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New Delhi: The government on Thursday sought cooperation from Dhaka on the “core issue” of repatriation of illegal Bangladeshis in India. Speaking on the issue for the first time after the Bengal poll results, the MEA urged Bangladesh to speed up the pending nationality verification of around 3,000 persons for easy repatriation of illegal immigrants….

RG Cor The deceased’s mother Ratna Debnath KOLKATA: Five BJP workers sustained splinter injuries after bike-borne miscreants hurled a bomb at them near the Panihati home of RG Kar rape victim late on Wednesday night. Police have arrested three people on the basis of CCTV footage. The victim’s mother, who contested and won from the…

New Delhi: Amid news that Iran and the US are set to return to the negotiating table after weeks of deadlock over ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, officials said an early resolution to the conflict would come as a huge relief to more than 40 India-bound vessels and a large number of Indian…

New Delhi: At least six out of every 10 road accident victims in India in 2024 were two-wheeler drivers/pedestrians, according to the latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). An analysis of four years of data shows a steady increase in both the proportion and number of two-wheeler drivers and pedestrians killed in…

CAG Sanjay K Murthy (File Photo) New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General Sanjay K Murthy on Thursday said governance is the bottleneck behind the country’s failed urban mobility. It is not for lack of roads or rail but for lack of systems that work together.“Solutions are not unknown. London, Stockholm and Singapore have proven that…

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tamil Nadu state unit vice-president Khushbu Sundar has expressed his support for TVK Pradhan’s victory for the Chief Minister post as the latter has blocked government formation in the state after lacking a majority of 5 MLAs.“As a citizen of the state of Tamil Nadu, when the people have elected…

The death of four members of a family in south Mumbai last month was due to zinc phosphide, a chemical commonly used in rat poison, and not due to consumption of watermelon as initially suspected, PTI quoted officials as saying on Thursday. The chemical was reportedly found in viscera samples from four people.The case came…

New Delhi: The Tamilga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) is reportedly in talks with a section of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMKLawmakers mulled over a possible power-sharing arrangement in Tamil Nadu on Thursday as the political battle over government formation intensified. The development comes as 28 AIADMK MLAs were shifted to a private resort…