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Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate Friday conducted simultaneous searches in West Bengal as part of a money laundering investigation into an alleged organised human trafficking and prostitution racket being operated in certain bars and restaurants, officials said. At least eight premises in Bidhannagar (North 24 Parganas...

Kolkata: Four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Kalyan Banerjee, reportedly lost Rs 55 lakh in an online financial fraud in West Bengal. According to Banerjee, former Trinamool Congress' chief whip in Lok Sabha, he had a bank account with State Bank of India (SBI), where...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday took note of the "alarming rise" in dog bite incidents in institutional areas like educational centres, hospitals, bus stands and railway stations, and directed the authorities to move such canines to designated shelters. The apex court also ordered the authorities,...

Varanasi (UP): Elaborate security and administrative arrangements have been made in Varanasi ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency beginning Friday evening. During this visit, he will flag off four new Vande Bharat Express trains connecting key cities across the...

New Delhi: Over 100 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport Friday morning due to technical problems with the air traffic control system, and authorities are working to fix the issues, sources said. The national capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), the country's busiest airport,...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has made a fresh and, the third arrest in connection with a money laundering probe against businessman Anil Ambani's group company Reliance Power linked to issuance of an alleged fake bank guarantee of Rs 68 crore, official sources said Friday....

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote-chori’ presser has put the spotlight on a Brazilian woman whose photo the Congress leader claimed appeared multiple times on Haryana’s voter list, with the Internet abuzz about her identity and a video reaction of hers expressing shock at the development....

New Delhi: The Left Unity coalition secured a comprehensive victory in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union elections Thursday, winning all four central panel positions and maintaining its dominance over the RSS-backed ABVP. Just a year after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) broke a decade-long...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court delivered a landmark verdict Thursday mandating that all arrested individuals must receive written grounds of their arrest in an understandable language, regardless of the offence or statute involved. In the verdict that strengthens constitutional protection for personal liberty, the top court...

New Delhi: Bihar recorded its highest-ever voter turnout during Thursday's first phase of Assembly elections, with 64.66 per cent of the 3.75 crore electorate casting their ballots at polling stations across the state. In a statement issued here, the Election Commission (EC) said the first...