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A total of 13 persons have been detained in connection with a clash that erupted during a Ganesh Puja procession in the Panigate area in Gujarat's Vadodara on Monday, police said today. The situation is peaceful now, informed police.…

Teachers of state-aided colleges in West Bengal will soon be able to apply for transfers online, Education Minister Bratya Basu said on Friday. At present, the transfer requests could only be submitted by visiting the Higher Education…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on August 25 handed over the Block B in New Secretariat to Calcutta High Court in Kolkata. During her addressing, the CM urged the Courts to appoint more women judges and to clear pending cases.…

Area sown to paddy declined by 5.99 per cent to 367.55 lakh hectare so far in the ongoing kharif season as a shortfall in rains has led to less coverage in some states, according to the agriculture ministry data released on Friday. Paddy…

India logged 10,256 new coroanvirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,43,89,176, while the active cases declined to 90,707, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,27,556…

KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing court-monitored probe by central agencies into school jobs scam and cattle smuggling cases and arrest of two senior TMCleaders, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said there shouldn't be…

KOLKATA: Signalling Durga Puja's return to pre-pandemic normality after two years of Covid curbs, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that state government offices will be closed for 11 days from September 30…

Domestic prices of rice have increased by 3-7% in the past one week to 10 days, due to concerns about a possible fall in kharif paddy production, especially in Jharkhand and Bihar which have received below-normal rainfall. Export prices…

India on Saturday recorded 13,272 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 4,43,27,890, while the number of active cases decreased to 1,01,166, the Union health ministry data revealed. The death toll from COVID-19 rose to…

Karnataka on Friday topped the list of chattiest states in India, according to a study conducted by ShareChat. Meanwhile, Maharashtra landed at the second position. The state was followed by Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Telangana. The…