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Top Army commanders to hold brain-storming session from Monday

The top brass of the Indian Army will review the force's operational preparedness in view of the current and emerging security scenarios at the five-day Army Commanders’ Conference scheduled to begin in New Delhi on 16 October

Cong always belittled tribal people, says MP CM Chouhan

He alsosaid he would give respectand provide facilities to the tribal people

TDP supporters stage protest in Hyderabad Metro

Supporters of TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu today staged a unique protest against his arrest by travelling on Hyderabad Metro wearing black shirts and Tshirts between 10:30 and 11:30am but police and Metro authorities stopped them and those who managed to get on the trains had to face ire of other passengers irked by their protest

KTR invites Cong rebel to join BRS

A day after former Telangana PCC chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah resigned from the Congress, BRS working KT Rama Rao reached his residence and invited him to join the BRS

In poll season, job aspirant's suicide sparks outrage

Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan sought a report from the chief secretary, DGP and TSPSC secretary within 48 hours

Education to further gender parity

Megh Sayantani Ghosh, the first trans woman lawyer in the state, is on cloud nine. She secured around 80 per cent in her master's exam to get a LLM degree.

Party missive to BJP state unit on puja role

The Delhi BJP has instructed every Bengal worker to actively participate in their local puja as part of the preparations for the upcoming parliamentary polls

Raj Bhavan clears list of prisoners for release

Guv approved release of 71 convicts who are Indian, 16 foreign nationals

NBSTC contractual employees upset over pay cut decision of state government

When Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced bonus of Rs 5,300 for Civic Volunteers and ASHA workers, hundreds of contractual employees like driver, conductor, mechanic of North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) have expressed their unhappiness over the state government’s recent order to deduct Rs 2,000 from their remuneration until further order

Labour Department calls reconciliation meeting with Darjeeling planters

The Labour Department has finally has called a reconciliation meeting with the planters and trade unions in the Hills after the third round of bipartite meeting on bonus was inconclusive yesterday

'Will not allow NHPC to run hydropower project until bank protection complete'

The Chief Executive of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Anit Thapa has informed that they will not allow them to run Teesta Low Dam Hydropower Plant until river bank protection is complete

Ration distribution scam: ED arrests rice mill owner

Enforcement Directorate ( ED) today arrested Bakibur Rahaman, a businessman allegedly close to a minister in connection with a ration distribution scam following prolonged interrogation of three days

"Avoid getting trapped in any provocation during Durga Puja'

CMsaid thatspirit of Pujashould be followed during the forthcoming days of festival season

India retain ODI WC dominance over Pak

Win by 7 wicketsin one-sided match; Bumrah, Kuldeep, Rohitstar

Second batch of 235 Indians returns, more on the way

The second batch of 235 Indians, including two infants, who were stranded in Israel amidst the ongoing war, arrived in the national capital on Saturday morning after being evacuated by a chartered flight under 'Operation Ajay'

IOC accepts proposal for cricket's inclusion in LA 2028

As far as cricketin US is concerned, the ICC has been able to tap the market toa large extent

Colorado officer convicted in Elijah McClain's death after neck hold, ketamine injection

Jurors convicted a Denverarea police officer of homicide Thursday and acquitted another of all charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a neck hold, pinned to the ground and given an overdose of the sedative ketamine by paramedics

Manipur rights panel asks govt to expedite probe of incidents

State human rights commission also asks govt to recover looted arms, deportimmigrants

UK delegation to visit India for FTA negotiations, says government

The Union commerce ministry said the UK delegation will be in India for FTA negotiations, and high-level engagements at various levels are ongoing to iron out differences

Indian stock market sees fluctuations, ends in red

Marketsentimentwas mixed, with 23 advances and 27 declines among Nifty-listed companies

Hamas has weaponised Palestinian despair

The scale of Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 and 8 October is unprecedented and the failure of the Israeli army and secret services, astonishing

Today's era must not be of war: G20 Speakers' joint statement

The G20 Speakers agreed on the peaceful resolution of conflicts, and efforts to address crises

Naidu lost 5 kgs in prison, says family

Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has lost five kgs in prison and suffering from a skin-related ailment, his wife Nara Bhuvaneshwari, has said

HC holds state poll commission in contempt

A Division Bench of Calcutta High Court today in a ruling held the state election commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha in contempt for flouting the guidelines as issued by the High Court while conducting the panchayat polls in July this year and asked him to be present in person before the Bench on 24 November to make clarification

Major ration scam unearthed: Accused held after 53-hr standoff

In a significant development, a major scam involving corruption in the distribution of ration supplies has come to light in the district

CM: Civic volunteers, Asha workers to get Puja bonus

Mamata assured civicvolunteers and ASHA workers both willgetbonus of Rs 5,300

Consensus needed against terror, says PM at P20meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday drew world attention towards terrorism in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on Israel and said wherever it may strike, whatever be its reason or form, it is against humanity, and as such needs to be dealt with strongly by everyone

Pakistan look to end ODI WCjinx against India

It’s time for the biggest match of the ongoing ICC ODI World Cup. It’s India vs Pakistan, a rivalry that generates febrile atmosphere on both sides of the border, a rivalry where India has had the upper hand in the seven meetings so far, and more importantly a rivalry that elevates an average player to an overnight hero, and the heroics are written and shared across the globe for generations

Maha crisis: SC frowns at Speaker for not implementing its orders

Expressing its deep concern, the Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar (photo) for not implementing its 11 May 2023 order, directing him to decide within a “reasonable period of time” the petitions by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Babasaheb Thackeray) seeking the disqualification of 56 MLAs for deserting the undivided Shiv Sena along with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde

State govt to extend assistance to returnees from Bengal

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today asked the state chief secretary HK Dwivedi and the resident commissioner of the state in Delhi to extend every assistance to the 53 returnees from the state, who were among the Indians evacuated by air from war-torn Israel on Friday