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At least 39 people have been killed and 7 lakh others were affected by the rains in districts like Howrah, South 24 Parganas and Midnapore.

Prohibitory orders have been imposed to keep law and order in check.

Intelligence sources had said that recent Gurdaspur terrorist attack could not have been possible without the backing of ISI and Pakistan army.

The state government had earlier banned only Maggi but now all other brands like Knorr, Top Ramen etc have also been banned.

In a special gesture, the UN Chief visited the Permanent Mission of India to the UN here yesterday to sign the condolence book placed following the death of the 11th President of India and an accomplished scientist.

The journalist Raja Chaturvedi was attacked right outside his house. However the attackers managed to escape the spot immediately. Police has begun a probe into the incident Devendra Chaturvedi was a senior journalist who used to live in Kannauj's Bha...

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn, actress Shriya Saran and film producer Kumar Mangat on Friday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and appreciated the state's film policy, an official said.

"We have contacted several parties and are reaching others," he said. He, though, noted that some parties have said that their members may get late to return to Delhi from their respective constituencies.

The Prime Minister will deliver a lecture at Stanford University.

Solutions to global problems are best found outside the Security Council in forums like the General Assembly that are democratic, inclusive and transparent, India declared on Thursday.

The committee also recommended that the new law should cover projects of 500 sqm and more or eight flats, instead of 1000 sqm or 12 flats as proposed initially in the bill.

The Srikrishna panel report "clearly states that the communal riots in the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition were the causative factor for the blasts in Mumbai," he said.

In wake of the terror attack in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, a senior officer of the Kolkata police on Thursday claimed that the force was well-prepared to tackle any such attack.

Amid tight security, a batch of 558 pilgrims on Thursday left for the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas.

CBI on Wednesday started inquiry into the mysterious drowning of a 21-year-old man, believed to be the first death linked to the Vyapam scam.

The Commission directed the CEO to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 to one Sumit whose name was deleted from the voters' list without him being informed even though he did not change his residential address. He could not vote in 2015 Assembly election her...