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City records hottest day of year so far at 34.8 deg C

NEW DELHI, March 11 -- Delhi recorded its hottest day of the year on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 34.8degC, 6.4degC above normal, according to the IMD. The previous high was 32.8degC on Sunday.... Read More


Ayushman Bharat: Claims worth Rs 643 cr rejected for 'frauds'

New Delhi, March 11 -- Union Minister of State for Health Prataprao Jadhav told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that suitable actions including rejection of 3.56 lakh claims worth Rs 643 crore and de-empan... Read More


Pay salary, benefits to consumer body members sans delay, SC directs states

New Delhi, March 11 -- The Supreme Court has directed all state governments to immediately pay the salary and perquisites of the chairpersons and members of the state and district consumer redressal b... Read More


Turtles' mass nesting culminates at Gahirmatha, over 6 lakh turn up

Kendrapara, March 11 -- The annual mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles at Gahirmatha beach in Odisha's Kendrapara district has culminated with over six lakh turtles turning up to lay e... Read More


Cal Univ to scrap rule barring SACTs, guest teachers from evaluating PG answer scripts

Kolkata, March 11 -- The Calcutta University has decided to amend its recently-announced examination reforms for postgraduate (PG) courses, which stated that state-aided college teachers (SACTs) and g... Read More


Bizman cheated of Rs 70L by fraudsters

Kolkata, March 11 -- Despite police and government warnings about fraudsters posing as CBI or police officers, a businessman was extorted for around Rs 70 lakh under the pretext of a digital arrest. ... Read More


BJP MLAs tear official papers, Speaker forbids docus' distribution

Kolkata, March 11 -- Speaker of Bengal legislative Assembly Biman Banerjee on Tuesday directed his secretariat to withhold circulation of Assembly-related paper documents to the BJP legislators during... Read More


Moving school cab catches fire, students safe

Siliguri, March 11 -- A moving school cab of a private English medium school carrying 11 students caught fire. The incident occurred near Devidanga on Tuesday. Fortunately, all the students escaped un... Read More


Malda: Attempted sexual assault on minor girl sparks tension

Malda, March 11 -- A shocking incident has emerged from Jadupr II Gram Panchayat (GP) in Malda, under the jurisdiction of the English Bazar Police Station. A minor girl has accused Achin Mondal, son o... Read More


Hansal Mehta sees Bollywood's future in Zahan Kapoor, Raghav Juyal & Ishaan Khatter

New Delhi, March 11 -- Hansal Mehta, known for hard-hitting films like 'Shahid', 'Aligarh', 'Omerta' and the web series 'Scam 1992' and 'Scoop', believes that the Hindi film industry does not need sav... Read More