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Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday hailed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which is celebrating its centenary, as “one of the most important institutions in India’s democratic and administrative framework that has, in its hundred-year journey, embodied transparency, impartiality, confidentiality, and accountability”.Birla, while delivering…

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in Kolkata has arrested Abul Hossen Molla, also known as Duronto, from South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. He was taken into custody on Wednesday evening.According to officials, Molla was allegedly involved in the mob attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in the Sandeshkhali area…

NEW DELHI: The operational cooperation between India and the US in the area of counter-narcotics has “surged” in the last several years, and New Delhi wants to further strengthen the joint fight against narcotics, the MEA said on Wednesday. At his weekly media briefing, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in response to a query,…

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday stressed on strategic partnership with Japan across key sectors such as advanced manufacturing, mobility, electronics, food processing, renewable energy, and global services. Mann virtually held a detailed deliberation with a high-level delegation from Japan, comprising representatives of the Embassy of Japan and leading Japanese companies operating across…

NEW DELHI: The standoff between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar over the chief ministerial post in Karnataka seems to have entered its climax as Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday acknowledged the situation, saying that “medicine” will be given to resolve the issue.As soon as the Congress government in Karnataka completed its halfway mark on November…

NEW DELHI: The standoff between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar over the chief ministerial post in Karnataka seems to have entered its climax as Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday acknowledged the situation, saying that “medicine” will be given to resolve the issue.As soon as the Congress government in Karnataka completed its halfway mark on November…