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Centre using women’s quota as ‘weapon’ before delimitation: Stalin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has strongly criticised the Centre over the women’s reservation and accused it of trying to use it as a “weapon” to tackle the opposition before…
ANI’s Smita Prakash walks into empty hall in college event she was invited to

New Delhi: Indian journalist and Editor-in-Chief at ANI news agency, Smita Prakash, was invited as the Chief Guest at Miranda College of Delhi University on April 11. However, she not only received…

BJP govt to end Trinamool’s syndicate raj in Bengal: Shah

Onda: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, April 11, asserted that if the Bharatiya Janata Party is voted to power in West Bengal, it will end TMC’s ‘syndicate raj’, and said…
Indian-origin man in Singapore jailed for forging bank documents

Singapore: An Indian-origin man in Singapore was sentenced to seven weeks in jail for forging his clients’ bank statements so that the insurance policies he was selling to them could take effect.…
Right to vote, right to contest not fundamental rights: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 10, reiterated that neither the right to vote nor the right to contest an election is a fundamental right, holding that both are purely statutory…
BJP govt in West Bengal will speed up CAA implementation: Modi

Katwa: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, April 11, promised to accelerate the provision of citizenship under CAA for Matua, Namasudra and other refugee communities if the BJP came to power in…
UP cop ‘enters’ mosque with shoes to take down loudspeaker during prayers

Lucknow: A police constable from the Cantonment Police Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow allegedly entered a mosque with his shoes during Friday prayers on April 10, to cut off the loudspeaker wire.…

Suvendu’s firm grip, ‘skewed’ SIR deletions likely deciders in Nandigram

Kolkata: Shifting loyalties, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strengthened organisational control and allegations of skewed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) voter deletions seem to have added extra layers of intrigue to Nandigram, making the…
Maharashtra: Three killed as fire destroys huts in Thane

Thane: At least three persons were killed in a major fire that broke out in a slum cluster in Thane district of Maharashtra, triggering the explosion of multiple LPG cylinders, a civic…
Bengal SIR: Flag maker Raju Halder among 90 lakh deleted from voter rolls

Raju Halder, a Howrah resident who works as a second-generation Indian flag maker, said he found his name missing from the electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West…
US, India air chiefs deepen Indo-Pacific military cooperation

Washington: The US and India reaffirmed their strategic defence partnership during high-level talks between their air force chiefs, focusing on interoperability, training and regional deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, a media release said.…
UP: Two held for contact with Pakistan linked Dubai handler

Bijnor: Two men were arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district on Friday, April 10, for allegedly being in touch with a Pakistan-linked handler based in Dubai, police said. Circle Officer, Najibabad, Anjani…
Uttar Pradesh: 10 dead, 22 injured as boat capsizes

Chandigarh: What began as a devotional journey to Mathura turned into an unimaginable tragedy for several families from Ludhiana and Jagraon after a boat carrying tourists, primarily from Punjab, capsized in Yamuna…
How safe are Indian roads? A look at the latest report

India’s economic progress is often measured through expanding mobility, meaning more roads, more vehicles and faster connectivity. However, the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 2023…
NCW seeks action on alleged ‘love jihad’ case in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) B Shivadhar Reddy to ensure the immediate registration of a first information report (FIR), arrest of the accused…