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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to travel to violence-hit Murshidabad district on a two-day visit on Monday, an official said. Banerjee is scheduled to visit the district headquarters town of Berhampore Monday, he said. On Tuesday, the Bengal CM is scheduled...

New Delhi: Parameswaran Iyer, Executive Director at the World Bank, has been temporarily entrusted with the responsibility of being India's nominee director on the board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) ahead of a crucial May 9 meeting, sources said. Iyer's nomination was necessitated to fill...

New Delhi: Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the backdrop of increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack. The meeting comes a day after Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A P Singh met...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine a plea filed by the United Doctors Front (UDF) challenging the National Board of Examinations (NBE) decision to conduct the NEET PG 2025 examination in two shifts. The petition demands that the examination be conducted in...

Jammu: Five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and two wireless sets were recovered after a terrorist hideout was busted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, said officials Monday. Officials said that five ready-to-use IEDs, weighing between half a kg and five kgs, were destroyed in a...

Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has said the Waqf (Amendment) Act will not only benefit the deprived people belonging to the Muslim community but also protect the interests of tribal communities in the state by preventing land grabbing. He also hit out at...

Srinagar: Amid allegations that his body was found in a river after he was picked up by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, official sources said Monday that 23-year-old Imtiyaz Ahmad Magray had jumped into the river after he was taken to...

Jammu: For the 11th consecutive day Monday, the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked small arms firing on the Indian positions on the Jammu and Kashmir Line of Control (LoC) as the Indian troops responded promptly and proportionately. The Defence Ministry statement said, “During the night...

United Nations: The UN Security Council will hold closed consultations Monday on the situation between India and Pakistan after Islamabad sought an emergency meeting amid tensions between the two nations following the Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistan currently sits as a non-permanent member of the powerful...