Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Saugata Roy on Sunday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma calling him a ”dal badlu” for his “red carpet” remark against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “I give no importance to what he says. He is a ”dal…
Washington: The Taliban has assured 100 countries that it will continue to allow foreigners and Afghans with foreign travel papers to leave the country “in a safe and orderly manner,” even after the US troop withdrawal ends Tuesday, the countries said in a statement Sunday. The 100-nation group…
Days after a tribal man was assaulted in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh and then dragged by a pick-up truck, leading to his death, the district administration on Sunday razed the illegal properties of those accused in the murder case. Visuals show a earth mover at work at a single-storey house. Mahendra Gurjar, the…
New Delhi: Facing flak from opposition parties for excluding Jawaharlal Nehru’s image from a poster celebrating the 75th year of independence, the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) said the controversy over the issue is “unnecessary” as other posters being released in the coming days…
Wellington: New Zealand on Monday reported what authorities said was the country’s first recorded death linked to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The information was released by the health ministry following a review by an independent COVID-19 vaccine safety monitoring board of the death of a woman after…
Kabul, Afghanistan: Rockets flew across the Afghan capital on Monday as the United States raced to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the evacuation of civilians all but over and terror attack fears high. President Joe Biden has set a deadline of Tuesday to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan,…
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a two-for-one swipe at the government – over the “worrying” Covid situation and slow pace of vaccinations and the National Monetisation Pipeline announced earlier this week by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “Rising Covid numbers…
New Delhi: Navjot Sidhu should dismiss his advisers and if he fails to do so, the party will, senior Congress leader Harish Rawat told NDTV on Wednesday. The unambiguous message for the new Punjab Congress chief come after a fresh burst of rebellion against Chief Minister Amarinder Singh after he called out…
New Delhi:Â It is a “disturbing trend” in the country that police officers side with the ruling party, the Supreme Court said today, delivering a sharp message at a time there have been allegations of politically-motivated investigations in several states. “Police officers who want to be in the good…
India’s economy held steady in July as waning Covid-19 cases paved the way for a gradual improvement in manufacturing and services activity. All eight high-frequency indicators tracked by Bloomberg News remained unchanged last month, based on the three-month weighted average scores to smoothen out volatility in…