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Distasteful and disgraceful: Amit Shah on Mallikarjun Kharge's 'won't die till Modi is removed from power' remark | Mithun Chakraborty to be conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award | BJP govt with full majority in Jammu and Kashmir is certain: PM Modi | BookMyShow CEO summoned over 'black marketing' of tickets for Coldplay concert | Travesty: India on Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's UN speech involving Kashmir | Encounter in Kashmir's Kulgam injures 3 Army jawans, 1 cop | Democracy is being murdered under Modi's leadership: Manish Sisodia after Lt. Guv ordered late-night MCD elections | Class 2 boy 'sacrificed' in 'black magic' for school's success in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras | Giriraj Singh, Chirag Paswan slam Mamata after Bihar students appearing for Bengal exams assaulted | Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut convicted in defamation case filed by former BJP MP's wife

Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja joins BJP, wife shares news

Sep 06, 2024, at 03:45 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After retiring from T20 internationals following India's T20 World Cup triumph this year, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has now embarked on a political career by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

'She has to keep silent in India till...' : Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus underscores conditions for Sheikh Hasina's return

Sep 06, 2024, at 03:21 am

Dhaka: Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh's interim government, has criticized former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for making political statements from India, calling it an "unfriendly gesture."

Sandip Ghosh ordered renovation work at RG Kar Hospital a day after junior doctor's rape-murder: Report

Sep 06, 2024, at 02:22 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In a significant revelation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has found documents suggesting that ex-principal Sandip Ghosh ordered renovation to state public works department (PWD) in areas adjacent to the crime scene a day after victim's body was recovered, as per the letter accessed by the media.

Army reinforces counter-infiltration measures along LoC ahead of Jammu Kashmir Assembly polls

Sep 06, 2024, at 01:15 am

Srinagar: Ahead of the upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army is intensifying its counter-infiltration measures by redeploying troops along the Line of Control (LoC) fence, at Temporary Operating Bases (TOBs) in the higher reaches, and forests and mountainous areas where thorough search operations will be conducted, media reports said.

'If you don't like India, please don't work in India': Delhi High Court raps Wikipedia in ANI defamation case

Sep 05, 2024, at 11:14 pm

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a contempt of court notice to Wikipedia after ANI alleged that the platform did not comply with orders to provide information about subscribers who made purportedly defamatory edits on the news agency’s Wikipedia page, reported Bar and Bench.

UP woman sexually assaulted inside ambulance, her husband thrown out without oxygen support

Sep 05, 2024, at 10:49 pm

Lucknow: A woman was allegedly molested inside an ambulance in Uttar Pradesh while accompanying her husband to a hospital, media reports said.

Sharad Pawar rules out projecting MVA alliance's CM face in Maharashtra polls

Sep 05, 2024, at 07:59 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar has ruled out projecting a Chief Ministerial face on part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the opposition alliance, in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, media reports said.

Telangana's Asifabad sees communal tension over tribal woman's 'sexual assault', BJP slams Congress of appeasement politics

Sep 05, 2024, at 07:43 pm

Asifabad/IBNS: A tribal woman's alleged sexual assault by an auto driver has triggered a communal tension in Telangana's Asifabad, media reports said.

PM Modi, his Singapore counterpart Wong discuss 'boosting cooperation' in key areas

Sep 05, 2024, at 06:57 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong focussed on "boosting cooperation" in several key areas during their bilateral meeting on Thursday.

RG Kar rape-murder: 'We wanted to preserve body, were forced to cremate,' say victim's parents

Sep 05, 2024, at 05:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a shocking revelation, the parents of the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month, claimed they wanted to preserve the mortal remains but were forced by police to cremate it.

Supreme Court hears Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in CBI case linked to liquor policy scam

Sep 05, 2024, at 05:10 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court is on Thursday hearing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in the case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam, media reports said.

Kolkata-based IVSC remembers Vietnam's Bamboo Diplomacy and communist icon Ho Chi Minh on its 79th National Day

Sep 05, 2024, at 04:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Indo-Vietnam Solidarity Committee (IVSC), Kolkata, a city based NGO that was set up to foster friendship between India and Vietnam, celebrated the 79th National Day of  the Southeast Asian nation at its office where communist icon and freedom fighter Ho Chi Minh was remembered along with a discussion on the Bamboo Diplomacy of the country.

RG Kar: Cry for justice grows louder in Kolkata as people reclaim night undeterred by Supreme Court hitch

Sep 05, 2024, at 08:06 am

Kolkata/IBNS: From the Shyambazar five-point crossing in old quarters of Kolkata in the north to the Jadavpur 8B bus depot across the  Jadavpur University campus of young Turks in the south, people sang, danced, performed and shouted one slogan- 'We want justice'.  This time directed as much to the political classes and the investigating agencies as the judiciary.

BJP releases first list of 67 candidates for Haryana polls, CM Nayab Singh Saini to contest from Ladwa

Sep 05, 2024, at 06:58 am

Chandigarh/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls, declaring names for 67 out of the state's 90 constituencies. 

RG Kar: Rituparna Sengupta, earlier trolled for blowing conch shell, receives 'Go Back' slogan at night vigil

Sep 05, 2024, at 06:47 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood actress Rituparna Sengupta, who was earlier trolled for her way of blowing conch shell demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim, received 'Go Back' slogans at a night vigil on Wednesday.

RG Kar protest: Suspected TMC supporters attack protesters in Bengal's Cooch Behar

Sep 05, 2024, at 06:07 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid a massive peaceful night vigil across West Bengal seeking justice for the junior doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a suspected group of Trinamool Congress supporters attacked protesters at Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar.

'Kolkata Police offered us money,' RG Kar victim's father alleges joining massive night vigil

Sep 05, 2024, at 05:12 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The family members of the Kolkata junior doctor brutally raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Wednesday joined the massive protest and have raised serious charges against the Kolkata Police questioning why the body was cremated in such a hurry despite the sensitivity of the case.

No Supreme Court hearing in RG Kar rape-murder case tomorrow

Sep 05, 2024, at 02:34 am

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Supreme Court of India will not be hearing the suo motu case over the RG Kar rape and murder case on Thursday as per the schedule, an official notice stated this evening, even as Kolkata is observing another night vigil today with people gathering at various points of the city to keep unwavering pressure on the authorities and judiciary for fair investigation and justice in the case. 

Indian Navy, South African Navy sign implementing agreement to enhance submarine rescue transport cooperative

Sep 04, 2024, at 10:58 pm

In a significant milestone to develop bilateral naval cooperation, the Indian Navy and the South African Navy have signed an Implementing Agreement (IA) that ensures the safety of the South African Navy’s submarine crew in times of distress or accident.

Growing anti-Khalistan sentiments pinning SFJ in Europe, US, and Canada

Sep 04, 2024, at 10:38 pm

In recent years, the once-radical fervor of Khalistani separatism, which sought to carve out a Sikh homeland from India, is increasingly finding itself at odds with the Sikh diaspora across Europe, the United States, and Canada.

PM Narendra Modi meets Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, both leaders welcome elevation of bilateral ties

Sep 04, 2024, at 10:31 pm

PM Narendra Modi arrived at the Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan on Wednesday, where he was warmly greeted by Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei.

Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia join Congress, set to contest Haryana polls

Sep 04, 2024, at 08:59 pm

Chandigarh/IBNS: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia on Wednesday joined the Congress ahead of the assembly elections in Haryana, media reports said.

No relief for Kangana Ranaut's Emergency as Bombay HC refuses to direct CBFC for certification

Sep 04, 2024, at 08:32 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Actress-MP Kangana Ranaut's film Emergency, which is based on the 1975 Emergency period which was called by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, got no relief from the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, media reports said.

Looking forward to various meetings aimed at boosting India-Singapore friendship, posts Narendra Modi on X

Sep 04, 2024, at 08:13 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Singapore on Wednesday after completing his visit to Brunei.

Kolkata rape-murder case: Calls made from an overseas number to RG Kar officials and doctors under CBI scanner

Sep 04, 2024, at 07:19 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation has tracked the calls the officials and doctors at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered last month, received from an overseas number on August 9 morning, media reports said.

TRAI disconnects 2.75 lakh mobile numbers, blacklists 50 entities for spamming users

Sep 04, 2024, at 06:56 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In a major crackdown on spam calls made by unregistered telemarketers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) — the regulator of the telecommunications sector in the country — has blacklisted 50 companies and disconnected more than 2.75 lakh telecom resources  under Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR), 2018.

There is a limit: Calcutta HC fumes at Bengal govt for hiring contractual employees in govt offices and courts

Sep 04, 2024, at 06:19 pm

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday lashed out at the West Bengal government for seeking appointment of contractual employees in lower courts, media reports said.

RG Kar protests: People set to claim the night again today before key SC hearing on doctor's rape-murder

Sep 04, 2024, at 06:05 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After the historic 'Reclaim the Night' protest on August 14, Kolkata and its neighbouring districts are on Wednesday set to witness a similar event demanding justice for the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.

USA: Road mishap in Texas leaves four Indians dead

Sep 04, 2024, at 02:52 pm

At least four Indians died in a road mishap in Texas state of the USA on Friday.

RG Kar case: After arrest by CBI, Bengal health ministry suspends ex-Principal Sandip Ghosh

Sep 04, 2024, at 06:01 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Health Ministry Tuesday suspended Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a female junior doctor was brutally raped and murdered last month, a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested him in connection with alleged irregularities at the hospital during his tenure.