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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...

Ambala: President Droupadi Murmu, who undertook a half-hour sortie in a Rafale fighter jet Wednesday from here, posed with Squadron leader Shivangi Singh, just before she took to the skies. Singh, the country's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot, was claimed to have been captured...

New Delhi: The cloud-seeding operation planned for Wednesday in Delhi has been put on hold due to insufficient moisture in the clouds, the IIT Kanpur said. It is also informed that the process remains highly dependent on favourable atmospheric conditions; another attempt to induce artificial...

Kolkata: Heavy rain is likely in several districts of West Bengal till Friday as cyclone Montha gradually loses intensity following landfall, the IMD said. Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in parts of south Bengal as the weather system moves in a north-northwest...