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Indonesian police link Moscow school stabbing to Jakarta bombing

Jakarta, Jan. 7 -- Indonesia's National Police counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, has reported a possible connection between a deadly school stabbing in Moscow and a recent bombing at a Jakarta high sc... Read More


TMC MP snubs Centre over move to replace jute with plastic bags

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee has written to Union Textiles minister Giriraj Singh protesting the Centre's decision to allow large-scale use of high-den... Read More


India's fertilizer policy needs an end-to-end rethink: What we have today is something of a travesty

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- India's fertilizer imports are expected to go up from 10 million tonnes this year to 12 million in the next. This has led to heavy lobbying for incentives to raise domestic produc... Read More


Chandigarh private schools demand complete 25% reimbursement for EWS quota

Chandigarh, Jan. 7 -- Private schools in Chandigarh have once again demanded complete reimbursement for admissions made under the 25% Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota mandated by the Right to ... Read More


For sea rescue: Water drone deployed at Gangasagar Mela

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- For the first time, the South 24-Parganas district administration has deployed a remote-controlled lifebuoy water drone at the Gangasagar Mela as part of its sea rescue operations. ... Read More


Given rRs.r2 lakh assistance to 18, says Indore collector in water contamination case

India, Jan. 7 -- The government has made an ex-gratia payment of Rs.2 lakh to the next-of-kin of 18 people who died in the Indore locality where hundreds of people have fallen ill due to contaminated ... Read More


ASHA workers stage stir, seek pay hike

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- A chaotic situation cropped up around Sasthya Bhavan in Salt Lake, Sector V, after Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers' deputation program demanding a minimum fixed sal... Read More


Anandapur: Fire breaks out at slum; none hurt

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- Tension gripped the Nonadanga area in Anandapur after a fire broke out at a slum around 6 pm on Wednesday. According to sources, the fire broke out at a shanty, which quickly sprea... Read More


Custody orders must prioritise child welfare: Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- Holding that custody arrangements must be shaped by the welfare and specific needs of the child, the Calcutta High Court modified a trial court order granting weekend custody of a s... Read More


Murder of ex-AAG's wife in Mohali: Police make 2nd arrest

Mohali, Jan. 7 -- A week after the shocking murder of Ashok Goyal, the wife of former Punjab additional advocate general (AAG) KK Goyal, at their Phase 5 residence, police have arrested the second acc... Read More