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The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police have arrested four members of banned terror outfit Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, including three Bangladeshi nationals, in Kolkata, a police officer said on Tuesday. Based on intelligence inputs, the STF officers arrested two Bangladeshi nationals from...
The Indian cabinet has approved the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill that provides for stiffer penalties for violating traffic rules including dangerous and drunken driving, driving without license and helmet, over-speeding and overloading. "The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi o...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s asking her Trinamool Congress leaders last week to refund ‘cut money’ or illegal commissions allegedly received by them to help people avail the benefits of government’s social welfare schemes has put the party in a difficult situa...
India’s External Affairs Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, 25 days after assuming charge. Jaishankar, a career diplomat and a former Foreign Secretary, joined the saffron party in the presence of its newly-appointed Working President Jagat Prakash Nad...
Lawmakers of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress on Monday held a sit-in in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue on the Parliament's premises demanding elections be held by ballot paper instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs). The party, which has been crying foul over the use of EVMs in...
A day after global financial watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) told Pakistan to crack down on terror funding by October this year or face consequences, India on Saturday said it expects Islamabad to take "credible, verifiable, irreversible and sustainable measures" to address con...
As part of its Bangla sub-nationalism, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government has decided to observe the death anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder and BJP ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee on today. Bharatiya Jana Sangh is the previous incarnation of the Bharatiya Janata Pa...
Amid spiralling tensions between the US and Iran, India's aviation regulator on Saturday said Indian air carriers have decided to avoid the "affected part of the Iranian airspace" and reroute their flight "suitably". "All Indian operators in consultation with Directorate...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday led a mass Yoga demonstration to mark the International Day of Yoga and said emphasized that Yoga must become part of the lives of the poor and tribals who suffer the most on account of illness. "Let our motto be Yoga for peace, harmony and progress...
Amidst spiralling tension between the US and Iran, India has deployed two of its warships in the Gulf of Oman to re-assure Indian-flag carrying vessels sailing through the region about security. The ships INS Chennai, a guided stealth destroyer, and Sunayna, a patrol vessel, have been stationed in t...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Friday introduced a fresh bill against instant triple talaq in the Lok Sabha, lower House of parliament, amid vehement protests by opposition lawmakers who said it was violative of the Constitution. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage...
At least 44 passengers were killed and 30 injured when a bus carrying them fell in a gorge in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday. The number of deaths could rise further rise as several passengers were travelling on the roof of the bus, they said. The private bus plunged in...
Sports,Cricket
The world’s best all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who has excelled at the ongoing World Cup competition in England, will feature in a club-level T20 competition in Canada to be held in July-August this year.Shakib will play for Brampton Wolves along Darren Sammy of West Indies and Shahid Afridi of...
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Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday flagged national security as one of highest priorities of the Narendra Modi government, saying all possible steps will be taken to ensure the country's security as it was done after the terror attack in Pulwama.He also said illegal infiltrators pose a...
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In unabated violence, two persons were shot dead and four injured on Thursday in clashes between two rival groups in West Bengal’s Bhatpara, around 30 km from Kolkata. The groups attacked each other with crude bombs and fire arms prompting the police to resort to firing to control the situatio...
Congress party President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he sticks to his decision to step down and that the party and not he will decide on who his successor will be. Rahul told reporters here that he is not the person to take a decision on his successor. He was asked who will succeed him as Congress...
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The full contours of the semi final slots of the World Cup cricket competition in England would start emerging late on Wednesday night when the result of the match between South Africa and New Zealand is known and after Bangladesh and Australia square off at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Thursday. A...
In the wake of a number of Trinamool Congress leaders defecting to the BJP after the parliamentary elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched an attack on them by calling them "greedy and corrupt" and said those who want to leave the party should do it at the earliest. ...
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday night appointed former federal Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda as its Working President, a post created for the first time in the party. Nadda’s appointment as Working President will take effect even Home Minister Amit Shah continues as...
India’s main opposition party Congress on Tuesday named its senior lawmaker from West Bengal Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as its leader in the newly-elected Lok Sabha, apparently after failing to convince Rahul Gandhi to take up the post. A letter has been written to Lok Sabha, saying Chowdhury, who...
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