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Kolkata/ Baharampur: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Thursday suspended its Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir, who had triggered a storm with the proposal to build a mosque modelled on Babri Masjid in Murshidabad district. Kabir, who has hogged the limelight over the last few years with...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday alleged that the government tells visiting foreign dignitaries not to meet the Leader of the Opposition due to its "insecurity". Gandhi's remarks came hours ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day visit to India. The Leader of the...

Varanasi: A group in Varanasi Thursday organised an "India-Russia Friendship March" to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his arrival in India for the annual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Varanasi is the Lok Sabha constituency of PM Modi since 2014. Putin's India...

New Delhi: All probable causes leading to the June 12, 2005, fatal Air India accident in Ahmedabad that killed more than 241 people onboard and several others on the ground are being investigated, and the final report will be published after the completion of the...

Jaipur:  In a coordinated operation, the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Child Line, and Srishti Seva Sansthan rescued 22 minor children from Dungarpur railway station in Rajasthan. The children were allegedly being trafficked to Gujarat for catering work. Authorities also detained three agents involved in transporting...

New Delhi: Air India has reported three technical glitches, since July this year, related to Boeing 787 aircraft in its fleet, Parliament was informed Thursday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, said...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a private dinner for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, hours after he lands in New Delhi to further expand a nearly eight-decade partnership that has remained steadfast notwithstanding fractious geopolitical environment and tensions. Boosting defence ties,...

New Delhi: An Indian national from Kerala, who was in detention of Houthi rebels in war-torn Yemen since early July, has been released. Anilkumar Raveendran was among the crew members of cargo ship MV Eternity C. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India welcomes...

Hyderabad: As many as 33 outbound Indigo flights are expected to be cancelled from here Thursday, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport sources said. Similarly, 35 incoming flights are also likely to be cancelled during the day, they said. Indigo cancelled 19 flights from Hyderabad Wednesday. "We...

New Delhi: InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of IndiGo, saw its shares fall more than 3 per cent on Thursday as the airline continued to struggle with large-scale flight disruptions across the country. The stock dropped to Rs 5,405 in the morning, its lowest level...