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Bankura: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress of betraying women by preventing the passage of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in Parliament, and asserted that the women would punish the ruling party in West Bengal in the upcoming assembly polls. Addressing...

Virudhunagar: More than 10 workers were feared dead following a blast in a firecracker manufacturing unit near, and some others were severely injured, police said. The blast occurred when about 30 workers were engaged in routine manufacturing-related processes at the firecrackers unit at Kattanarpatti near...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday claimed that it was deeply unfortunate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to mislead the nation over the women's quota bill. She also alleged that the central government was plotting to push through the delimitation exercise by...

New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission of India (ECI) Sunday cautioned candidates and political parties against the misuse of AI-generated or manipulated content, highlighting that 11,000 illegal social media posts have been removed since March...

New Delhi: About a dozen officers from India will reach Washington April 20 for three-day talks with the US authorities on the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA), an official said. As the tariff landscape has changed in the US, both sides may...

Bhubaneswar/Amaravati: At least 12 people were injured after a private travel bus en route from Chennai to Bhubaneswar lost control and overturned into a roadside drain on National Highway 16 at Nakkapalli in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district early Sunday. There were 36 passengers on board...

Chennai: With just five days remaining for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the state government to transfer senior IPS officer KA Senthil Velan from his post as Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) and appoint Avinash Kumar in...

New Delhi: Observing that expressways must not become corridors of peril due to administrative lethargy or infrastructural gaps, the Supreme Court has issued a slew of pan-India guidelines for enhancing road safety, including a ban on parking of heavy vehicles on such roads. A bench...

New Delhi: The government Sunday came out with a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the reservation for women in legislatures following the defeat of a Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to provide 33 per cent quota for women...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sunday conducted raids at the residence of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (DCP) Shantanu Sinha Biswas. The ED officials reached the DCP's house on Fern Road in Ballygungat at 7 am It is reported that a search is underway at the...