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Jammu/New Delhi: The BJP Monday named 16 candidates for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, considerably pruning an initial list of 44 following protests by some party cadre who alleged that "parachute candidates" were favoured over dedicated workers. The original list,...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday released the first list of 44 candidates for the three-phase Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, however, it was withdrawn soon after. Sources privy to the development said that the list is being redone and the party...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday announced the creation of five new districts in the Union Territory of Ladakh. In a post on 'X', Shah said in pursuit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to build a developed and prosperous Ladakh, the Union...

Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati Monday asserted that she was not retiring from active politics and alleged that the "casteist media" had been ‘propagating such fake news’. The 68-year-old Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president is a four-time former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. "To foil the...

Kolkata: CBI sleuths Monday started grilling former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) Sandip Ghosh and ex-medical superintendent and vice principal Sanjay Vashisth in connection with their ongoing probe into alleged financial irregularities in the institute, an officer of the agency said....

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expanding its ambit of investigation in the financial irregularities at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata by including names of three business entities in the first information report (FIR) filed in the matter. Sources...

Srinagar: Congress has rushed its senior leaders to Srinagar to discuss seat-sharing arrangements with the National Conference (NC) as a consensus on the issue has eluded the two parties so far. Congress sources said here that senior party leaders, including K.C. Venugopal and Salman Khurshid,...

Kolkata: Rallies and demonstrations were held in different parts of West Bengal Sunday, protesting the rape and murder of the doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. In state capital Kolkata, civil society members marched from Ramlila Maidan in Moulali to Metro Channel...

New Delhi: Members of several parties, including the Congress, SP, JD(U) and Aam Aadmi Party, Sunday condemned Israel's "brutal assault" on Palestinians in its war against Hamas and asked the Indian government to work to ensure peace and justice for the victims. Samajwadi Party MPs...

Jalgaon (Maharashtra): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday termed crimes against women an unpardonable sin, adding the guilty should not be spared. Modi's strong remarks follow protests against the brutal rape and murder of 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital and the sexual abuse...