Top Stories

KOLKATA: A woman working as a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in West Bengal’s Nadia district was found dead at her residence on Saturday morning.The family members alleged that she had been under considerable SIR work-related stress and died by suicide.According to police, the BLO was identified as Rinku Tarafdar, who was found hanging from the…

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou (ANI photo) Former CIA officer John Kiriakou — who once headed the agency’s counterterrorism operations in Pakistan — said Pakistani officials sent him a letter demanding an apology for his remark that India would defeat Pakistan in a conventional war.Reacting to the letter on the podcast of internet personality Julian…

NEW DELHI: In a breakthrough against transnational criminal networks, the Delhi Police Crime Branch dismantled a major international arms trafficking module with direct links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).The operation led to the arrest of four key operatives of the interstate arms smuggler’s module and the seizure of a substantial cache of sophisticated foreign-made weapons…

NEW DELHI: Police have talked to three classmates of St Columba’s student Shourya Patil as part of a probe into his suicide. The three, according to an FIR, witnessed some teachers allegedly humiliating the Class 10 boy for days before he jumped off Rajendra Place metro station on Nov 18. Delhi Student Suicide Case: Massive…

NEW DELHI: “The accused cannot be made to suffer endlessly with this threat of continuing investigation,” the Supreme Court said, holding that the right to speedy investigation is also part of fundamental rights. The court said it will benefit the accused, the victim, and society if the investigation and trial are done quickly and completed…

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan will offer a five-year tax exemption for new domestic industries and a 1% import duty on raw materials and machinery, Afghan commerce minister Nooruddin Azizi said on Friday, while vowing to deepen economic ties with India. He identified cement, rice, textiles, pharmaceuticals, mining, and energy as priority sectors for a country that…

NEW DELHI: The Centre’s decision to implement the four labour codes is the second “big bang” reform measure since the unsuccessful bid to overhaul agricultural markets, and signifies the confidence that it has drawn from the Bihar landslide as well as the recognition to prepare industry and business for global uncertainty.The announcement drew protests from…

SRINAGAR: A judicial commission set up by the Union home ministry (MHA) to probe the Sept 24 violence in Leh warned Friday that anyone threatening eyewitnesses against deposing would be strictly dealt with.The commission, headed by retired Supreme Court judge BS Chauhan, had revealed last month that it was not getting good response and information…

A joint platform of ten central trade unions on Friday criticised the government’s notification of the four labour codes, calling the move “a deceptive fraud committed against the working people of the nation” and announcing a nationwide day of protest on November 26. The unions allege that the implementation, effective from November 21, is unilateral…

NEW DELHI: Will the Congress replace Siddaramaiah with D K Shivakumar as the chief minister of Karnataka? Had the top Congress leadership agreed to a power-sharing formula in 2023 to broker truce between two of its tallest leaders in the state – both vying for the top post? While the Congress has refused to clear…