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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to grant interim bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case filed by the CBI in the alleged excise policy scam. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the CBI on...

New Delhi: In a major victory for mineral-rich states, the Supreme Court Wednesday allowed them to seek dues from April 1, 2005 on royalty and tax on mineral rights and mineral-bearing land from the Centre in a staggered period of 12 years. A nine-judge Constitution...

Jammu: An Army captain was killed and four terrorists believed to be gunned down in an ongoing operation in the higher reaches of Jammu region's Doda district Wednesday, officials said. A civilian was also injured in the encounter that broke out a day ahead of...

Kolkata: Differences of opinion have started coming out within the ruling Trinamool Congress over the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata. The differences surfaced over the proposed 'Midnight Protest March by Women...

Kolkata: A special team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), accompanied by a forensic expert, reached Wednesday to investigate the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. The investigating team, which arrived from Delhi, has...

New Delhi: The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) has said it had called off its strike in the alleged rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at a hospital in Kolkata following a meeting with Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda. A delegation of...

Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday demanded "justice", saying those involved in recent "terror acts", killings and vandalism must be investigated, identified and punished. In her first public statement after her ouster August 5, 76-year-old Hasina said several lives have been lost...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Tuesday ordered the transfer of the probe into the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital from the Kolkata Police to the CBI. The court directed the city police to hand over...

New Delhi: Senior BJP Lok Sabha member Jagdambika Pal will head the joint committee of Parliament set up to examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, officials said Tuesday. Amid protests by the opposition in the Lok Sabha on its provisions, the government had decided to...

Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, Tuesday, directed the West Bengal health department to instruct the erstwhile principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital and the current principal of Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital (CNMCH) Dr Sandip Ghosh to immediately...