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KALYANI/KOLKATA: Six Trinamool Congress MLAs and four-time MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar attended Tuesday an administrative meeting of Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari in an apparent act of defiance as the party’s post-poll haemorrhage showed no signs of stopping. The development coincided with TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy striking a discordant note on the May…

CHANDIGARH/ROHTAK: Haryana govt granted another 30 days’ parole to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief serving 20 years in prison for raping two women disciples. Tuesday’s release was his 16th parole since 2020 and his second this year after a 40-day parole from Jan 5. Ram Rahim, convicted by a special CBI…

NEW DELHI: Following up on PM Modi’s announcement in last year’s Independence Day speech, govt on Monday constituted a high-level committee to scientifically examine the nature, causes and impact of demographic changes across the country, including due to illegal immigration as well as abnormal population shifts at the levels of religious and social communities, and…

NEW DELHI: After struggling for three years, acid attack survivor, 28-year-old Reshma Qureshi, has finally won a hard-fought battle to get the authorities to conduct a reassessment of her disability, taking into account the damage caused by the lethal acid thrown at her more than 12 years ago by her brother-in-law during an ongoing marital…

NEW DELHI: With cow slaughter banned by legislations in all states, except Kerala and some in the north-east, an advocate on Tuesday requested SC for an urgent hearing prior to Eid, which falls on May 28, for a direction to states to strictly enforce the laws.Advocate Barun Kumar Sinha sought an urgent hearing on a…

After a year of uncertainty, precipitated by the protracted absence of a leaders’ summit, the Quad announced a series of initiatives in key areas like critical minerals, energy security and maritime surveillance in the Indian Ocean, along with a plan to build a port in Fiji, hoping to supercharge the grouping’s “global good” agenda. Indian…

JAMMU: Operation Sheruwali entered its fourth day Tuesday as security forces intensified the hunt for two-three terrorists believed to be holed up in the dense forests of Dorimal-Gambhir Moghla belt in J&K’s Rajouri district.Late Monday afternoon, the troops had busted a hideout containing some essential commodities. The spot was later destroyed.Helicopters, drones and sniffer dogs…

NEW DELHI: Over 230 people onboard an IndiGo Airbus A321neo were evacuated from the aircraft at Bengaluru airport using emergency slides after there was smoke in the cabin while taxiing to the runway to take off for Chennai. The aircraft was on a taxiway when this smoke scare happened. The DGCA is probing this.The aviation…

NEW DELHI: The Congress has offered Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah a Rajya Sabha seat and a key role in the party at the national level in a bid to ensure that he makes way for DK Sivakumar for the top job in the state, news agency PTI said quoting sources.Siddaramaiah, however, has not accepted the…

NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Tuesday categorically rejected the “unwarranted references” to Jammu and Kashmir in the joint statement between China and Pakistan.In a response to media queries, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India and…