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Thiruvananthapuram: A thunderous roar swept across the packed Central Stadium Monday morning as V.D. Satheesan rose to take oath as the 13th Chief Minister of Kerala, marking the return of a Congress-led UDF government to power after a gap of 10 years. The moment Satheesan’s...

Lakhimpur Kheri: Nine people were killed after a speeding truck collided head-on with a van from Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district Monday morning, officials said. The accident occurred near Sisaia, located on NH-730 in the Isanagar police station area of Lakhimpur Kheri. The impact was...

Mumbai: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Monday announced the schedule for the long-delayed biennial elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) from 16 Local Authorities' Constituencies. The polling is scheduled June 18, and the counting of votes will be conducted June 22. According to...

New Delhi: A fresh petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking immediate transition of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) to a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode, contending that repeated paper leak controversies and alleged security lapses have exposed the vulnerability of the existing pen-and-paper...

Chennai: The internal crisis within the AIADMK has deepened further as the party’s growing factional battle spread across district units in Tamil Nadu, triggering tensions and prompting police intervention in several places. Supporters of Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) and the rival faction led by former...

  Kolkata: The crucial second meeting of the new West Bengal cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled Monday afternoon, with sectors such as state finance and education being on the agenda. In the finance sector, a crucial subject on the...

Kolkata: A protest against the recent bulldozer action in Kolkata's Tiljala turned violent Sunday as demonstrators threw stones at police personnel in the Park Circus area, injuring at least three of them and damaging several vehicles, officials said. Bulldozers rolled into Kolkata's Tiljala last Wednesday...

Gandhinagar: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah Sunday said that India’s design sector needed opportunities similar to the Indian Premier League (IPL) model in cricket to ensure talented young people could pursue design as a viable profession without hesitation. Speaking at the inauguration of...

Kolkata: A large number of Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) were found scattered in a field in West Bengal's Birbhum district Sunday, while over a hundred Aadhaar cards and other documents were recovered from a TMC office in Bidhannagar, triggering political sparring and prompting police...

Kandla: A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla in Gujarat after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, officials said Sunday. The Marshall Islands-flagged MV SYMI started its journey from Qatar...