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Jammu: In fresh bloodletting in the Jammu region, a CRPF inspector was killed when terrorists opened fire on a patrol party in Udhampur district Monday. The personnel of CRPF and Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police were attacked by terrorists around 3:30pm in...

New Delhi: Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko arrived in New Delhi late Monday afternoon to attend the third India-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministers' meeting to be held at the Hyderabad House Tuesday evening. "India's strategic importance has never been greater than it is now,"...

New Delhi: Defending its 2019 law criminalising triple talaq, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that the practice is ‘fatal’ for the social institution of marriage. In an affidavit filed in response to petitions challenging the law, the Union of India said despite the...

Kolkata: Representatives of the medical fraternity hit the streets in hundreds Monday after two reputed city-based doctors were summoned by Kolkata Police for interrogation in connection with the rape and murder of a junior doctor here. Veteran doctors Kunal Sarkar and Subarno Goswami were issued...

Kolkata: Calcutta High Court, Monday, postponed the hearing on a plea filed by Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, seeking police protection. The hearing was postponed to Wednesday because the submission and exchange of affidavits among all parties...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy Monday moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging a notice sent to him by the police in connection with a social media post he made over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College...

New Delhi: Upping the ante over the lateral entry issue, the Congress Monday accused the BJP of ‘snatching reserveration’ and handing out posts meant for SCs, STs, OBCs, and EWS to people of the RSS. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that while his party-led government...

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court Monday seeking to quash Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s order giving sanction for prosecution against him in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam. Siddaramaiah in his petition alleged that, “The Hon’ble Governor’s...

Kolkata: Even after getting notice from Kolkata Police for questioning shortly after his social media post demanding custodial interrogation of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and the former and controversial Principal of state-run R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital Sandip Ghosh in connection with...

New Delhi: The overall headline numbers of India’s economy are strong, reflecting a large amount of public investment which has been a critical factor driving growth, according to IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath. She said India must carry out further reforms to maintain its...