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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a sharp attack against the BJP at a protest rally in Kolkata, accusing the party of targeting Bengali-speaking people across BJP-ruled states.“I am ashamed, disheartened at BJP’s attitude towards Bengalis,” Mamata said while addressing the massive protest. She declared,…

NEW DELHI: The family of Talal Abdo Mahdi, the man allegedly murdered by Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, has firmly demanded justice, insisting on “implementing God’s Law in Qisas [retaliation in kind].” With Yemen postponing the execution of the nurse in the murder case, hope now solely rests on the deceased’s family agreeing to settle through…

NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight from Delhi was forced to perform a “go-around” during its landing attempt at Patna airport on Tuesday, according to sources.Flight 6E 2482, carrying 173 passengers, did not land on its first approach as it was deemed “unstable” by the pilot. The aircraft then executed the go-around— a standard safety procedure—…

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday passed a resolution welcoming the safe return of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla from the International Space Station (ISS), hailing his 18-day space mission as a milestone in India’s space journey and a source of inspiration for the nation’s youth.Group Captain Shukla, who returned to Earth on July 15,…

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde rode a Tesla outside the Vidhan Bhavan on Tuesday, shortly after the electric vehicle giant launched its first showroom in India.The deputy chief minister, who was in a white Tesla, was surrounded by reporters with cameras. Speaking to the media, after the ride, Shinde said, “It is…

Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (Image: ANI) Dehradun: One shloka from the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita will be recited in all government schools across Uttarakhand during prayer meetings, according to an order issued on Monday. The directive, issued by director of secondary education Dr Mukul Kumar Sati to all chief education officers, states that students should…

Manipur Police (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Security forces on Wednesday stopped nearly 100 internally displaced people (IDP) in Manipur from returning to their villages, police said. “The IDPs were staying in a relief camp near Sajiwa in Imphal East district. They moved towards Doilaithabi in the same district, to return to their native villages,” a…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave high courts a “final opportunity” to submit compliance reports as directed earlier, following its January verdict regarding lack of toilet facilities in courts and tribunals in the country.A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan gave the high courts eight weeks to do so.“Many high courts…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Haryana Special Investigation Team (SIT) for allegedly expanding the scope of its probe against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who is facing two FIRs for online posts during Operation Sindoor.A bench led by Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta asked the SIT to confine…

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi with other Assam Congress leaders (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling for the immediate restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. In a joint letter, they described the…