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- India
CPI(M) couldn’t counter BJP’s populist campaign in Tripura in 2018, concedes Manik Sarkar
Agartala: Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said that the CPI(M)-led Left Front could not counter the BJP’s populist campaign in the run-up to the 2018 assembly elections. The BJP, which had less…
- India
Cattle smuggling: CBI suspects proceeds being invested in gold
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team, probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal, are working on some specific clues that a part of the proceeds of the crime was…
- India
Large portion of Curlies night club in Goa bulldozed (Ld)
Panaji: Even as the Supreme Court stayed the demolition of one particular survey number of Curlies night club and restaurant on Goa’s Anjuna beach, the demolition squad razed the other portions of…
- India
Jab we met: Mumbai dabbawala recalls breakfast with Queen Elizabeth
Mumbai: It was not easy for two Marathi-speaking dabbawalas to converse with Queen Elizabeth, but they managed to overcome the language barrier, courtesy another royal, this one from India. Mumbai’s famed dabbawalas,…
- Delhi
Delhi University to digitise 500 higher education institutions via AWS
New Delhi: University of Delhi is using AWS Cloud to enable the adoption of Samarth eGov — an open-source automation e-governance platform — across Indias universities and higher education institutions (HEIs) and…
- India
Criminals to turn police informers in UP’s Saharanpur
Saharanpur: In a novel experiment, the Saharanpur police in Uttar Pradesh have urged over 900 history-sheeters to turn police informers. The initiative is a part of the Sankalp scheme that seeks to…
- India
Northeast Delhi violence: Delhi Police concludes arguments before Delhi HC, opposes Umar Khalid’s bail plea
New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Wednesday concluded its arguments before the Delhi High Court while opposing a bail plea of Umar Khalid who was arrested in connection with a UAPA…
- India
Nitish Kumar takes dig at Prashant Kishor, asks if he knows “ABC of work done in Bihar since 2005”
New Delhi : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday took a dig at poll strategist Prashant Kishor calling him a publicity expert and stating that he might be wanting to help…
- India
Keshav Prasad Maurya slams Akhilesh Yadav’s advice, says 100 SP MLAs ready to join BJP
Barabanki : Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya has hit back at Akhilesh Yadav’s advice to him to cross over on pattern of what happened in Bihar and said the Samajwadi…
- India
Maha: Told to lower TV set volume, woman bites three fingers of mother-in-law
Thane: Angered by her mother-in-law turning off the television set due to a loud sound, a 32-year-old homemaker from Ambernath in Maharashtra’s Thane district bit three fingers of the old woman, police said…
- India
IIT-Kanpur student ends life by suicide in hostel room
Kanpur: A PhD student in IIT-Kanpur ended his life by suicide on the campus, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when a student informed the security personnel…
- Bangalore
IT firms resort to work-from-home amid Bengaluru rain fury
Bengaluru: India’s best-known IT firms and startups have asked staff to work from home as torrential rains brought chaos to the streets of the technology hub, marooning roads and snapping water and…
- News
Rahul Gandhi meets Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here. The Congress said the two leaders had a fruitful discussion on a number of issues.…
- India
Police obtain CCTV footage of Cyrus Mistry’s car shortly before it crashed
Palghar: Palghar police in Maharashtra have obtained the CCTV footage of the Mercedes car in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was travelling to Mumbai, shortly before it crashed, killing him…
- India
Cyrus Mistry car accident: Mercedes team collects data
Mumbai: A team from the German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz, whose car crashed into a road divider killing industrialist Cyrus Mistry and another occupant, has collected the vehicle’s data which will be decrypted…
