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WB Excise extends 'dry day' to 96 hours, liquor ban till April 29

Kolkata, April 20 -- On a day when the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed a 48-hour 'Dry Day' in poll-bound areas of West Bengal, the state Excise department ordered an extension of the statu... Read More


Bhowanipore: EC suspends 3 magistrates

Kolkata, April 20 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended three magistrates deployed in a flying squad team (FST) in the Bhowanipore Assembly Constituency in Kolkata for alleged dereli... Read More


SC asks states, UTs to provide details of pending terror and drugs cases

New Delhi, April 20 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked all states and union territories to provide details of terror and narcotics cases being probed by Central and state agencies, including the NIA... Read More


JEE Main 2026: Kuntal Choudhury tops Bengal with 99.998 percentile

Kolkata, April 20 -- Kuntal Choudhury of West Bengal secured 99.9984908 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026, emerging as the highest scorer from the state, according to result... Read More


No evidence of air crash in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur: Officials

Jashpur, April 20 -- No evidence of an aircraft crash has been found in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur so far, the district authorities clarified on Monday. The clarification came amidst reports of a suspect... Read More


Reliance Industries and Essar top bidders for 16 CBM blocks

New Delhi, April 20 -- Reliance Industries Ltd and Essar Group have emerged as top bidders for the 16 coal-bed methane (CBM) blocks offered across two consecutive bidding rounds, according to a list o... Read More


Issue wasn't women's reservation but govt's preservation: Congress

New Delhi, April 20 -- The Congress on Monday said the striking down of the Modi government's delimitation push in the garb of women's quota was a defeat of "bulldozer politics" and that the Centre's ... Read More


BJP calls Cong's remarks on Pakistan 'hypocrisy'

New Delhi, April 20 -- The BJP hit back at the Congress on Monday over its criticism of the Centre's foreign policy, accusing the Opposition party of siding with a "dalal country" and displaying "the ... Read More


TMC betrayed women by opposing Bill to tweak women's quota: Nabin

Mahishadal, April 20 -- BJP chief Nitin Nabin on Monday alleged the Trinamool Congress betrayed women by opposing the Centre's bid to implement women's quota in legislatures from 2029 and said that ha... Read More


Report: 18% candidates in fray in Tamil Nadu have criminal cases

New Delhi, April 20 -- Around 18 per cent of the candidates in fray in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 25 per cent have assets worth more than ... Read More