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KOLKATA: A heated controversy and political strife have erupted at Visva Bharati University due to the omission of India’s first Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore’s name from temporary plaques erected on the campus. The cause of the turmoil is a temporary marble plaque at Visva Bharati, displaying the UNESCO emblem at the top, labelled as a “World […]

KOLKATA: In the ongoing defamation case brought by Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) Lok Sabha Parliamentarian, Mahua Moitra, her legal counsel opted not to seek an interim injunction during the latest court hearing. The counsel representing Moitra informed the court that they were not pressing for an ex-parte ad interim injunction against the defendants, which would have included […]

NEW DELHI: Officers of the National Investigative Agency (NIA) have begun their probe into the four coordinated blasts that enveloped a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation at Kalamassery convention centre in Kerala on Sunday.   NIA officials from Kerala illustrated that the blasts had been triggered by two Improvised Explosive Devices that had been placed inside “tiffin boxes”. […]

New Delhi: Amid heightening communal tensions in Kerala’s Christian community, the Delhi Police has announced tightened security measures across the capital after four blasts occurred during a prayer meeting of the Christian Jehovah’s Witness community in Kochi. Four coordinated blasts have rocked Kerala, after the Christian commune hosted a prayer meet in support of Israel, […]

NEW DELHI: Following the bomb blasts which rocked the state of Kerala amid heightening communal tensions, Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, V. Muraleedharan noted how the tragedy of terror attacks are now being conducted across the state.  “It is disturbing to note that Kerala is becoming a place where such incidents […]