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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal directed all district election officials Saturday to complete the collection of filled Special Intensive Revision enumeration forms by the end of this month. The instructions were issued during a video conference with district authorities, he said. "The...

Surat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated Saturday that Bihar voters had rejected what he termed the "Muslim League-Maoist Congress" combination and opposition parties promoting what he described as the "poison of casteism." Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, he said even the Congress' nationalist leaders who...

Lucknow: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed Saturday that Indonesia has formally expressed interest in purchasing the Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system. "Indonesia has requested to purchase the BrahMos missile being manufactured in Lucknow," Singh said, addressing the BJP workers here. Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief...

Jaipur: The Ranbankura Division of Indian Army's Sapta Shakti Command conducted an extensive validation exercise at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan's Thar Desert Saturday to assess its battle readiness and operational efficiency. Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh, Sapta Shakti Command Army Commander, reviewed the proceedings of...

Patna: A day after the RJD was drubbed in the Bihar Assembly polls, party president Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya Saturday announced that she was "quitting politics" and severed ties with the family. Acharya, a doctor by qualification, who chose to become a homemaker and...

Patna: Former Union minister Raj Kumar Singh, who has been in the news for his outbursts against the ruling NDA in Bihar, was Saturday suspended from the BJP for "anti-party" activities, a party leader said. Singh, who has been served with a suspension order by...

Kolkata: An MBBS student has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district for his alleged links to terror outfits, a senior police officer said Saturday. The accused, identified as Janisur Alam alias Nisar Alam, an MBBS student of...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has detained three persons, including two doctors from Haryana's Al Falah University who were known to Dr Umar Nabi, the driver of the car that exploded near the Red Fort, officials said Saturday. The detentions were made during coordinated raids conducted...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday ordered a probe into the accidental blast in Nowgam police station, which left nine people dead and 32 others injured. "I have ordered a probe to ascertain the cause of the accidental explosion," Sinha said in...

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has registered over 17.20 lakh unclaimed accounts with an outstanding amount of Rs 465.79 crore, prompting the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to encourage banks to actively contact rightful claimants of these deposits for the return of funds in a time-bound...