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Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav will contest the Bihar elections from Mahua as his newly-floated party, Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD), announced candidates for 21 seats Monday. Yadav, a former minister in the state government, floated the party after his father...

New Delhi: With all 20 remaining living hostages returning to Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday welcomed their release and said India supports US President Donald Trump's "sincere efforts" to bring peace to the region. Hamas released the hostages after two years in captivity as...

Kolkata: A fresh political slugfest erupted Monday after the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur, as the TMC and BJP locked horns over the fate of the stalled Aparajita Bill, the Mamata Banerjee government's proposed law to toughen punishment for crimes against...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking an SIT probe headed by a former judge to inquire into allegations of electoral roll manipulation in Bengaluru Central and other constituencies. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked the...

Guwahati: Three more Assamese expats, who witnessed cultural icon Zubeen Garg's dying moments in Singapore, Monday appeared before the police here in response to the second notice against them, a top official said. Within the next two days, a few more Assamese NRIs living in...

New Delhi: India and the US are making headway in their negotiations to conclude the first tranche of the proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) as a team of Indian officials is likely to leave for Washington, DC, this week for further talks on the issue....

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said Monday that the ties between India and Canada have been steadily progressing in the past few months, and the two nations are working to restore the mechanisms necessary to advance the partnership. In his opening remarks...

Chennai: The manufacturing licence of Tamil Nadu-based Sresan Pharmaceutical company, involved in making the adulterated cough syrup Coldrif, has been completely revoked, and the company has been ordered to shut down, the state government informed Monday. The state Drug Control Department officials had found during...

New Delhi: A team of senior officials from India will visit the US this week for trade talks and negotiations on the proposed bilateral trade agreement are progressing well, a top official said Monday. In February this year, leaders of the two countries directed officials...

Kolkata/Balasore: West Bengal Police Monday arrested the fifth accused in the Durgapur gang rape case, taking the total number of arrests to five, officials said. The accused has been identified as Sheikh Safiqul, a local resident, who was nabbed from Durgapur. According to the police,...