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NEW DELHI: West Bengal Police have arrested Sarina Bibi, wife of jailed former Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan, for allegedly orchestrating an attack on Falta police station and attempting to secure her husband’s release from custody.Police said Sarina Bibi was arrested in connection with the June 17 incident, during which supporters of Khan allegedly tried … Read more

Average of 30,500 pedestrians killed on roads annually between 2019-24 NEW DELHI: More than 1.8 lakh pedestrians were killed in road crashes across India between 2019 and 2024, averaging over 30,500 deaths annually, underscoring their vulnerability as the most at-risk category of road users. Govt data show that the National Highway (NH) network accounted for … Read more

Reliance’s Jio platforms seeks Sebi nod for $4 billion IPO MUMBAI: Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, has filed draft listing papers with the Sebi for an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise up to $4 billion, or roughly Rs 37,700 crore — making it the largest stock market listing … Read more

FIP casts doubt on interim Air India crash report MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has alleged that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary report on Air India flight 171 crash appears to have deliberately omitted cockpit warning data that would have pointed to an electrical failure preceding the loss of both engines.The … Read more

Bengal cops start probe into TMC’s bank accounts KOLKATA: A dissident MLA’s complaint alleging substantial unaccounted deposits in Trinamool Congress’s name led Bengal Police to open a probe Friday into the party’s bank accounts under penal sections pertaining to organised crime, cheating and criminal conspiracy. Bidhannagar police commissionerate’s cybercrime wing registered the case under BNS … Read more

NEW DELHI: Trade agreements with various countries have opened new markets for Indian industries and created new opportunities for Indian professionals, and it was for businesses and youth to make the best use of these opportunities, PM Narendra Modi said.At an event, where he distributed incentives to the beneficiaries of Prime Minister Viksit Bharat Rozgar … Read more

Delhi woman mistaken for child-lifter, stripped KORAPUT: Odisha Police Thursday arrested 16 people who were part of a mob that chased and assaulted a woman from Delhi and her male colleague from Gujarat, mistaking them for child kidnappers, in a remote village in Rayagada district on June 16. The accused also half-stripped the woman.The two … Read more

NTA ‘significantly’ expanded the pool from which the final 180-question paper was drawn NEW DELHI: A larger question bank, more paper-setters and restrictions ensuring nobody can know or see the final paper formed the core of the redesigned question-setting system for the June 21 NEET-UG retest – a part of the high-security process undertaken following … Read more

BY Vijayendra, LoP R Ashoka Bengaluru: BJP brass has summoned Karnataka state chief BY Vijayendra, LoP R Ashoka and national general secretary Radhamohan Das Agarwal to Delhi on June 23 to explain cross-voting by NDA legislators in Thursday’s legislative council elections. Congress won five of seven seats despite NDA having 82 MLAs in the assembly.BJP’s … Read more

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has become a sort of penfriend of his allies, but not in a way he would have liked. CPI-ML chief Dipankar Bhattacharya Friday shot off a protest letter to the Congress veteran complaining against the charge by his party that CPI-ML legislators in Jharkhand crossed in favour of BJP-supported … Read more