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NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday upped the ante against Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government after a medical student was allegedly gang-raped in Paschim Bardhaman district. BJP accused the government of turning the state into nightmare for women’s safety through its deliberate policy of appeasement.In a social media post on X, BJP leader and…

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that the Prime Minister is not bigger than the country and that he went on the Operation Sindoor delegation “not for the Prime Minister, but for the country.” Speaking to the news agency ANI, Owaisi said, “We are always…

NEW DELHI: Ahead of next month’s Bihar assembly elections, the ruling Janata Dal (United) re-inducted Arun Kumar, a former party leader who had previously threatened to inflict “physical harm” on chief minister and JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar.Kumar, who held the Jehanabad Lok Sabha seat twice, re-joined the party along with several of his supporters….

Prashant Kishor, Tejashwi Yadav (PTI file photos) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraj founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday took a dig at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, saying Tejashwi would have to contest from two seats if Kishor decided to fight from Raghopur.He also predicted that Tejashwi would lose Raghopur, drawing a comparison with Rahul Gandhi’s loss in…

Akhilesh Yadav (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s Facebook account was restored on Saturday as he questioned the suspension, saying his posts had been wrongly flagged.Yadav said his account was taken down because of posts related to the death of a journalist and another case involving the suspicious death of a…

NEW DELHI: The Assam Police officer leading the investigation into the death of singer and Assamese cultural icon Zubeen Garg, who passed away in Singapore last month, said on Saturday that the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) request for CCTV footage and other potentially crucial evidence is currently under consideration by authorities in Singapore.Also Read |…

EAM S Jaishankar meets ambassador-designate Sergio Gor NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor in New Delhi and discussed the growing strategic partnership between India and the United States. Gor, accompanied by US deputy secretary for management and resources Michael J Rigas, is currently on a six-day visit…

Sonia Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday wrote to Amneet Kumar, wife of senior Haryana IPS Y Puran Kumar, who died by suicide at his Chandigarh official residence. In his suicide note, Puran Kumar named 16 senior IAS and IPS officers in his note, alleging harassment and holding…

NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight carrying 76 passengers from Madurai made a safe landing at Chennai airport on Saturday after the pilot detected a crack in the aircraft’s windshield shortly before arrival, officials said, according to news agency PTI.According to airport authorities, the pilot noticed the crack on the front glass mid-flight and promptly informed…

Dehradun, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, reiterating his government’s commitment to sustainable development, said on Friday that a nine-point policy has been launched in the state to ensure a balance between the economy and the environment.Inaugurating the 24th annual conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI) at Doon University here, Dhami…