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Turkish President calls on Sweden to 'keep promises' for NATO bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reaffirmed that his country would not green-light Sweden's accession to NATO unless the Nordic nation adopted a firm stance against \"terror groups\".

US House Speaker McCarthy under pressures to choose between Trump, DeSantis

The Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy is under tremendous pressure between former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as the two will spar off in Iowa setting the temperature high within the party before the primaries kickoff.

On 500th day of war, Zelenskyy honours Snake Island soldiers

‘Go... yourself’: Soldiers had become symbol of Ukraine’s resilience in the face of the Russian invasion

Most wanted narco-supplier among 12 women drug peddlers arrested in J&K's Samba

Police have achieved a major success by arresting four female heroin suppliers including most wanted female drug smuggler Saleema (code name \"Bachi\") of Balole in Bari Brahmana of Samba district.

SGPC opposes Uniform Civil Code, BJP's leader Sirsa says Sikh body pleasing its political masters

With the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini parliament of Sikhs, opposing the proposed \"Uniform Civil Code (UCC)\", the Bharatiya Janata Party's Sikh leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday said the SGPC is playing to tunes of its political masters (read Sukhbir Singh Badalled Shiromani Akali Dal).

Traffic woes, waterlogging in Delhi-NCR after heavy rain

A large number of people in the National Capital faced commuting issues due to water logging

Narayana Murthy shares lessons on building a startup, facing uncertainty

Startups should have only one, not more than one boss, said Narayana Murthy, founder of tech major Infosys on Saturday, sharing lessons on how to build a startup.

Rlys introduces discount scheme in AC sitting trains

The provision of this scheme will be applicable upto a period of 1 year

Jaishankar calls for setting up manufacturing hubs across the world

Observing that the global community has learnt a clear lesson from Covid-19 that it can't be reliant on any single geography, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today underlined the need for manufacturing hubs all across the world to derisk the global economy.

Rahul interacts with farmers in Haryana's Sonipat, plants paddy

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday joined some farmers in Haryana's Sonipat in planting paddy in their fields.

Green Field Expressway will strengthen economic activities in western India: PM Modi

While laying the foundation stone and dedicating to the national development projects worth over Rs 24,300 crore at a special event at Norangdesar toll plaza in Bikaner, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Green Field Expressway would strengthen the economic activities in Western India.

Amarnath yatra suspended for 2nd day as rains lash J&K

Highway caves in at Ramban; over 3,600 pilgrims stranded at various points on Amarnath trek routes

Vijayan might have faced country-made gun, but continues to elude media

The exploits of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan that catapulted him to fame in a relatively short period seems to be fading away by his persistent avoidance of media for the past 150 days.

T'gana Opp targets BRS for 'secret deal' with BJP to save Kavitha

Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and state legislator K. Kavitha has been under the scanner of the central agencies for the last few months for her alleged involvement in the Delhi liquor scam case.

Missing Jain pontiff in K'taka killed for asking to repay loans

The two accused persons who are currently in custody for the murder of a missing Jain pontiff in Karnataka, have confessed of killing him because he had asked them to repay loans, police sources said on Saturday.

Kerala politics heats up over UCC issue

After PM made a strong push for implementing the UCC in the country

Thumbs up to the spirit of democracy

Democracy is alive and still kicking in the veins of Indians, more so for Kolkatans.

104-yr-old turns poster boy of panchayat polls in Burdwan

News of violence and deaths flashing on television screens since early morning today have not been a deterrent for 104-year-old Haradhan Saha of Saraswati Ganj, under Kanksha police station in West Burdwan.

Man wields a pistol, fires at candidate in Barrackpore

It is a scene straight out of any blockbuster movie: In an open area, a man pointing a pistol at his victim. The independent candidate was trying to escape from the barrel of the gun, while several others stood around.

Violence kills one in Burdwan, Bankura records peaceful polls

Lynching of a polling agent of the Trinamul Congress and a CPM cadre in Katwa and Ausgram marked polling in East Burdwan where in most of the 'disturbed' polling booths, the central forces were 'conspicuously' absent or were outnumbered.

Guv condemns poll violence, says blot on democratic set-up

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Saturday condemned the widespread violence amid the ongoing panchayat elections in the state, saying the incidents were a blot on the democratic set-up.

Opposition blames SEC for violence

The Leader of Opposition in the Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, and CPM leader Shamik Lahiri heavily criticized the State Election Commission (SEC) today for its \"failure\" to control violence, resulting in deaths and widespread proxy voting in the panchayat election.

SEC reaches office 3hrs late while Governor makes his rounds

The 15-member control room at the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) was found virtually helpless despite getting flooded with complaints of widespread election violence leading to several deaths in districts till 10 am on Saturday.

TMC: Guv instigated incidents of violence

Dr Shashi Panja said out of 61,569 booths violence took place in just 8-9 booths

Panchayat Polls: Four killed in violence in north Bengal

At least four political activists were killed and several injured amid widespread violence and arson since Panchayat Polls started in North Bengal today.

UCC draft report expected to be submitted to Uttarakhand government by 15 July

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) draft report is expected to be submitted to the Uttarakhand government by July 15.

Indian Army adds new weapons, equipment in Eastern Ladakh for operations in region

With the military standoff between India and China having entered its fourth year, the Indian Army is continuously adding newer weapons and capabilities in the Eastern Ladakh sector to tackle emergency situations as well as carrying out conventional operations.

CBI grills three railway employees arrested in Odisha train accident case

A team of CBI officers on Saturday started interrogating the three arrested railway staff arrested in connection with the tragic triple train crash at Bahanaga.

Bombs, daggers, guns: New tools of democracy

Bombs, daggers, guns, rods – these are not weapons one associates with the democratic process of elections. Unfortunately, the rural polls of West Bengal witnessed the use of all of the above and more. By five in the afternoon, when voting was completed as per schedule, at least twelve people were killed. Television news cameras captured shots of dead bodies lying outside polling booths before being carried off in stretchers. Bombs exploded killing people, injuring others. Hospitals in the rural districts were photographed with people languishing in various states of injury, bleeding, bandaged.

After MP pee-gate, video emerges of man forced to lick another's soles

Days after a man was arrested for publicly urinating on the face of a tribal in the Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, a video circulating yesterday showed a man being forced to lick the soles of another who is also seen beating the victim with a chappal (slipper) inside a moving vehicle in Gwalior district of the state.