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Mayor to hit the streets to check dengue

The city recorded 977 cases of dengue in the past one week, according to the data shared by Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Although closer to 1,000, the numbers are said to have reduced when compared to the figures of 1,100 cases reported in seven days till last Friday.

Abhishek Banerjee to skip ED quizzing, will lead Delhi stir

Affected job card holders of MGNREGAscheme will take partin protest meeting on 2-3 October

Job scam probe: HC orders ED officer replaced

Judge said the court has lost confidence in the efficiency of the officer heading the team in carrying forward the probe

India's ascent in Innovation Index aligns with PM's vision of self-reliance

The Global Innovation Index (GII), 2023, unveiled on Friday, has underscored India's continued ascent in several innovation parameters, and shows the country's consistent journey from its 81st rank in 2015 to the current 40th position among 132 economies.

AAP committed to INDIA pact: Kejriwal amid row with Cong

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvina Kejriwal on Friday reiterated his party's commitment to the INDIA alliance despite the arrest of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in Punjab in a drugrelated case while asserting that anyone involved in drugs would not be spared.

Women's Quota Bill gets President's nod, becomes law

The Women's Reservation Bill passed by Parliament last week, became law after it received assent from President Droupadi Murmu.

Canada 'very permissive' towards terrorists: EAM

Jaishankar says this has been an issue of great friction for many years with Canada

After BCCI, Others Introduced Pay Parity: BCCI Secretary Shah

Jay Shah praised Indian batter, Smriti Mandhana for winning a gold medal at the Asian Games in China

Ukrainian forces are gradually gaining ground': NATO chief

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on an unannounced visit to Kyiv, said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were \"gradually gaining ground\" in their counteroffensive against Russian forces.

N Korea amends constitution to expand military N-programme

He made the comments during a two-day session of the country's rubber-stamp parliament North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in a \"new Cold War,\" state media said Thursday.

Assam court orders Gogoi not to make any comment on CM's wife

A lower court in Assam has issued an order prohibiting Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi from making any comments or defamatory statements about Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, an entrepreneur associated with Pride East Entertainments Pvt Ltd, on any platform, including social media, until the next scheduled hearing, set for November 9, 2023.

Mizoram won't collect biometric data of Myanmarese refugees

While the Manipur government has urged the Centre to extend the time for the process by a year

Green initiatives in construction pivotal in PM's carbon neutral by 2070 vision: Gadkari

Green initiatives in the construction sector will be taken to achieve the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the country carbon neutral by 2070, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

India's current account deficit widens to $9.2 bn

It is to be noted that in the year-ago period, CAD was $17.9 billion, or 2.1 pc of the GDP

Taken at the flood

For 146 long days, Hollywood’s writers stood together in a battle that transcended wage disputes and contractual negotiations. It was a fight not just for their livelihoods, but for the very soul of storytelling in the digital age.

Cauvery Conundrum

In the heart of south India, the Cauvery River flows as an embodiment of vitality and sustenance. Yet, this majestic river has also become a symbol of division and discord, as the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, along with Kerala and Puducherry, continue their relentless battle over its waters. As another chapter in this ongoing saga unfolds, it is time to find common ground and resolve this enduring dispute.

A fragile peace~II

Conflicts in Jammu & Kashmir, as in Manipur, are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. Sustainable peace may return to the Valley, and to J&K, only through the pursuit of inclusive politics, restoration of democratic governance and implementation of policies directed to meet the common man's needs and aspirations. If, on the other hand, the government's policy is designed to gain electoral dividends only, peace in the Valley may prove to be fragile

'BJP rewards hate': Opp denounces Ramesh Bidhuri's appointment as Tonk in-charge

Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ramesh Bidhuri, who hit headlines recently with his remarks against BSP's Muslim MP Kunwar Danish Ali in Lok Sabha, has been appointed as BJP election campaign in-charge of Rajasthan's Tonk district.

Khaira's arrest in drug case a jolt to INDIA alliance in Punjab

Congress alleges political vendetta, AAP says has evidence of Bholath MLA's involvement in drug smuggling

OPS undecided on alliance with BJP

Even as the principal opposition party in Tamil Nadu announced on Monday that it has walked out of the NDA alliance and that it was not having any truck with the BJP, expelled AIADMK leader, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) has not yet spoken out.

Cong mulling sitting MLAs in Rajasthan to drop several

Congress in its internal report has found anti-incumbency against many ministers and MLAs

Raj Bhavan alleges spying on Guv, orders cops removed

Accusing surveillance on Governor CV Ananda Bose, the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata has ordered immediate removal of all personnel of Kolkata Police from inside the premises of Governor's House.

Abhishek, parents, get ED call

They have been asked to come with documents of their assets, investments

Am free man, can go anywhere: Sourav Ganguly on his trip to Spain with CM

Former Indian cricket team captain and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Thursday reacted strongly to the controversy over his recent visit to Spain accompanying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who was scouting for investments in her state.

One more dengue death in Salt Lake

With a report of one more dengue death at Salt Lake, the vector-borne disease is spreading in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area after the adjacent South Dum Dum Municipality.

Cash-for-school job: Kuntal challenges Calcutta HC's order

Ghosh had accused central agencies of pressuring him to name Abhishek Banerjee

Battle won in Hangzhou, wushu silver medallist appeals to stop Manipur 'war'

Naorem Roshibina Devi has been away from her near ones based out of Bishnupur district in Manipur for close to a year. The closest she reached was Imphal's SAI campus at the Khuman Lampak Stadium complex in May, when the violence was at its peak with the two main ethnic groups (Kukis and Meiteis) at each other's throats.

Khaira's arrest in drug case a jolt to INDIA alliance in Punjab

In a jolt to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in Punjab, three-time Congress legislator from Bholath and chairman of All India Kissan Congress, Sukhpal Khaira was on Thursday arrested in connection with a 2015 drugs case and sent to two-day remand by a court in Jalalabad.

India retains 40th rank in the Global Innovation Index 2023

India has retained 40th rank in the out of 132 economies Global Innovation Index 2023 rankings published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, government thinktank Niti Aayog said on Thursday.

At 98, MS Swaminathan, Father of India's Green Revolution, passes away

Dr MS Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and father of the Green Revolution in India, passed away in Chennai on Thursday morning. He was 98.