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Several people killed as West Bengal's rural areas vote in panchayat polls

BJP polling agent Madhab Biswas was allegedly killed in Falimari gram panchayat in Coochbehar district, they said

Voting begins for 73,000 seats in West Bengal panchayat polls at 7 am

A total of 2.06 lakh candidates are in the fray for elections to 73,887 seats in the three-tier panchayat system in the state, they said

US diplomat in charge of democracy to visit India, Bangladesh from Jul 8-14

In India, she will also meet with senior government officials to discuss the deepening US-India partnership, the State Department said in a release on Friday

World Bank Prez Ajay Banga to travel to India next week to attend G20 meet

Indian-American Banga, 63, took over as the president of the World Bank (WB) in June, making him the first person of colour to head either of the two global financial institutions, the WB and the IMF

Consulate attack: Indian-American bodies condemn incident, seek probe

A video by Khalistan supporters, dated July 2 and posted on Twitter, showed the act of arson at the Indian consulate in San Francisco

Lankan Speaker thanks India for help amid crisis, says 'you saved us'

Sri Lanka was hit by a catastrophic financial crisis in 2022, the worst since its independence from Britain in 1948, due to a severe paucity of foreign exchange reserves

U'khand govt approves proposal to bring ordinance to tighten land laws

It was also decided to conduct aero sports activities from George Everest Estate in Mussoorie and only undertake natural farming in a five-kilometer corridor along the banks of river Ganga

HC directs NHAI to expedite construction of Rae Bareli-Prayagraj road

The high court's Lucknow bench directed the NHAI to decide at an appropriate level to expedite the construction work and fixed July 12 as the next date of hearing

Comments about AI taking away jobs non-sense: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The minister of state for electronics, information and technology said Artificial Intelligence (AI) today is task-focused and essentially makes tasks more efficient, mimicking human behaviour

BJP does not break parties but takes those who believe in Modi: Fadnavis

Speaking at the state BJP legislative party's meeting here days after a Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Ajit Pawar joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government

PM Modi holds tiffin meeting with BJP workers, leaders in Varanasi

Apart from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, around 120 people, including BJP office-bearers, workers and public representatives attended the meeting

Congress workers march in support of Rahul Gandhi after Gujarat HC verdict

The Congress party is standing unitedly behind Rahul Gandhi and no conspiracy of the BJP against him will succeed

DRDO scientist Kurulkar talked about Indian missile systems: Charge sheet

The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police filed the charge sheet against Kurulkar, who was the director of one of the labs of the Defence Research and Development Organisation

SC quashes plea against HC order on petition challenging Scindia's election

A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Pankaj Mithal dismissed the plea filed by Congress leader Govind Singh, who has filed the election petition against Scindia

ED running fake news of attaching Rs 52 cr assets of Sisodia: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused the BJP-led Centre of defaming AAP leader Manish Sisodia by running "fake news" of the Enforcement Directorate attaching assets worth Rs 52 cr

India raises concerns over carbon tax, deforestation regulation in WTO meet

A number of countries, including India, Russia, and Brazil, have flagged concerns over European Union's (EU) carbon tax and deforestation regulation in a meeting of the WTO in Geneva

Telecom secretary K Rajaraman calls for collaborative work for innovation

Telecom secretary K Rajaraman on Friday appealed to industry players to set aside their petty differences and work in collaboration for innovation

Suzlon Energy board approves proposal for raising Rs 2,000 cr fund

Suzlon Energy Ltd on Friday said its board has approved a proposal to raise up to Rs 2,000 crore.

Police commando among 4 killed in Manipur clashes in Kangvai area

Four persons including a Manipur Police commando and a teenager were killed in Kangvai area of Bishnupur district in clashes between the two warring communities

India best-performing in South Asia in terms of trade facilitation: UNESCAP

India is now the best-performing nation amongst all the countries of the South Asian region in terms of trade facilitation, as per the UNESCAP report