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Aam Aadmi Party's Atishi becomes youngest ever CM of Delhi

Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi was today sworn in as the youngest chief minister of Delhi, four days after party chief Arvind Kejriwal resigned following his bail by the Supreme Court in a corruption case
21 September 2024

Doctor rape, murder: Thousands take out torch rally in Kolkata demanding justice

Carrying flaming torch in their hands, thousands of people from all sections of society walked 42km from Highland Park in the southern fringes of the city last night in Kolkata demanding justice for the trainee woman doctor who was raped and murdered in state-run R G Kar hospital last month
21 September 2024

Mamata blames dam release for flooding

A top politician in eastern India yesterday blamed authorities in a neighbouring state for causing a flooding crisis by opening dams after 26 people were killed and 250,000 others were forced to relocate.
20 September 2024

Mamata blames dam release in Jharkhand for flooding

A top politician in eastern India today blamed authorities in a neighbouring state for causing a flooding crisis by opening dams after 26 people were killed and 250,000 others were forced to relocate.
20 September 2024

Kolkata rape, murder: West Bengal doctors 'partially' withdraw strike

West Bengal’s striking junior doctors have announced they will "partially" withdraw their cease work agitation and rejoin emergency and essential services at state-run hospitals from tomorrow
20 September 2024

Yunus-Modi meeting remains uncertain

A meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their upcoming visits to the United States remains uncertain.
19 September 2024

RG Kar rape and murder: Junior doctors to continue strike after second round of talks with WB govt fails

The second round of talks between junior doctors and West Bengal government officials failed to end the strike, with doctors accusing the authorities of refusing to provide written minutes of the meeting on the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case.
19 September 2024

India’s J&K votes in first regional polls in a decade

Voters queued outside polling stations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir yesterday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.
18 September 2024

Kolkata rape-murder: Junior doctors continue protest, seek fresh meeting with state govt

The doctors made the announcement at the end of their governing body meeting started around 6.30 pm and ended at about 1:00am
18 September 2024

India's disputed Kashmir votes after special status scrapped

Many in the disputed Muslim-majority territory of 8.7 million registered voters remain bitter over the 2019 order by the Hindu-nationalist government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose control from New Delhi
18 September 2024

Kejriwal quits as Delhi CM after release from jail

Arvind Kejriwal, a top political opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi yesterday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case.
17 September 2024

India SC pauses ‘bulldozer justice’

India’s top court yesterday ordered authorities to pause demolishing private property as punitive action against people accused of criminal activity, condemning the so-called “bulldozer justice”.
17 September 2024

India condemns Iran supreme leader’s comments

India has condemned comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the treatment of Muslims in the South Asian nation, calling his remarks “misinformed and unacceptable”.
17 September 2024

Mamata removes Kolkata top cop; 2 health officials; doctors yet to call off strike

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Abhishek Gupta last night
17 September 2024

AAP to decide on next CM after Kejriwal's resignation

Senior AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia reached Kejriwal's official residence to discuss with him the names of probables for the chief minister's post
16 September 2024

Kejriwal to resign as Delhi CM in two days

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal yesterday said that he will resign as chief minister of the Delhi regional government in two days.
15 September 2024

Modi accuses JMM of patronising Bangladeshi, Rohingya infiltration

Jharkhand, ruled by JMM in alliance with Congress, braces for fresh assembly elections due later this year
15 September 2024

Kejriwal says he will resign as Delhi CM

He was released from jail on bail on Friday
15 September 2024

RG Kar rape and murder: Junior doctors continue protest amid rain

Charge of tampering with evidence added against former principal of medical college
15 September 2024

Kolkata rape-murder: Mamata visits protest site, urges doctors to resume work

Amid the continuing impasse, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today paid a surprise visit to the site where the junior doctors are protesting against the rape and murder of a young medic at R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata and assured them that she would look into their demands..Howev
14 September 2024