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New Delhi: In recent months, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has been cracking down heavily on the Dawood Ibrahim-linked drug network in India. The arrests of Danish Chikna and Mohammed Salim Sheikh have dealt major blows to the Dawood network, and this has prompted the...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala BJP State President Rajeev Chandrasekhar has filed a Rs 100-crore defamation suit against a TV channel Reporter, alleging that the channel broadcast a series of false and defamatory reports linking him to a controversial land deal. The case has been filed against nine...

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday exhorted global investors to take bets on the Indian shipping sector, pointing out that this is the "right time" for such a move. The Prime Minister also met a select chief executives of global majors, including DP World and...

New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali Angmo, on Wednesday claimed her husband was detained following the violent Ladakh protests because the government did not want him to be involved in statehood talks with Kargil and Leh organisations as it felt he was a...

Patna: As Bihar gears up for the Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed a massive public meeting in Sakra constituency of Muzaffarpur Wednesday, where he launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling NDA government, alleging that PM Modi “cares...

New Delhi: India and China held a fresh round of high-level military talks focusing on maintaining peace and security along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh using existing mechanisms. The Corps Commander-level meeting was held on the Moldo-Chushul border point on the...

Kolkata: The circumstances surrounding the suicide of 57-year-old Pradeep Kar in North 24 Parganas district grew more mysterious Tuesday amid reports that he took his life due to anxiety about a potential National Register of Citizens (NRC) implementation in West Bengal. Kar's name was in...

New Delhi: The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi Wednesday stated that it has issued over 2100 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the Guru Nanak Jayanti, or Gurpurab, celebrations next month. "The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has issued over...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday took on record the amended plea of Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali J Angm, challenging the climate activist's detention and sought the response of the Centre and Union Territory of Ladakh in ten days. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar...

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Kolkata Police Wednesday arrested two persons from neighbouring Odisha for their alleged involvement in the murder of a young man in a hotel in the metropolis, an officer said. The two accused, identified as Shashikant Behera and Santosh Behera, were nabbed from Sambalpur. "We...