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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced seven more new districts will be created in the state.“Earlier there were 23 districts in Bengal. Now it has been increased to 30. The 7 new districts include...

New Delhi: The Centre has formed a National Task Force to monitor the Monkeypox cases in the country, officials from the Union Health Ministry confirmed on Monday.The task force will monitor and provide guidance on the expansion of...

New Delhi: The contingents of the Indian Army and Royal Army of Oman began the Joint Military Exercise 'Al Najah-IV' on Monday at the Foreign Training Node of Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Pokran, Rajasthan.This will be the 4th...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the "double engine government" at the Center and in Gujarat was giving “patronage to the drug-liquor mafia” and forcing youths into drugs.Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi said: “Who...

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm on Monday amid an uproar by Shiv Sena over the arrest of its leader and MP Sanjay Raut in Mumbai by the Enforcement Directorate.The uproar began minutes after the proceedings...

New Delhi: Sanjay Arora, a Tamil Nadu cadre Indian Police Service Officer of 1988, has been appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Delhi on August 1, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in an order on Sunday.Arora will succeed...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday mentioned the traditional 'fairs' being organized in different states and said that such events were a great source of energy for society."Fairs are, in themselves, a great source of energy for...

Bhubaneswar: Illegally property worth Rs.1.32 crores was acquired by accused drug peddler Sk. Jamsed here out of his illegal contraband brown sugar business was forfeited by the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police, sources said on Sunday.The seizure...

Bhubaneswar: After registering a 4-0 win over Sri Lanka, Indian boys are going to take on Nepal to carry the momentum forward in the U-20 SAFF championship at the Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday evening.Head coach Venkatesh Shanmugam said...

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday accused the ruling BJP of trying to 'destabilize' the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JJM)-led government in Jharkhand, of which the party was part.The grand old party has also suspended three of its MLAs from...