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NEW DELHI: Tensions rose in strife-torn Manipur on Saturday as thousands of protesters demanding lasting peace clashed with security forces after being stopped from marching towards the chief minister Y Khemchand Singh’s residence in Imphal.The state, which has been grappling with ethnic violence for nearly three years, witnessed fresh unrest as demonstrators attempted to push…

Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that she is going to file a ‘legal case’ against home minister Amit Shah over his ‘violent remarks’ targeting TMC workers. Addressing a gathering in Hoogly, she said: “We are going to file a legal case against Amit Shah…

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has delivered both the Tehran’s demand and their reservations about the US demands as peace talks 2.0 continues to be uncertain. Delhi Police arrests YouTuber Salim Wastik, allegedly a fugitive convicted killer living under a new identity for 26 years. Raghav Chadha loses over 1 million Instagram followers within 24…

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the National Medical Commission over allegations that postgraduate medical residents, including persons with disabilities (PwD), are being made to work “inhumane and unregulated” duty hours across medical colleges, calling for an action taken report within two weeks.Acting on a complaint filed by Dr Lakshya…

For nearly two decades, Indian geneticists harboured a quiet frustration: while the world chased genomic breakthroughs, the billion-plus people of this subcontinent remained largely genomically invisible to science.The global genetic databases doctors and drug developers use to decode diseases, predict risks, and tailor treatments are, as one geneticist put it, “extremely Eurocentric”. Few databases capture…

CEC Gyanesh Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha on Friday submitted to RS secretary general a fresh notice seeking to move a motion to remove Gyanesh Kumar as chief election commissioner on the ground of “proven misbehaviour”.Earlier this month, notices submitted by opposition MPs in both LS and RS were rejected…

Blow to Kejriwal’s ‘dictatorship’, Rekha Gupta on 7 AAP MPs’ joining BJP NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday that the exodus of seven Rajya Sabha MPs of the AAP is a “direct blow” to the “dictatorship” of party supremo Arvind Kejriwal.The AAP suffered a jolt on Friday as seven of its…

NEW DELHI: A day after seven AAP MPs, six from Punjab, switched to the BJP, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann sought an appointment to meet President Droupadi Murmu. He is expected to meet her along with party legislators from the state to seek the “recall” of these MPs.The development comes after AAP faced a major…

Swati Maliwal (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Saturday recalled the alleged assault on her two years ago as she spoke publicly on the issue for the first time after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Maliwal claimed that she was ‘intimidated and threatened’ when she tried to file an FIR against…