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Two dead after severe weather hits US

Severe weather has swept US Midwest and South, leaving at least 2 people dead, local media reported.

Pope's peace envoy heads to Moscow after short-lived Wagner rebellion

Pope Francis’ peace envoy is heading to Moscow on Wednesday in hopes of helping find “a solution to the tragic current situation” of the war in Ukraine, the Vatican said Tuesday.

FBI and Homeland Security ignored massive amount' of intelligence before 6 Jan, Senate report says

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored “a massive amount of intelligence information” ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S Capitol, according to the chairman of a Senate panel that on Tuesday is releasing a new report on the intelligence failures ahead of the insurrection.

In an audio recording Donald Trump discusses a highly confidential' document with an interviewer

An audio recording from a meeting in which former President Donald Trump discusses a “highly confidential” document with an interviewer appears to undermine his later claim that he didn’t have such documents, only magazine and newspaper clippings.

Russia drops charges against rebel Prigozhin and others

The Russian authorities said they have closed investigations against members of the rebel group

'Phenomenal growth in procurement from Government e-Marketplace'

There has been a ''10x'' growth in procurement from Government e-Marketplace (GeM) in the last three years, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has said.

Wall Street drifts higher as a summer lull continues

The hope on WallStreet thata hike next month could be the final one for the Fed

China's past threatens sustainability of gains

When China emerged as a People’s Republic in 1949, the new government had the support of millions of landless peasants who stood to benefit from the radical land reforms and land redistribution which had been promised, and which had already started in preceding years in areas under the control of the communists.

Mutiny exposes Russia's structural flaws

Less than 24 hours after the mutiny began, it was over. As the rebelling Wagner column bore down on Moscow, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko brokered a deal under which Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to drop criminal charges against the mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and allow him to seek asylum in Belarus.

Saving Banks~III

The IRDP alone accounted for 40 per cent of the losses incurred by commercial banks in rural lending in India. By the end of the 1980s, great concern began to be expressed about public sector banks' low capital base, low profitability, and the high percentage of non-performing assets, whose earnings were invariably lower than their loan losses and transaction costs. They required continual refinancing and recapitalization by apex institutions. The final nail in the coffin was the official loan waiver of 1989, which destroyed whatever semblance of credit discipline remained

Cops in TN southern dists alerted on possible caste-related violence

Caste and caste-related disputes leading to violence and killings is not new to Tamil Nadu and periodically it happens in the state.

No presence of BJP in Telangana: Cong's Bhatti

Says BRS and BJP were hand in glove since Centre has notacted against KCR

Guv calls up CM after emergency landing of her helicopter

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday called up chief minister Mamata Banerjee after her helicopter had to make an emergency landing at Sevak airbase to enquire about her condition.

TMC office wound up, leaders resign in Burdwan

Ahead of the Panchayat polls, a Trinamul Congress office was wound up and the district secretary in East Burdwan resigned from his post today and a bunch of his aides, including the sitting Pradhan and deputy chief of local Belkash panchayat have stepped down giving up their political assignments resulting dismantling of a party office, which has sparked off sensation.

MoRTissues notification on third party insurance premium for vehicles

For the first time, the ministry of road transport (MoRT) and Highways issued a notification on new premium rates for motor third-party insurance coverage for vehicles for the financial year 2023-24, without any hike in premium amount.

KMC promises penal action for littering

South Dum Dum Municipality will take stringent action against those who will throw garbage on vacant land.

Abhishek accuses BJP of corruption and misuse of CAA

National general secretary of Trinamul Congress (TMC) Abhishek Banerjee, kick-started his panchayat poll campaign from Hanskhali in Nadia today with a scathing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Bowbazar mishap: Clamour to return to homes grows

Residents are asserting a declaration of the deadline by when they can go back

Japan celebrates 130 th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's visit to Japan

The 130th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s visit to Japan was duly celebrated in Japan along with Swamiji’s 160th birth anniversary.

BSF issues rebuttal of accusations by Mamata Banerjee

The Border Security Force (BSF) has issued a rebuttal regarding accusations of highhandedness by the force made by West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamul Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee in north Bengal on Monday.

Why Didi kicked off her rural elections campaigning from north Bengal

BJP, Banerjee’s biggest political rivalin the state, kept winning the Parliamentary seat from Darjeeling

Eighth edition of world's largest urban cleanliness survey to begin

The stage is all set for the eighth edition of the world’s largest urban swachhata (cleanliness) survey, Swachh Survekshan 2023 ~ Mera Shehar, Meri Pehchan.

ICC World Cup 2023: India, Pakistan to face offin Ahmedabad on 15 Oct

Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will square off at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 this October at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

BRS making other parties nervous: KCR

BRS supremo and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today hit back at other political parties, saying that his party was neither the A nor the B team of anyone but it has left everyone else jittery since farmers in Maharashtra were queuing up to join the BRS.

Kejriwal under CAG scanner, audit to be conducted on alleged irregularities during renovation of CM's official residence

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is conducting what it said is a “special audit” into the alleged “administrative and financial” irregularities during the renovation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's official residence 'Sheesh Mahal' at 6, Flag Staff Road Civil Lines, Delhi.

PM Modi makes fresh pitch for Uniform Civil Code, hit out at those supporting triple talaq'

Two days before the festival of Eid-ul-Zuha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at those supporting ‘triple talaq’ and also made an ardent appeal for bringing in a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country.

CM slightly injured after helicopter makes emergency landing near Siliguri

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s helicopter had make an emergency landing near Siliguri today after it faced air turbulence.

Only six months left for Modi regime: CM

BJP appeasing minorities to retain power inthe Centre, says Mamata

Erdogan Urges Sweden To End PKK Protests For Its NATO Membership

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Sweden to prevent the demonstrations by supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Stockholm in exchange for a green light on its NATO bid.

'Premier league could be a major let-down'

Can the bigger clubs' second-string elevens and unsung locals make it a smash-hit?