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Kolkata: Clashes broke out between police and protesters at different parts of Kolkata and its neighbouring Howrah Tuesday, as the agitators tried to make their way through barricades to march towards the West Bengal secretariat. The protesters were attempting to reach ‘Nabanna' to demand the...

Kolkata: The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court on four student activists associated with the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ march to the Bengal Secretariat reportedly going missing since Monday midnight. The single-judge Bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj...

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police have made massive security arrangements for the 'Nabanna Abhijan' (March to Secretariat), anticipating violence during the protest in the city Tuesday. The students of West Bengal have given the march call in protest against the rape and murder of a junior...

Srinagar: Following hectic negotiations, the National Conference (NC) and the Congress Monday agreed on a seat-sharing formula for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, with the parties set to contest 51 and 32 seats respectively. The alliance partners also allotted one seat each to...

Karachi: Unidentified gunmen in a targeted attack shot and killed at least 23 people from Pakistan's Punjab province in the restive Balochistan province after offloading them from buses and checking their identities, according to media reports Monday. The incident happened in Balochistan's Musakhel district. According...

Srinagar: Congress has rushed its senior leaders to Srinagar to discuss seat-sharing arrangements with the National Conference (NC) as a consensus on the issue has eluded the two parties so far. Congress sources said here that senior party leaders, including K.C. Venugopal and Salman Khurshid,...

Jerusalem: Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a preemptive strike on Hezbollah. The militant group responded that it had launched hundreds of rockets and drones to avenge the killing of one of its top commanders...

Jerusalem: Israel launched a series of intense airstrikes in southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a pre-emptive strike against the Hezbollah militant group, threatening to trigger a broader regionwide war that could torpedo efforts to forge a cease-fire in Gaza. The army...

New Delhi: Union Cabinet Saturday approved an assured 50 per cent of salary as pension for 23 lakh government employees who joined service under the National Pension System (NPS). The National Pension System is applicable for government employees joining the service after April 1, 2004....

Bhubaneswar: Calling it a "path-breaking" initiative for women empowerment in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday announced the standard operating procedure (SOP) for Subhadra Yojana. The scheme entitles a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 annually for five years to over one crore women in the...