threatening the northeastern state with unrest. He claimed that Banerjee was trying to provoke the public to hide her own failures. “Didi, how dare you threaten...

Kolkata: Amid ongoing unrest over the rape-murder of a woman doctor at state-run R G Kar Hospital here on August 9, both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition BJP have announced street protests with the shared demand for justice for the victim. At the...

Ranchi: Former chief minister Champai Soren Wednesday resigned from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) saying he was forced to take such a step since he was aggrieved by the party's present style of functioning and policies. Soren, who is scheduled to join the BJP on...