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Kolkata: With just eight days left for the first stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal to end with the publication of the draft voters’ list December 16, the Election Commission of India (ECI), Monday appointed five additional special roll observers...

New Delhi: India Monday said that it expects the authorities in China to provide assurances that Indian citizens transiting through Chinese airports will not be selectively targeted, arbitrarily detained or harassed. The strong statement came after an Indian national from Arunachal Pradesh was arbitrarily detained...

New Delhi: Facing intense government scrutiny, low-cost airline IndiGo Monday said it has so far refunded Rs 827 crore to affected passengers, and the rest is under process for cancellations up to December 15. IndiGo said it was set to operate over 1,800 flights Monday,...

Srinagar: A Chinese national visiting J&K and Ladakh without permission has been detained by authorities, officials said. Hu Congtai, 29, arrived in Delhi November 19 on a tourist visa, which permitted him to visit Buddhist religious places in Varanasi, Agra, New Delhi, Jaipur, Sarnath, Gaya,...

New Delhi: Crisis-hit domestic carrier IndiGo has cancelled 500 flights and plans to operate 1,802 services Monday, the civil aviation ministry said. The airline has delivered 4,500 bags to the passengers out of the total 9,000, and will deliver the remaining in next 36 hours,...

Panaji: Saurabh Luthra, one of the owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora in North Goa, in which 25 persons were killed in a devastating fire, Monday took to Instagram to express grief and asserted that the management will extend every possible form...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday accused the Congress of breaking into pieces the national song Vande Mataram under the guise of social harmony, and said it was still following the politics of appeasement. He also targeted former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for agreeing...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament Monday that the government has undertaken a multi-pronged strategy to stimulate the growth of consumption in the economy through a combination of demand-supporting measures, income-enhancing supply-side strategies and structural reforms, which, in turn, is driving GDP growth....

New Delhi: The Faridabad module was formed with the intention of carrying a series of blasts in and around Delhi, investigations have found. The ongoing investigation has now revealed that, along with causing terror in the form of multiple blasts, attempts were being made to...

Panaji: A preliminary inquiry into the devastating nightclub fire in Goa suggests that electric firecrackers were set off inside the premises, sparking a blaze that claimed 25 lives, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said. The North Goa-based nightclub teeming with revellers turned into a death...