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With ‘Rishi Bankim babu’, PM Modi defuses ‘Bankim da’ row in West Bengal

File photo KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi used a fog-forced virtual rally in Bengal Saturday to pursue two parallel damage-control efforts – shoring up support among Matua voters unsettled by an electoral roll revision and repairi Read More

Audit flags gaps, cites lapses in ex-servicemen health scheme

file photo NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit tabled in Parliament on Thursday flagged serious shortcomings in Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), pointing to inadequate hospital coverage, long-pendi Read More

Can’t deny passport renewal to convicts with court NOC: Supreme Court

ANI file photo NEW DELHI: Holding that the Constitution itself is put at risk if the balance between power of the State and dignity of the individual is disturbed, Supreme Court held that govt cannot deny renewal of passport to an a Read More

Uttar Pradesh bar council to act against tainted lawyers

file photo PRAYAGRAJ: Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh informed Allahabad HC it has unanimously decided to suspend licences of advocates who are listed as historysheeters or gangsters in police records. Read More

Basirhat municipal board dissolved

Kolkata: In an unprecedented move, the urban development and municipal affairs department has dissolved the Basirhat municipal board following complaints over civic services. Read More

Basirhat municipal board dissolved

Kolkata: In an unprecedented move, the urban development and municipal affairs department has dissolved the Basirhat municipal board following complaints over civic services. Read More

Supreme Court: Criminal record, gravity of offence key in deciding bail

file photo NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said criminal antecedents and gravity of offence are vital factors while deciding bail plea and quashed bail granted by Patna HC to five accused who had indulged in armed assault and were habitual Read More

Congress nearly joined conspiracy to make Assam part of East Pakistan: PM Modi

GUWAHATI: PM Modi transformed his Guwahati rally on Saturday into a fierce political offensive against Congress, accusing it of “committing a sin” by preparing to join hands with the Muslim League and the British in a pre- Read More

Messi got Rs 89cr from India tour, govt Rs 11cr as tax, says organiser

Image: IANS KOLKATA: Football legend Lionel Messi’s India Tour event organiser and the prime accused in the Salt Lake Stadium chaos, Satadru Dutta, has claimed “influential people” pressured him to triple the numb Read More

123-year-old Curzon clock ticks again at Golden Temple

file photo AMBALA: For decades, the clock was stuck at 10.08, a mute time-keeper for the lakhs who moved in and out of Sri Darbar Sahib in Amritsar. Read More

No alliance with Sena UBT for Mumbai civic polls: Congress

Image: IANS MUMBAI: Congress Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala held a meeting with local party functionaries in Mumbai and announced that the party would not form an alliance with the Shiv Sena-UBT in the BMC elections. Read More

Kashmir court issues NBW against Hizbul Mujahideen chief

Image: IANS Srinagar: A special court in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen outfit supreme commander Mohammad Yousuf Shah alias Syed Salah-ud-Din in a 2012 UAPA ca Read More