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Patna/Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday appointed central observers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in three states — Odisha, Haryana and Bihar. BJP has appointed Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister of State for Rural Development in Maharashtra, as observer for Odisha. Harsh Sanghvi, Deputy Chief Minister...

Kolkata: Following the lead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha Monday began a hunger strike in Dinhata to protest what he described as the arbitrary deletion of names from the electoral rolls of West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision...

Chennai: Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay has been summoned once again by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to appear before investigators in New Delhi Tuesday in connection with the probe into the Karur stampede case. The fresh summons come at a...

New Delhi: Namibian cheetah Jwala Monday gave birth to five cubs at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, taking the country's total cheetah population to 53, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has announced. The development comes days after cheetah Gamini gave birth to four cubs at...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. Due to the non-availability of Solicitor General...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday trashed five "frivolous" Public Interest Litigations filed by a single lawyer, including one seeking a scientific study on whether onion and garlic contain "tamasic" (negative) energy, and asked if he drafted them in the middle of the night. "Aadhi raat...

New Delhi: Supreme Court agreed to consider Tuesday a fresh plea filed by some persons whose names have been deleted from the electoral rolls by the Election Commission during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant...

New Delhi: India advocates de-escalation and return to dialogue and diplomacy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Monday on the widening West Asia conflict, while stressing respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states in the region. Making a suo moto statement on...

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MPs have given notices in both Houses of Parliament to discuss voter disenfranchisement, sources said Monday. In the Lok Sabha, senior party leader Saugata Roy has submitted an adjournment motion notice demanding a debate on the issue. In the Rajya Sabha,...

New Delhi: Opposition MPs, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, staged a protest in Parliament House complex Monday, demanding a discussion on the West Asia conflict and slamming the government for its "silence" on critical issues...