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Prashant Kishor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) chief Prashant Kishor on Saturday termed the by-poll to Bihar’s Bankipur assembly seat a “referendum” on the promises made by the BJP during last November’s assembly polls, as the state now has its first chief minister from the saffron party.In April, BJP leader Samrat Choudhary…

The first sight of the new dawn rolls in with almost evocative sceneries. The morning dew sits fresh on the leaves. The temperature offers a brief respite from the waves of oven-like heat to come and the sky is a thousand different shades of yellow and orange.But something is not quite right.The song of the…

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress was built around one leader, one family name and one political belief – that Mamata Banerjee alone could hold the party together and lead it to victory every time. Barely a month after a crushing assembly defeat, that belief is facing its biggest test as a rebellion threatens to split…

NEW DELHI: West Bengal Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday recovered a huge cache of firearms and cartridges allegedly hidden inside a pond belonging to a Trinamool Congress leader in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district, officials said.Acting on a tip-off, STF personnel conducted raids in Sandeshkhali and adjoining areas on Saturday morning. During…

Arrested ex-TMC MLA Saokat Molla key conspirator behind Bhangar blast case: NIA (Image source: ANI on left) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has identified arrested former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla as a key conspirator in the Bhangar bomb blast case in West Bengal.Molla was arrested from South 24 Parganas district after an intensive search…

NEW DELHI: A poor woman sought a DNA test on a man to prove that her daughter was born to him. In 2006, the man agreed to undergo the test but said the woman seeking the medical examination must bear the cost. The woman didn’t have the money. The trial court and Bombay HC had…

NEW DELHI: Nearly 43% of cases in which Indian shrimp exports were rejected by the US, European Union and Japan this year were linked to residues of banned antibiotics, prompting India’s drug regulator to seek stricter enforcement of existing restrictions.The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has directed all states and Union Territories to strengthen…

Vladimir Putin with PM Modi NEW DELHI: Russian president Vladimir Putin said sanctions threats against India would “boomerang immediately”, affriming that New Delhi has always been “guided by its national interests”.Putin said India was free to choose the products that “they consider to be most up to date, most applicable for them and obviously offering…

CJI Surya Kant (Source: ANI) NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant on Friday said though Artificial Intelligence tools are reshaping exercise of sovereign and judicial powers, the international community must quickly devise a legal framework to deal with a concerning flipside of AI-driven activities, which when carried out it one country, can cause significant territorial consequences…

NEW DELHI: India on early Saturday rebuked Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), accusing it of misusing UN platforms to advance its political agenda and reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is, and will always remain” an integral part of India.Speaking during the General Assembly’s plenary meeting on the Annual Report of the…