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KOLKATA: A car crash on EM Bypass early Wednesday that left three members of a family gravely injured, followed by the discovery of three lifeless bodies of family members of the crash survivors at their home in Kolkata’s Tangra has left police sniffing a suicide pact, even though they have also lodged a murder complaint.Police […]

NEW DELHI: Rekha Gupta, a first-time MLA and long-time RSS associate, is set to become the fourth woman chief minister of Delhi, marking the BJP’s return to power in the capital after 27 years. Gupta, 50, was chosen as the Leader of the House in the Delhi Assembly at the BJP legislature party meeting on

NEW DELHI: Another state, another surprise pick. The BJP has done it again. On Wednesday, the BJP, which returned to power in Delhi after 27 long years, picked first-time MLA Rekha Gupta as its chief minister. While the announcement ended days of suspense and speculation, it did reinforce the notion that being a heavyweight or

NEW DELHI: Former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Wednesday congratulated Rekha Gupta on being named Delhi CM by the Bharatiya Janata Party.Atishi congratulated Gupta while emphasising the importance of fulfilling the promises made by the BJP to the people of Delhi. “I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Rekha

NEW DELHI: Rekha Gupta has been announced as next chief minister of Delhi, marking the BJP’s comeback in the national capital after 27 years.Rekha, a first-time MLA, won the Shalimar Bagh constituency in the Delhi assembly elections, defeating AAP’s Bandana Kumari by 29,595 votes. This victory marked the end of AAP’s decade-long stronghold in the

NEW DELHI: Union aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu will Thursday launch Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) “electronic personnel license (EPL) for pilots, making India the second country in the world to implement EPL for flight crew, according to the regulator. Digitising pilot licences will do away with the need of getting the same endorsed/renewed

Sam Pitroda and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: What do Sam Pitroda and Mani Shankar Aiyar have in common? Well, both the leaders, who were once part of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi‘s inner circle, have a penchant for landing their party in trouble with their off-the-cuff remarks.While Mani Shankar Aiyar, whose disdainful remarks against PM

NEW DELHI: Lokayukta Police on Wednesday said there was no evidence against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, his wife and others in the MUDA case, reported news agency PTI.The admission by the Lokayuta Police comes almost a week after the agency submitted a final report to its headquarters in Bengaluru for scrutiny.The report was submitted after an

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday hit back at Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath over his “Urdu language” remark, saying the state has the most number of inoperational primary schools in the country.Calling out the UP CM’s “carelessness” towards the education and progress of the state,