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MNM inked an agreement with actor-politician Sarathkumar's All India Samathuva Makhal Katchi and Indiya Jananayaka Katchi to jointly fight the polls.

At least nine people were killed in an inferno in a multi-storeyed building in Kolkata, which houses zonal offices of Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway on Monday.

He said all possible assistance has been provided by the Railways to the state government during this “unfortunate” fire accident.

The construction was taken up by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd at a project cost of Rs. 133 crore.

As per the ISC (Class XII) revised timetable, no examinations have been scheduled on May 13, 15, and June 12, 2021, subsequently some changes have been made in the timetable.

Out of the seven deceased, four were firefighters, one assistant sub-inspector posted at the Hare Street police station and one RPF personnel, Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Basu said

AIMIM will contest three Assembly constituencies including Vaniyambadi, Krishnagiri and Sankarapuram

"Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi are two syndicate ministers who come to Bengal and speak canards and lies. I respect the chair of a Prime Minister but it is surprising to see a Prime Minister speaking lies," stated Banerjee.

The applicant should not be below the rank of a Chief General Manager of the Reserve Bank of India or equivalent thereto in other financial institutions or regulatory bodies, it said.

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers and leaders of political parties conveyed their wishes on Monday on the occasion of International Women’s Day, extolling the role of ‘nari shakti’ in various fields. Prime Minister Modi greeted women on the occasion of the International Women’s Day and said India […]

The company management had stated that it expects the process of hiving off its domestic passenger vehicles (PV) business to be completed around May-June this year, although it has not yet taken a call on a potential partner for the business.

The prime minister said that people have seen him wear a Gamusa very often and added that it is extremely comfortable.

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at the Delhi border points for over 100 days, demanding the repeal of farm laws.

The study has revealed 51 per cent of cases under POCSO are being registered in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi.

The Upper House will meet at its normal hours of 11 am to 6 pm from Tuesday. The timings were changed to 9 am to 2 pm from last year's monsoon session due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Maharashtra on Sunday added 11,141 new cases of coronavirus, taking the tally to 22,19,727.

The comments come in the wake of recent criticism against the Supreme Court that it had asked a rape accused in another case whether he would marry the victim.

An ICICI Securities report said that although the Nifty50 is down around 2 per cent from its recent peak, there is no sign of any sharp increase in risk aversion.

Maharashtra has the highest weekly positivity rate with 11.13 per cent, the government said.

Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge sought a discussion on the matter.

"I appeal to all the members, please make it a point to be in the House and then observe debates, enrich your knowledge," he said.

The deceased was later identified as Surajban Soni from Mumbai and the police registered a case under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder).

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,08,82,798 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of  96.91 per cent.

Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu did not allow the discussion, saying the issue can be debated "during the course of discussion on the Appropriation bill."