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  BENGALURU: The stabbing of prominent writer Salman Rushdie by a fanatic in New York on Friday has come as a rude shock for people across the world, drawing condemnation and public outcry. The 75-year-old Booker Prize laureate is currently on a ventilator battling for his life as he has copped severe nerve damage. The […]

KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) does not condone immoral acts and has zero tolerance towards any misdeeds or wrongdoings but it also questions the “impartiality” of the probe agencies, said State Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya. Bhattacharya added, “Be it the Enforcement Directorate (ED) or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Central government agencies are […]

DEHRADUN: After drawing flak for his “those houses that do not hoist the national flag can’t be trusted” remark, Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Mahendra Bhatt clarified that he meant only the party workers’ houses. “Our brave freedom fighters sacrificed their lives. I mean that I want every home across the country to hoist […]

NEW DELHI: Nothing happens in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) without the approval of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said Sukanta Majumdar, the state chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He blamed the TMC supremo for Bengal’s corruption. “Without the direction of Mamata Banerjee, Partha Chatterjee couldn’t have anything because it is a very common […]

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has sacked four of its employees, including wife of terrorist Bitta Karate and the son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, for their involvement in anti-national and terror activities. Karate’s wife Assabah-ul-Arjamand Khan, an officer in the Directorate of Rural Development, and Salahuddin’s son Syed Abdul Mueed, a manager […]