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Kolkata: Sixteen persons have been arrested in Bhatpara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, but not in connection with Thursday’s violence that claimed two lives, police said on Friday. “Sixteen persons have been arrested in relation to various cases. However, no arrests have been made in relation to Thursday’s bombing and firing,” a senior […]

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday refused to say anything over the deaths of 121 children caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur district. The Chief Minister has yet to break his silence over deaths of so many children from AES. Mediapersons repeatedly tried to put questions to him in connection with […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Chief minister, Naveen Patnaik has been a staunch advocate of women empowerment. In one of his now famous speeches he had described empowerment of women as the real ‘double engine’ for growth, a phrase coined by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi while campaigning for his party in Odisha where he had sought […]

New York: American pop singer Nick Jonas cannot stop gushing about his wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas, whom he called his “hot date”. Nick on Friday posted an Instagram story featuring his wife and Indian actress. He used a heart filter on the social media platform. He captioned the Instagram story: “My hot date on date […]

New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Friday announced that shooting will not be a part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The decision came as a big blow to India as the country had won 16 medals from shooting at Gold Coast 2018 and seven out of the 26 Gold medals came from the […]

Aligarh: The week-long yoga day celebrations in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) ended on Friday with a mass yoga exercise session. The event was marked with massive awareness campaigns, seminars on the health benefits of the Vedic-era practice and grand yoga group events at the university. Addressing over 500 yoga enthusiasts, the Chief Guest, AMU Vice […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a two-day, 14th G20 Summit in Osaka in Japan from June 28, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. “For the sixth time, Modi will be participating in the G20 Summit. Apart from participating in the summit, PM will also have bilateral meetings. He will also […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan that his country needs to create an “environment of trust, free of terror, violence and hostility” for the two neighbours to have “normal and cooperative relations”, which India seeks. Modi wrote this to Khan in response to his congratulatory message earlier this […]

Beijing: China celebrated the 5th International Yoga Day with great enthusiasm on Friday as thousands of people performed postures of the ancient physical routine. Yoga has gained immense popularity in China over the years with the government and the Indian Embassy promoting the discipline. At an event in Beijing, Indian Ambassador Vikram Misri and diplomats […]

New Delhi: With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime stabilizing after a series of rate rationalizations, the focus of the government has now clearly shifted to easing the compliance burden and containing tax evasion. In its 35th meeting, the GST Council on Friday decided to introduce electronic invoicing system in a phase-wise manner for […]

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday courted controversy by tweeting pictures of the dog squad of Indian Army doing yoga and captioning it “New India”, drawing a sharp retort from BJP chief Amit Shah who accused him of mocking Yoga Day and insulting the forces. The pictures in the tweet showed the Army dog […]

New Delhi: An anonymous letter threatening to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put all security agencies on the toes. The letter was received in the office of a temple in Thrissur district of Kerala during PM Modi’s visit last fortnight. Highly placed sources in the agencies said the letter was received at the office […]

New Delhi: Passenger traffic in India’s domestic aviation industry rebounded in May with a year-on-year growth of 3.3 per cent, said an ICRA report on Friday. The rise comes after the industry reported a 4.4 per cent “de-growth” in traffic in April. “This is primarily attributable to the gradual increase in capacity as airlines like […]

Leeds: Angelo Mathews hit a patient fifty before veteran pacer Lasith Malinga returned with a sensational four-wicket haul as Sri Lanka stunned hosts England by 20 runs in a low-scoring thriller to keep their World Cup semifinal hopes alive, here Friday. Electing to bat, Sri Lanka managed a modest 232 for nine, riding on an […]

Southampton: Stumper batsman Rishabh Pant is positive despite the World Cup snub, after joining the Indian squad as a replacement to the injured Shikhar Dhawan. “When I didn’t get selected, I thought may be I didn’t do something right, so I became more positive and focused on how to improve myself. Then I did well […]