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Kolkata: A complaint has been filed with West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, seeking his intervention on a comment by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly threatening Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state. State BJP leader and the counsel of Calcutta High...

New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar Wednesday took over as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner, while Vivek Joshi assumed charge as an Election Commissioner. An Election Commissioner since March 2024, Kumar was elevated as the CEC Monday. Gyanesh Kumar replaced Rajiv Kumar, who demitted office Tuesday, as...

New Delhi: The much-awaited decision about the new chief minister of Delhi will be made in the BJP legislature party meeting to be held at the party's Delhi unit office Wednesday evening. The BJP has come to power after 26 years, defeating the Aam Aadmi...

New York: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has told a federal judge here that its efforts to serve its complaint on Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani in the alleged bribery scheme are “ongoing”, including through a request for assistance to the Indian authorities....

Bhubaneswar: Five individuals arrested in connection with the death of a Nepali student at KIIT University have been granted bail by the Bhubaneswar JMFC-2 court. The bail was granted to three directors and two security personnel involved in the case. Those released include Director General...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday flagged the "vacuum" in law when it comes to sharing of content on platforms such as YouTube and said "all kinds of things were going on". A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh referred to a...

Ranchi: The Jharkhand government has announced a complete ban on the production, distribution, sale, and storage of gutkha and paan masala containing nicotine and tobacco within the state. The state’s health department has issued a notification that this ban will be effective for the next...

New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman met former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak here Tuesday and the two discussed potential new avenues to strengthen market-based financial ties and drive economic growth. The Finance Minister stressed the importance of leveraging the...

Mumbai: Recapitalisation and reforms in the last few years have worked well for the public sector banks and balance sheets are cleaner now, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman, C.S. Setty, said Tuesday. The saving behaviour has also changed as depositors are practising asset allocation...

Mumbai: After the Supreme Court pulled up Ranveer Allahabadia, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Tuesday warned that obscenity cannot be tolerated as freedom of speech. He hailed the apex court’s scathing observations saying that everyone has the right to free speech but if it encroaches...