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Death of Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal | Accused arrested from Port Blair

A businessman was arrested from a lodge in Aberdeen Bazaar in Port Blair in a joint operation by the South Andaman Police and the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, police said.

18 May 2024 10:27 am
Sensex, Nifty climb in early trade in special trading session

While the BSE Sensex climbed 158.01 point, the NSE Nifty went up by 53.75 points in early trade.

18 May 2024 10:03 am
Swati Maliwal alleges CCTV tampering at Delhi Chief Ministers house

Ms. Maliwal said in a post on X that I have received information that now these people are tampering with the CCTV of the house.

18 May 2024 10:01 am
Watch | 50 years ago, India conducted its first ever nuclear test

On May 18, 1974, India conducted its first nuclear test in Pokhran, code-named Operation Smiling Buddha

18 May 2024 10:00 am
The value of attributing extreme events to climate change | Explained

While no formal cost-benefit analysis of an attribution exercise has been reported, many experts have argued that attributions are critical for the loss and damage process

18 May 2024 9:45 am
Why is the EU probing Facebook and Instagram?| Explained

The European Union is investigating Meta Platforms social media sites Facebook and Instagram for potential breaches of EU online content rules relating to child safety

18 May 2024 9:10 am
North Korea confirms missile launch, vows bolstered nuclear force

The launch was the latest in a string of ever more sophisticated tests by North Korea, which has fired off cruise missiles, tactical rockets and hypersonic weapons in recent months.

18 May 2024 8:38 am
Apple set to release slimmer iPhone in 2025: Report

Apple is developing a slimmer version of the iPhone that is likely to be launched by 2025, the Information reported

18 May 2024 8:17 am
Plea to simplify postal ballot system

President of the Municipal Teachers Federation suggests that employees on election dutycould be asked to follow the system being implemented for senior citizens, above 85 years of age

18 May 2024 7:47 am
18 May 2024 6:54 am
TS Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society to set up sanitary napkin-making unit

Minister asks authorities to ready proposals for food processing units to minimise loss to farmers

18 May 2024 5:57 am
1.7 crore connections disconnected through fraud detection steps: DoT

The Department of Telecommunications says the government was also working with WhatsApp to deal with pesky calls, and has had lakhs of numbers blocked as a result

18 May 2024 5:16 am
Ajits absence from poll campaign sparks speculation of turmoil in NCP faction

Ajit Pawar skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modis roadshow in Ghatkopar on May 15, triggering rumours about him being upset at the way things had turned out for his party, which was given four Lok Sabha seats to contest on

18 May 2024 5:01 am
Capacity building important component in India's defence, security engagement with Maldives: MEA

MEA spokesperson discusses Indias defense engagement with Maldives, arrests in Canada, and other international relations

18 May 2024 4:58 am
Congress, RJD want to return Bihar to lantern era, says U.P. CM

INDIA bloc wants to gain power at any cost by dividing castes and promoting terrorism, naxalism, and corruption, says U.P. CM

18 May 2024 4:47 am
Jamaat-e-Islamiex-spokesman Zahid Ali re-arrested within 14 days of release in Srinagar: family

Mr. Ali had been released on May 12 by the J&K High Court, but was then asked to present himself in a Srinagar police station on May 16; comes amidst peace overtures by JeI leader

18 May 2024 4:17 am
SP, Congress will run bulldozer over Ram Temple if voted to power, says PM Modi in U.P.s Barabanki

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Opposition of trying to create instability in the country and said it will collapse like a pack of cards after the election results

18 May 2024 4:02 am
18 May 2024 3:49 am
Personally overseeing steps to combat forest fires, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary tells Supreme Court

Bench asks Chief Secretary to meet with Solicitor General and the courts own amicus curiae to work out the modalities to resolve the problem of forest fires, which had recently claimed five lives in the State

18 May 2024 3:16 am
Heatwave alert: Delhi's Najafgarh warmest in country at 47.4 degrees Celsius, brutal heat scorches northwest India

Extreme heatwave sweeps northwest India, with temperatures soaring to 47.4 degrees Celsius, impacting millions, intensifying due to climate change

18 May 2024 3:12 am
Yogi Adityanaths bulldozer runs over Dalits, tribals and backwards, claims Congress

The Congress pushes back at BJP after Prime Minister Modi urges Congress to take tuition from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on where to run bulldozers

18 May 2024 3:00 am
Namesake candidates join election battle in several constituencies across Bengal

Nothing but a conspiracy by Opposition parties, claims Trinamool candidate

18 May 2024 2:46 am
JMM chief Shibu Soren suspends two MLAs, including daughter-in-law Sita Soren, for six years each

The action has been taken to maintain discipline in the party, so far five JMM leaders have shown doors.

18 May 2024 2:29 am
CAA, industries shape Bengals poll discourse in fifth phase

Elections will be held across seven constituencies in three districts of West Bengal in the fifth phase on May 20. In 2019, the Trinamool had won four of these seats and the BJP had bagged three

18 May 2024 2:15 am
Decision on vertical clearance of bridges during NH 66 widening may be left to State govt.

Major Irrigation department to submit report to District Collector explaining its suggestions and concerns over the four bridges under its purview against the backdrop of NH widening

18 May 2024 2:07 am
Important for India to attend Swiss Conference, play role in conveying message to Russia: Swiss Foreign Secretary Fasel

Swiss FS visits Delhi to push invitation, but MEA says it has not yet decided on participation, citing the ongoing election

18 May 2024 12:58 am
Dangers of divisiveness: on the electoral rhetoric, from the top level

Pitting citizens of the North against southern parties is a hazardous ploy

18 May 2024 12:20 am
After the civil war, the stifling impasse in Sri Lanka

The future of the Tamil people is dependent on forging a new vision for themselves and the entire country, based on equality and freedom

18 May 2024 12:16 am
Stay invested: on Chabahar and India-Iran ties

India should not tailor its ties with Iran to U.S. foreign policy changes

18 May 2024 12:10 am
The hyperpoliticisation of Indian higher education

There is a grave threat to academic institutions, the academic profession, and intellectual life in general

18 May 2024 12:08 am