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CBI officers misbehaved while serving notice to Abhishek:CM

She said that Union govt has virtually unleashed an 'agency Raj' throughout India

Drones make Punjab border most preferred route for smuggling from Pak

The interception of a fifth drone on the Punjab border in just four days has yet again highlighted the preference of Pakistan-based smugglers for the state when it comes to pushing drugs and arms into India.

'All 7 Gyanvapi cases to be heard together'

The Varanasi District Court on Tuesday ordered that all the seven cases related to the Gyanvapi mosque issue will be heard together.

PM, LS Speaker to inaugurate new Parl building on 28 May

Amid the Opposition objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the new Parliament building on 28 May, the official invitation put out by the Lok Sabha Secretariat shows that the ceremony will be performed by PM Modi in the presence of the Speaker of the Lower House, Om Birla.

INS Mormugao successfully intercepts supersonic target

Indian Navy's latest indigenous guided missile destroyer INS Mormugao successfully carried out an engagement of sea-skimming supersonic target.

CM backs Kejriwal on Centre's ordinance

Bengal, Delhi, Punjab CMS agree on need for Opposition unity to take on BJP

Zelenskky and West must accept diplomatic route

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskky arrived for the G7 summit adding flavour to an anti-Russian environment. He met Prime Minister Modi who stated, “India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of the conflict.”

WTC final:7 players to leave for Eng

With the group stage of IPL 2023 coming to an end on Sunday, players like talismanic batter Virat Kohli, ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and fast bowler Mohammed Siraj will be among the seven players to leave for England on Tuesday ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia set to happen from June 7-11 at The Oval in London.

'India in quintet for post-Olympics show'

India are pencilled in for a five-nation multi-discipline competition Russians describe as the Friendship Games Vladimir Putin wants held next year after the Paris Olympics, sources told *** The Statesman *** today.

Goyal to inaugurate world plenary on consumer interest in standards

India is hosting the 44th edition of the coveted annual plenary of the Committee on Consumer Policy of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO COPOLCO) from 23-26 May in New Delhi.

Steps taken to save transformers from getting damaged

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation president M Devraj expressing his disappointment and unhappiness over the burning of transformers has said that the officials should take steps to save the transformers from being damaged.

GRSE launch Accelerated Innovation Nurturing Scheme 2023 to involve start-ups in ship design & construction industry

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and engineers (GRSE), one of India’s premier defence shipyards and category I Mini Ratna Company, today launched GRSE Accelerated Innovation Nurturing Scheme 2023 to involve the start-ups in ship design and construction industry.

Meta fined record $1.3 billion for violating EU data transfer rules

The Irish Data Protection Commission on Monday fined Meta (formerly Facebook) a record $1.3 billion fine over violating data transfer rules in the European Union (EU).

NCLAT upholds NCLT's Go First insolvency order

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday upheld the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order which had admitted Go First Airlines' voluntary plea for insolvency.

G-20 Disaster Risk Group's second meet in Mumbai from Tuesday

Government officials, industry experts and private sector representatives from over 20 countries will attend the second meeting of the G-20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRRWG) in Mumbai from 23 to 25 May.

Stock market: Wall St drifts in tight range as talks on avoiding US default continue

Wall Street is trading small gains and losses early Monday as a deadline nears to reach a deal to avoid a federal default

Vijayan transformed CPM into Communist Party of Muslims: BJP's Abdullahkutty

BJP National Vice President AP Abdullahkutty on Monday accused that Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan turned the Communist Party of Marxists(CPM) into Communist Party of Muslims for installing “ putiyapla(new bridegroom) as chief minister.

Jagan: Naidu wanted Amaravati to be a gated community for rich only

Slamming TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today alleged that the former had wanted to set up a gated community for only the rich in Amaravati while keeping out the poor and denying them basic human rights.

K'taka Assembly starts with RV Deshpande as pro-tem Speaker

All 224 newly elected MLAs will be administered oaths during three-day session

Banned crackers seized, 34 arrested after Budge Budge blast

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday started an inquiry to probe the incident of crackers-burst in a house at Chingripota in Budge Budge of South 24-Parganas district.

Minister urges students, teachers to preserve nature

Dr Manas Bhuniya, state environment minister, has urged teachers, students and nature lovers to work together to stop the rampant onslaught on nature and find out ways and means to preserve the diverse biodiversity in Bengal.

State schemes serve as dream propellers: WBBSE president

One interesting fact, which was noticed during the declaration of Madhyamik Pariksha 2023 results on Friday, was that the girl candidates outnumbered the boys.

Time for Vande Bharat arrival at Puri makes it popular

Apart from state-of-the-art features, the Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express’ arrival schedule in resonance with the hotel check-out timings, could give the recently-introduced train an edge over others from the city to Puri.

CID takes over probe into Bengal cracker unit blast

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police on Monday took over the probe into the explosion at an illegal firecracker warehouse at Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas district on Sunday night, which has so far claimed three lives, including a 10-year-old child.

Bengal Guv miffed with state varsity VCs over non-submission of weekly report to Raj Bhavan

West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose has taken objection to the reluctance on the part of the vice-chancellors of different state universities in submitting weekly reports to the Raj Bhavan despite clear instructions from the Governor's office on this count.

Recharged Abhishek back to his yatra

Abhishek’s Yatra had come to a halt on Friday as he had to appear before the CBI

Patnaik re-inducts veterans in cabinet reshuffle

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik conducted a minor reshuffle inducting three veterans against existing vacancies in the cabinet .

Hyderabad: Delivery agent jumps from third floor of building to escape dog attack

A delivery agent sustained grievous injuries after jumping off from the third floor of a building in Hyderabad in order to evade an attack by a pet dog of the customer when he had gone to an apartment to deliver a mattress.

Army called in after fresh flare-up in Manipur's Imphal, curfew is back

After a brief period of peace, reports of fresh violence and arson came to the fore from Imphal, and army and paramilitary forces were reportedly rushed to the state, forcing a curfew to be imposed again. The curfew had earlier been relaxed till 4 PM but was reimposed from 1 PM after the latest flare-up.

Mamata proposes clusters to regulate illegal cracker units

With deaths at repeated illegal fire cracker factories in Egra and Budge Budge, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today spoke at length on dedicated clusters to regularise illegal cracker factories to curb the menace.