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Kolkata: Coal import for 10 per cent blending for the electricity plants to avoid blackouts will result in a rise in power tariff by 60-70 paise per unit, Union Minister RK Singh said here Thursday.     This has to be done to avoid power shortage as...

London: Even before Boris Johnson stepped Thursday out of 10 Downing Street to deliver his resignation speech as Conservative Party leader, he triggered a leadership race for a new British prime minister.  At least one Indian-origin candidate is already lined up to compete for the...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday announced his resignation as Conservative Party leader after he was abandoned by his close allies in the wake of a series of scandals that rocked his government, triggering a leadership election for a new Tory leader who will...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday he was sad to announce his resignation as Conservative Party leader. The resignation of Boris Johnson triggered a leadership election for a new Tory leader who will go on to become the new prime minister. Johnson, 58,...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday finally agreed to step down as Conservative Party leader, triggering a leadership election for a new Tory leader who will go on to become the new premier, according to reports from Downing Street. Johnson, 58, will remain in...

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) of Odisha announced the class 10 final examination results Wednesday, in which 90.55 per cent students were declared successful. A total of 5,26,818 students of 8,925 schools had appeared in the High School Certification (HSC) examination, which was...

Brussels: The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals — and possible political trouble in Turkey. The move further increases Russia's strategic isolation...

New Delhi: A group consisting of 15 retired judges of various high courts, 77 retired bureaucrats and 25 retired armed forces officers have issued an open statement saying that 'unfortunate and unprecedented comments' were made by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices...

Imphal: With four more bodies recovered Monday, the death toll in the Thursday landslide at a railway construction site in Manipur's Noney district increased to 46, including 30 Territorial Army soldiers, while search operations were underway in inclement weather to locate the 17 still missing,...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Monday won the crucial floor test in the state Assembly on the last day of the two-day special session of the House. In the 288-member House, 164 MLAs voted for the motion of confidence, while 99 voted against it....