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Homemaker entitled to half of husband's share: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has held that a homemaker is entitled to half of her husband's property.

Telangana Opposition alleges pact between BRS and BJP

Particularly after the regional party stayed away from the meeting of the Opposition parties in Patna

Daring cop saves drowning aged man

An aged person, while taking bath at Haru Mondal Ghat yesterday slipped into water and struggled for life but was promptly rescued by SI Sumanta Nandy of Chinsurah police station.

Kuntal Ghosh Letter: CBI summons to correctional home doctor

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned the doctor of the Presidency Correctional Home in the case regarding the 'controversial' letter by Kuntal Ghosh, who was caught in a recruitment corruption case.

Stir by state employees demanding central forces' cover in all booths

Polling personnel, mostly state government employees, who have been assigned polling duty, staged demonstrations on Saturday demanding deployment of central forces at every booth during the panchayat election, scheduled on 8 July.

CM Mamata to hit campaign trail from Monday

She will start her campaign from Cooch Behar in North Bengal with a public rally

BSF apprehends two Bangladeshi women for illegally crossing border

The Border Security Force (BSF) in a joint operation with police apprehended two Bangladeshi women while they were illegally crossing the India-Bangladesh international border, officials said on Saturday.

Send all-party delegation to Manipur, Trinamul tells Centre

According to Trinamul, although the Chief Minister had on May 29 written to Shah requesting permission to travel to Manipur for a one-day visit, no response has come from the Home Ministry even after three weeks. Trinamool also launched a scathing attack on Shah over his handling of the Manipur crisis.

Panchayat polls: One company of paramilitary force reaches West Bengal's Jalpaiguri

Days after Calcutta High Court ordered the West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) to requisition Central Forces within 24 hours for deployment in panchayat elections, one company of paramilitary force reached Jalpaiguri on Friday evening.

Suvendu Adhikari's Patna jibe: Are not Cong & CPM fooling their own party workers?

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday took a jibe at the top leadership of CPI(M) and Congress over the grand opposition alliance meeting at Patna by asking are they not fooling their party workers?

UPA-3 project in WB entangled in too many complications

Earlier, Mamata has made it clear that there is no question of her party backing Congress in Bengal

Another fake 'PMO official' held in Gujarat

Identified as Mayank Tiwari, the ‘PMO official’ was arrested on Friday after he had succeeded in securing admission for two children in a private school in Vadodara

Youth kills self after killing 5 members of his family in UP

In a heart-wrenching incident in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a youth committed suicide after killing five people of his family, including a newly wedded couple.

India to embark on 2nd PSP phase including new upgraded e-passports, says Jaishankar

India will soon embark on the second phase of the Passport Seva Programme (PSP Version 2.0), which includes new and upgraded e-passports, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Saturday.

PM lands in Cairo on first State visit, Egyptian PM receives him at airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Egypt's capital Cairo for the first state visit on the second leg of his two-nation tour. PM Modi arrived in Cairo for after wrapping up a successful visit to the USA.

'India-US relations embark on new & glorious journey'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told the Indian diaspora in Washington that in the three days of his US visit, India-US relations have embarked on a new and glorious journey, one of convergence on global strategic issues.

'All efforts being made to restore peace in Manipur on PM's instructions'

Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday held an all party-meeting to discuss the prevailing situation in Manipur which has seen ethnic violence for nearly two months.

Putin faces threat to rule after Wagner rebellion

Russian mercenaries barrel towards Moscow, Putin vows to punish mutineers

'Bairstow had a very ordinary game behind the stumps'

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said that England have some selection issues to deal with and suggested that wicket-keeper batter Jonny Bairstow's errors were one of the main reasons England lost the first Test.

Gaikwad, Jaiswal, and Mukesh earn Test call-ups for WI tour

Cheteshwar Pujara, senior pacers Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami dropped

UK elections watchdog says new voter ID law stopped thousands from casting ballots

Britain’s electoral watchdog said Friday that about 14,000 people were prevented from voting in last month’s local elections because of a new law requiring voters to show photo identification.

Russia, Qatar agree to strengthen ties

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and visiting Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, have agreed to deepen bilateral relations.

Biden getting endorsements from 3 abortion rights groups

President Joe Biden is banking on reproductive rights to be a galvanizing issue for voters in the 2024 election as he collects three top-level endorsements, hosts a rally Friday to mark the approaching anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning federal abortion protections and issues an executive order seeking to bolster access to contraception.

Probe started into submersible implosion

The investigation into what happened was already underway and can continue in the area around Titanic where debris from submersible was found

Chinese human rights lawyer chased out of 13 homes in two months as pressure rises on legal advocates

A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as part of a pattern of harassment against him and three other prominent rights advocates in Beijing that is further squeezing the country’s battered civil rights community.

Chased from their homes by gangs, thousands of Haitians languish in shelters with lives in limbo

A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil slum, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds of wood-and-tin homes. Forced out of the neighborhood, one family of four lived on the streets of Port-au-Prince until they were struck by a truck as they slept.

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern is writing a book on leadership

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday she is writing a book, with the focus more on leadership than on politics.

About 350 Pakistanis were on migrant boat that sank off Greece and many may have died, official says

Pakistan’s interior minister said Friday that an estimated 350 Pakistanis were on board an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants that sank off Greece last week, and many remain missing and may have died in one of the deadliest incidents in the central Mediterranean Sea.

Shehbaz to virtually attend SCO India meeting

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will virtually attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting chaired by India on July 4.

Global financing meet kicks off in Paris

Emmanuel Macron called for more funding to meet the challenges of poverty