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Huge fire on Portland waterfront, video shows large flames bursting from roof

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- A massive fire erupted at the Custom House Wharf in the Old Port area, near Commercial Street, Portland, around 6 pm Friday evening (local time). The Portland Maine Old Port pos... Read More


Amid no NPS corpus refund, Punjab in Catch-22 over OPS restoration

Chandigarh, Dec. 27 -- The Punjab government is caught in a Catch-22 over restoring the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for its employees, following the Centre's refusal to refund the accumulated New Pension... Read More


New Zealand PM hails FTA with India despite foreign minister's objection: 'Building the future'

India, Dec. 27 -- New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Saturday welcomed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, days after his country's foreign minister expressed strong reservations. ... Read More


'More jobs, income': New Zealand PM backs India FTA even as foreign minister objects

India, Dec. 27 -- New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Saturday welcomed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, days after his country's foreign minister expressed strong reservations. ... Read More


'We hope our names will not be deleted,' say unmapped voters at first-day SIR camps in Bengal

Kolkata, Dec. 27 -- Hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began across West Bengal on Saturday, with thousands of 'unmapped' voters queueing up at camps amid confusion... Read More


SIR hearings underway in Bengal, 32 lakh 'unmapped' voters to be covered

Kolkata, Dec. 27 -- The hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls were underway in West Bengal on Saturday with people queuing up in front of 3,234 centres across the ... Read More


Tasnim Jara leaves NCP to run for parliament as independent

Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- Tasnim Jara has resigned from the National Citizen Party (NCP), saying she will vie to represent Dhaka-9 constituency in parliament as an independent candidate. Jara announced the m... Read More


For selfless service, Chandigarh teenager gets national child award

Chandigarh, Dec. 27 -- Seventeen-year-old Vansh Tayal, a resident of the Children Home for Boys at Snehalaya, Maloya, Chandigarh, has been conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for his s... Read More


"Keep human impact at centre": KC Venugopal speaks to Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar over Kogilu demolition

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Saturday spoke to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar regarding the demolition drive in Kogilu village ne... Read More


Delhi CM Rekha Gupta conducts surprise inspection at permanent night shelter in Kashmiri Gate

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta conducted a surprise inspection at the permanent night shelter in Kashmiri Gate on Friday night. In a post on X, the Delhi Chief Minister said t... Read More