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New Delhi: Post the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was under immense pressure to act against Pakistan. Islamabad would have hoped that the retaliation would be very limited and India would not go that extra mile, considering that it is a nuclear state....

Kolkata: In a shocking incident Wednesday night, Chandranath Rath, a close aide and personal assistant of outgoing Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead on a road in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas district while returning home from...

Chennai: A writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President C. Joseph Vijay in connection with alleged income tax irregularities linked to the 2015 Tamil film...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 to make any obstruction to the singing of the national song Vande Mataram a punishable offence. This gives Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as...

New Delhi: Ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to India, US envoy Sergio Gor Wednesday said Washington deeply values its growing partnership with New Delhi and remains committed to building even stronger ties that will benefit both the nations and the world. In...

Kolkata: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Wednesday afternoon submitted a report to Governor R.N. Ravi on the post-poll violence in the state after the results of the recent Assembly elections were declared May 4. The CEO at the same...

Guwahati: The BJP-led NDA government in Assam is likely to be sworn in for a third consecutive term on May 12 following the alliance’s decisive victory in the Assembly elections, sources said Wednesday. According to sources, the NDA Legislature Party meeting will be held at...

New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Saurabh Vijay was appointed Wednesday as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India. Vijay, a 1998-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is currently serving in his cadre state, Maharashtra. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to accede to the Centre's request to adjourn the hearing on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of a 2023 law that removed the CJI from a committee responsible for appointing the chief election commissioner and the deputies, saying...

Chennai: Seeking to follow through on the dramatic Tamil Nadu Assembly election results, C. Joseph Vijay Wednesday formally staked claim to form the next government in the state after his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single-largest party in the 234-member Assembly. Vijay arrived...