Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directed the director general of police to instruct all the superintendents of police to take strong action against those who carried arms in the rallies.
Scattered incidents of violence, including torching of buses and clashes, occurred and 1,600 people were arrested during the 12-hour bandh.
MUDRA bank will help microfinancing firms to lend more.
What makes Badrinath Ki Dulhania work, really, is the intent and the two principal actors, observes Raja Sen.
As the dust finally settles on the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 and Bharatiya Janata Party along with its NDA allies emerges as the clear winner, here is a list of who won in each of the 7 phases of elections.
Naval divers on Friday found bodies of three naval personnel from ill-fated submarine INS Sindhurakshak, which exploded and sank at the Mumbai dockyard early Wednesday.
The Indian Navy on Thursday released the names of the 18 crewmen who were present in INS Sindhurakshak, the submarine that exploded on Wednesday.
The IAS association has demanded revocation of the order even as the issue of suspension of the lady officer has snowballed into a major controversy.
A woman Indian Administrative Service officer, who had clamped down on illegal mining and resolutely taken head on the powerful sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh, has been suspended barely 10 months after she got her first posting in the state.
Ajit Doval is now India's all-powerful security boss. This concentration of power disrupts our layered security system. Will it not weaken whatever remains of the power and authority of the home, defence and finance ministers? asks Shekhar Gupta.
Guru Pourina examines human relationships with greater honesty and with a better hold on reality than its big budget Bollywood counterparts, feels Paloma Sharma.
Every river is a living person, argues Gopal Krishna on the basis of the recent Uttarakhand HC verdict.
From the Aadhaar verdict to #MeToo's arrival in the country to the entry into the Sabarimala temple -- India had a newsworthy 2018. As we step into 2019, these are the top moments from the year gone by.
'That the commandments to officialdom were issued by a BJP functionary and not a minister is a reflection of the Yogi government's work style.'
'Logic gets suspended here as easily as gravity in space and no one has any motivations for their actions' writes Paloma Sharma about the movies Karle Pyaar Karle.
The United Kingdom has voted by 51.9 per cent to 48.1 per cent to leave the European Union after 43 years in an historic referendum.
The start-up story appears to be losing its sheen due to corporate misgovernance, financial mismanagement and gender discrimination.
The acquisition of ZipDial however has proven that even a proven business model could be an attraction point.
A summary of the day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
A summary of the opening day's play from the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
A summary of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy league matches at various venues.
A summary of Wednesday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
A round-up of results of Ranji matches played on Sunday
A round-up of results from the matches played at the Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 cricket tournament across the country.
The PM also asserted that the traditional practice has now become part of every person's life.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
Virat Kohli scored a confident 136 and shared a 213-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane (73) as India cruised to an easy six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their Asia Cup opener, in Fatullah, on Wednesday night.
Eager to make a comeback to the Indian Test team, Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh claimed a sensational six-wicket haul to skittle out Odisha for 205 in their first innings on the opening day of a Group A Ranji Trophy match in Mohali.
A group of retired civil servants also called upon the PM to reach out to the families of the victims in Unnao and Kathua and "seek their forgiveness on behalf of all of us".
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Monday
A summary of the day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at different venues around the country.
Pavan Malhotra, one of our finest actors, shows us another side of Bollywood.
ugar mills in UP owe thousands of crores to cane farmers.
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