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New Delhi: The Center on Saturday appointed Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani (retd) as India’s next Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), while Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan was named as the next Navy Chief. According to an official announcement, Lt Gen Raja Subramani, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd.), will also serve as Secretary to the Government…

NEW DELHI: This is how justice is denied when courts go by the letter of the law and not by its spirit. A poor murder convict, abandoned by his family and not given proper legal advice, challenged the trial court’s order of conviction and life imprisonment after nine years of delay in the Orissa High…

New Delhi: When a sudden hike in airfares of Rs 10,000 per pilgrim was announced in late April, it sparked a wide-ranging debate about what India’s pilgrims were actually paying for, and one line item that came under immediate scrutiny was the Rs 7,000 deduction for each GPS-Margri 2. was forced to carry. The smartwatch,…

Writers’ Building, Kolkata: Also known as Mahakaran, it was originally built as a house office for junior clerks of the British East India Company. KOLKATA: For the first time, the Writers’ Building in Kolkata and other government offices in Bengal will turn orange after Saturday evening to mark the inauguration day of the BJP government.The…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it will not order FIRs against the man accused of defrauding thousands of investors across the state while rejecting an appeal by Samir Agarwal of Saga Group, who fled to Dubai after misappropriating the maturity amount of Rs 10,000 crore of depositors in a cooperative society.Appearing for the…

JAMMU: The SIT on Friday filed a chargesheet against the man accused of attempting to kill former Jammu and K CM National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah at a wedding ceremony in Jammu on March 11 this year.Accused Kamal Singh Jamwal (63) is a resident of Jammu.A seven-member SIT was formed on March 14, days…

An AI generated image used for representation New Delhi: For continuous ‘health monitoring’ of large and extra-long old bridges on NHs, highway owning agencies will now install advanced sensors for early warning of abnormal behavior so that corrective action can be taken before an accident.The Road Transport Ministry has issued a standard tender document (RFP)…

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday chose Subvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal after the saffron party won 207 seats in the state.Adhikari met West Bengal Governor RN Ravi and demanded the formation of the first BJP-led government in the state.“Voi out and, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

New Delhi: Subvendu Adhikari’s emergence as the BJP’s choice for chief minister in West Bengal comes after years of positioning himself as the party’s strongest anti-Mamata Banerjee face in the state. From defeating the Trinamool Congress supremo in his home turf to spearheading the BJP’s aggressive Hindutva-driven campaign, Adhikari has steadily emerged as the saffron…