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One lakh rural Siliguri households yet to get water connection

More than 1 lakh rural households in the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad (SMP) are yet to get piped water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission (called Jal Swapno in West Bengal), it has come to light.

Hill ropeway plan: Centre 'awaits' state govt nod

A proposal for setting up a ropeway under the Parvatmala Scheme, connecting Bijanbari and the town of Darjeeling, is still awaiting consent from the state government, Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, has said.

Itaharwoman's body exhumed; murder alleged

Police exhumed the body of a woman, Salima Parvin, 26, from her grave in Kharasrata village under the Itahar police station area in North Dinajpur district this afternoon.

PM to attend France's Bastille Day Parade as Guest of Honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to attend this year's Bastille Day Parade as the Guest of Honour on 14 July 2023 in Paris.

Mamata Banerjee completes 12 years as chief minister

On the completion of 12 years as the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee on Friday thanked the people for their cooperation and unflinching support to the schemes that have been taken up for the development of the state.

Covid-19 global health emergency over: WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that Covid-19 pandemic is over as a global health emergency.

Five Army troops killed in Rajouri encounter

Five Indian Army soldiers were killed and one injured due to an explosion triggered by terrorists during a gunfight in the Kandi area of Rajouri along the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday.

Pawar withdraws decision to resign as NCP president

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday announced that he has withdrawn his decision to step down as party chief.

Shah cancels poll campaign; to closely monitor situation in violence-hit Manipur

With the situation still grim in violence-hit Manipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is said to have cancelled all his programmes for the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka to closely monitor the situation in the state.

Jaishankar calls Pak FM spokesperson of terror

Pak's credibility depleting faster than forex reserves: EAM at SCO meet

Imran: Top Official Behind Assassination Attempts

If something happened, Dirty Harry would be responsible & not terrorist or foreign agencies: PTI chief

Wrestlers Willing To Return Their Medals: Bajrang Punia

Some of India's top wrestlers have been protesting against the WFI chief alleging sexual harassment

Knights get a new Rider

Kolkata Knight Riders have given themselves a like-for-like, multi-purpose substitute, Johnson Charles, for the rest of the Indian Premier League, it was said here today.

Borna Coricends Daniel Altmaier's dream run

Coric won 90pc of the points he served first & will look to continue that trend against Alcaraz

Real or not, reported Kremlin drone attack unsettles Russia

As Russian officials tell it, two Ukrainian drones flew into the very heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness, reaching the Kremlin before they were shot down at the last minute.

Police arrest suspect in Atlanta shooting; 1 dead, 4 wounded

Authorities swarmed the city's midtown neighbourhood shortly afternoon in search of the shooter

During Raisi's landmark visit, Syria & Iran sign MOUs for long-term cooperation

Syrian President Bashar alAssad and his visiting Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi have signed a number of memorandums of understanding (MOUS) for \"longterm and comprehensive cooperation\" in various fields, state media reported.

'Indian startups must boost corporate governance, set norms for G20 nations'

Indian startups must give priority to good governance and financial management and create new benchmarks not only for India but also for other G20 nations, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant has stressed.

Sitharaman meets S Korean Deputy PM, seeks investment in manufacturing, RE sectors

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday exhorted South Korea to invest in India as she highlighted the country's enabling policy framework for electric vehicles and green hydrogen sectors.

Indian bourses end on a positive note on Thursday

Indian stock indices open marginally in green after US Fed's rate hike

2 charred to death, 5 injured in hotel fire at Sanasar

Two persons were charred to death and five injured in a massive fire that broke out early morning in a private hotel at the tourist resort of Sanasar near Patnitop in the Ramban district. The cause of the fire is being ascertained.

President Murmu visits ancestral home, launches 'Addiction Free Odisha' campaign

President Droupadi Murmu launched the 'Addiction Free Odisha' campaign of Brahma Kumaris Centre at Hatbadra and a tribal development project community centre here on Wednesday.

Bajrang Dal row rages in K'taka; BJP MLA burns Cong manifesto

Mallikarjun Kharge stated that by burning the manifesto copy, Eshwrappa had insulted the people

HC judge recuses himself from cases related to Suvendu

Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, recused himself from two cases related to the Leader of Opposition West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari versus West Bengal government.

HC stays VB's eviction notice against Amartya Sen

A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday put a stay on the eviction notice issued by the VisvaBharati University authorities against the Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen in the ongoing dispute over 13 decimals of land occupied by the latter.

Recruitment scam: CBI conducts raids at residences of Trinamul confidant, bureaucrat

Two teams of CBI on Thursday conducted parallel raids and search operations at the residences of a Trinamul Congress confidant and a bureaucrat in connection with the multi-crore recruitment scam in state-run schools.

Mamata: Opposition has tacit pact against TMC

She said that the CPM, Cong & BJP are working together to defeat the TMC

TMC slams IT raid on Raiganj MLA

As Income Tax Officials left the premises of Trinamool Congress MLA Krishna Kalyani after a 30-hour-long raid today, the TMC took out a rally and accused the BJP of conducting the raid that the party said was not at all necessary.

Go First directed to issue refunds as it extends flight cancellations

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed crisis-hit airline Go First to provide refunds to passengers who have booked tickets on the airline's cancelled flights within the time frame prescribed by the regulations.

Blow to Nitish: HCputs hold on Bihar caste survey

In a major setback to the CM Nitish Kumar, Patna High Court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the ongoing caste survey in Bihar.