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Bengal polls: ‘Singham’ officer on ground as polling underway in South 24 Parganas

Kolkata, Apr 29 (PTI) Special police observer Ajay Pal Sharma on Wednesday toured West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, keeping vigil on the...

2nd phase of Bengal poll: 18.39 per cent polling in first two hours amid sporadic violence

Kolkata, Apr 29 (PTI) Over 18 per cent of the 3.21 crore electors voted in the first two hours of the second phase...

Mamata, Suvendu land in same booth area in Bhabanipur

Kolkata, Apr 29 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday morning landed in the...

Security forces, Maoists exchange fire in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Apr 29 (PTI): Intermittent exchange of fire is underway between security forces and Maoists in Kolhan forest region in Jharkhand’s West...

Pleas against hate speeches: No legislative vacuum exists warranting intervention, says SC

New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that existing laws are sufficient to deal with the issue of hate speeches...

Woman gang-raped in UP’s Fatehpur; 2 held, 1 absconding

Kanpur (UP), Apr 29 (PTI) A woman in her 20s was allegedly raped by three men in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district while she...

Annpurna Devi urges women, youth to vote in large numbers in WB polls

New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) Union Minister Annpurna Devi on Wednesday urged voters to participate enthusiastically in the second phase of the West Bengal...

Cong accuses Rajnath Singh of giving ‘clean chit to Pak’, dubs his remarks at SCO ‘anti-national’

New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh gave a "shameful clean chit" to Pakistan while speaking...

Mamata accuses BJP of trying to ‘rig’ Bengal polls, alleges central forces acting at its behest

Kolkata, Apr 29 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP of trying to "rig" the West Bengal assembly...

US hails India’s role in disrupting fentanyl supply chain. Inside Gujarat ATS crackdown on Surat firms

ATS last month arrested chemical supplier & associate for allegedly using forgery to procure & export fentanyl precursors. Both now among 23 individuals and entities sanctioned by US.

On Camera

Why India should launch a gold amnesty scheme to shore up national reserves

Instead of fighting the citizens' love for gold, the government could integrate it into the formal economy through a strategic buyback.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.