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Bengaluru: The controversial caste census report submitted by the Backward Classes Commission to the Congress-led government in Karnataka has pegged the Muslim population in the state at 18.08 per cent and recommends 8 per cent reservation for the community, sources confirmed Sunday. Currently, the Muslims...

Gangtok: Eight people, including four boys, were apprehended for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl for months in Sikkim's Gyalshing district, police said Sunday. The action was taken on the basis of a complaint filed by the Child Welfare Committee Friday after the girl's school alerted...

Kolkata: Stating that it cannot keep its eyes closed when such situations come up, the Calcutta High Court Saturday ordered deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, which has been hit by violence allegedly linked to ongoing protests against the...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced that the Waqf (Amendment) Act would not be implemented in the state, following violent protests in the Muslim-majority Murshidabad district that left at least three people dead and several others injured. Amidst growing unrest in pockets...

Kolkata: Two persons were killed in West Bengal's Murshidabad district following violent clashes allegedly linked to ongoing protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, an IPS officer said Saturday. The victims, a father and son, were found with multiple stab wounds inside their home in Jafrabad,...

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Saturday expressed gratitude to the Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for their "courageous and principled stand" against the Waqf Amendment Act. Mufti, a former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and...

New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate Saturday said it has served notices to take possession of immovable assets worth Rs 661 crore that it had attached as part of a money laundering probe linked to Congress-controlled National Herald newspaper and the Associated Journals Limited (AJL). The federal...

New Delhi: Extradited 26/11 terrorist Tahawwur Rana’s questioning by the NIA has revolved around extracting information from him about a key plotter from Dubai and a person who hosted and helped co-conspirator David Coleman Headley in Mumbai ahead of the 2008 attack, sources said Saturday....

New Delhi: Digital payments via Unified Payments Interface (UPI) service suffered a nationwide outage Saturday which affected millions of users. Digital services on several online payment platforms were disrupted, hindering local shopping, bill payments and business transactions. According to the outage tracking platform Down Detector,...

Kolkata: The Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday amid violent protests in the state, particularly in the Muslim-majority Murshidabad district. So far, 118 people have been arrested in connection with the violence that broke out...