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Home min's missive to poll body seeks clarity on force deployment

The Union home ministry has sent a communique to the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) seeking clarification on the deployment of 337 companies of central armed forces that has already been requisitioned for the July 8 panchayat polls.

HC quashes its earlier order for CBI probe on tampering

The Division Bench ruled against Single-Bench order on nomination tampering

Chowringhee Diving back in time

“... Chowringhee was in 1717 a hamlet of isolated hovels, surrounded by water-logged paddy-fields and bamboo groves and separated from Govindpore by a tiger-haunted jungle where expands the grassy level of the maidan,” wrote H E A Cotton in his 1907 book Calcutta Old and New.

Reports I got were far from truth: Governor

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose today said that administrative reports submitted to him were far from reality. Mr Bose said the reports were ‘filtered.’

Law minister Ghatak avoids ED quizzing

State’s law minister Moloy Ghatak did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi in connection with the coal scam, today.

Does Trinamul need to campaign in rural areas?

CM Mamata government's benefitted the rustic electorate immensely

India free from locusts: Survey

In a piece of good news for farmers, who are busy sowing Kharif crops presently, a survey has revealed that the country continues to be free of locusts, which had emerged as a grave threat to farm output a couple of years back.

India's 'Wagner Group' to topple BJP govt through votes: Saamna editorial

In a bizarre comparison, 'Saamna', the official newspaper of the Uddhav Thackeray faction on Monday termed the opposition meeting of June 23 as the \"Wagner Group of India\" and asserted that it will dislodge the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Twelve members of marriage party killed in bus collision

At least 12 persons of a marriage party were killed and eight others critically injured as two buses carrying the passengers collided head-on near Digapahandi in Odisha’s Ganjam district during the wee hours of Monday.

Manipur tribal body rejects any dialogue with CM

In a major setback to the peace efforts of the governments, an influential tribal organisation -- Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), which has been demanding imposition of President’s rule in Manipur, on Monday rejected any offer of dialogue with Chief Minister N. Biren Singh or his government.

S Korea shares India's stand on Indo-Pacific

Amid increasing Chinese assertiveness on maritime issues, South Korea has shared India's position on the Indo-Pacific region.

AFSPA will be removed from J&K when permanent peace returns, says Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) will be removed from Jammu and Kashmir once permanent peace returns to the Union Territory (UT).

CM Mamata launches blistering attack on BJP

She began her North Bengal poll campaign from Cooch Behar

BJP Is A Party Of Its Word: Rajnath Singh

Claiming that BJP is the party of commitment, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said whatever BJP says, it does.

Ashes: Labuschagne causes injury scare ahead of 2nd Test

Labuschagne copped a blow to his finger when both he and Steve Smith took part in a net session on Saturday

Rescue costs: Debate rages over funding for risky adventures

The hunt for a submersible lost during a trip to the wreckage of the Titanic has refocused attention on the conundrum

Rebel Russian mercenaries return to base under deal ending advance on Moscow

The Wagner Group ended the rebellion in return for guarantees for their safety, their leader Yevginy Prigozhin is to move to Belarus

'21st century economic growth to be slower than thought'

Global future economic growth will be slower than predicted, with developing nations taking longer to close the wealth gap and approach the income of wealthier nations, a new study has predicted.

Raids on Shree Cements expose ₹23,000 cr tax fraud: IT officials

The raids came after IT Department officials doubted the tax deduction claims of the group

Yogi attacks Opposition alliance on 48th anniversary of Emergency

On the 48th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday fiercely attacked the opposition parties for attempting to forge an alliance ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Tourists rescued by Army as flash-flood devastates roads in India's northmost Turtuk area of Ladakh

Several tourists in Ladakh were stranded on Sunday when a flash flood devastated the road network in India's northmost and militarily significant Turtuk and two other villages near the Line of Control (LOC).

PM's address to US Congress a significant event: Sitharaman

The Finance Minister termed the Prime Minister's three-day state visit to US as historic

K Chandrasekhar Rao to embark on another visit to Maharashtra to expand BRS

Continuing his focus on Maharashtra to expand the activities of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), party president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will undertake another visit to the neighbouring state from Monday.

'It's Karnataka's bad luck that Centre is sabotaging Anna Bhagya 2.0'

Launching a scathing attack on Bharatiya Janata Party for discontinuing Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic)) for states, Congress on Sunday said that it is the 'Durbhagya' (bad luck) of people of Karnataka that the Modi government is sabotaging Anna Bhagya 2.0.

Nadda slams KCR as talk about BJP-BRS link-up gains ground

BJP chief dismisses meeting of Opposition parties as photo session of dynasties fighting for survival

Sister Cyril passes away at 86 in Kolkata

Sister Cyril, a Catholic nun who dedicated over 60 years of her life to education and social work in Kolkata, passed away at an old-age home for sisters on Convent Road. She was 86 years old.

Goods trains collide in Bankura, several bogies derailed

A goods train with empty rakes flouted signals while entering Onda village station in Bankura and barged into the wagons of a stationary freight train that was parked in the loop line at Onda of South Eastern Railway in Bankura in the early morning hours today.

Panchayat polls: Abhishek to campaign in dists from Tuesday

Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will campaign for the party's nominees in the ensuing Panchayat election in Nadia from 27 June.

SEC writes to Delhi, seeks 485 of Central forces companies

SEC also sought immediate deployment of first batch of 22 companies, in accordance with HC order

Infrastructure work prompts cancellation of some trains

Keeping in view the two-day mega power and traffic block for infrastructural development work at the Jamirghata station in the Gumani-New Farakka Jn-Malda Town section of the Eastern Railway, a few trains will be cancelled or rescheduled, the NF Railway said today.