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Kolkata: Cyclone Remal claimed six lives in West Bengal and inflicted substantial damage to infrastructure and property in the state's coastal regions, officials said Monday. A man died of his injuries when a wall collapsed due to relentless downpour Sunday evening at Bibir Bagan in...

New Delhi: The Centre Monday extended the tenure of Defence Research and Development Organisation chief Samir V Kamat by one year, a Personnel Ministry order said. Distinguished scientist Kamat was August 25, 2022, appointed as secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D)...

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court Monday said it does not have faith in the state machinery "which gets into action only after innocent lives are lost", as it pulled up the Rajkot civic body over the purported lapses in functioning of the game zone facility...

New Delhi: Leading global financial firm Goldman Sachs has revised its forecast for India’s GDP growth by 10 basis points to 6.7 per cent as it expects the government’s heavy investments in big-ticket infrastructure projects to continue with the huge dividend coming in from the...

Bengaluru: Exactly a month after he left the country, Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, has said he will appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the cases against him, May 31. Terming the cases against him...

New Delhi: India's core monsoon zone covering most of the rain-fed agriculture areas in the country are predicted to receive above-normal rainfall this season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Thursday. Below-normal monsoon rainfall is expected in northeast India, normal in northwest, and above-normal in...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar will approach the High Court after a city court rejected his bail plea in Swati Maliwal 'assault' case, AAP said Monday. A court here Monday dismissed the bail plea of Kumar who is accused...

Kolkata: Nearly 15,000 houses in 24 blocks and 79 municipal wards, mostly in the southern coastal areas of West Bengal, were affected by Cyclone Remal, a senior official of the state government said Monday. At least 2,140 trees were uprooted in different parts of the...

New Delhi: A magisterial court Monday reserved till 4 pm its order on the bail plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in the Swati Maliwal assault case. Kumar is accused of assaulting the AAP Rajya Sabha member at the chief minister's...

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government Monday ordered the suspension of five officials, including two police inspectors and civic staff, with immediate effect for negligence in connection with the Rajkot game zone fire which claimed 27 lives. The Gujarat government Monday ordered the suspension of six officials...