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Kolkata: The names of the electorate in the Assembly constituencies in and around Kolkata do not match the 2002 voter list, sources in the office of Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said. Currently, digitisation of the enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...

New Delhi: India and the UAE have agreed to further strengthen trade facilitation, regulatory collaboration and data sharing during the third meeting of the Joint Committee under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) here, an official statement said Thursday. The meeting, co-chaired by Ajay Bhadoo,...

Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty scaled their fresh record highs in early trade Thursday amid optimistic global trends on growing hopes of a US Fed rate cut and foreign fund inflows. Extending its previous day's rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 416.67...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent his congratulations to the ‘people of India’ after the nation was officially awarded the 2030 Commonwealth Games, with Amdavad (Ahmedabad) declared as the host city. This landmark declaration was made during the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly...

New Delhi: India Wednesday said it is examining a request by Bangladesh to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and that it is committed to ensure the best interests of the people of that country. Hasina, 78, was last week sentenced to death in absentia...

New Delhi: Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a scheme to promote manufacturing of rare earth permanent magnets with an outlay of Rs 7,280 crore. The 'Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets' was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra...

New Delhi: The NIA on Wednesday produced two accused arrested in connection with the Red Fort blast case before a Delhi court. The accused, Soyab and Amir Rashid Ali, were produced before Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna. The National Investigation Agency (NIA)...

Raipur: In a major success, 41 armed Maoist cadres, including 12 women, surrendered before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Wednesday. The group, which carried a combined reward of Rs 1,19,00,000 on their heads, decided to abandon violence...

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested Abul Hossen Molla alias Duronto, who was wanted in connection with the alleged attack on an Enforcement Directorate team at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal January 5 last year, officials said Wednesday. A mob attacked the ED team when it...

New Delhi: Google Meet faced a major disruption in India Wednesday, leaving thousands of users unable to join or host video calls. The video-conferencing platform appeared to suffer a widespread outage, forcing many people to cancel work meetings, online classes and interviews. According to the...