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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Bhabanipur constituency has recorded one of the highest voter deletions in West Bengal, logging nearly four times more removals than Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram, according to data.

Canara Robeco Asset Management Company will meet on December 16 to consider declaring an interim dividend.

ICAIs May 2026 CA exams schedule covers Foundation, Intermediate, and Final papers. Applications start March 3 with deadlines and exam timings outlined.

The BJP is planning to appoint an OBC leader as the state president, considering the 2027 Assembly elections and trying to consolidate non-Yadav votes.

A man, sentenced to life imprisonment in an 1986 acid attack case, and absconding ever since he was released on bail around 37 years ago, has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh while living under the guise of a 'sadhu', police said on Friday.

Unidentified fraudsters extorted Rs 30 lakh from a 67-year-old woman in Indore by claiming that her name had surfaced in a terror case investigation and putting her under so-called digital arrest, police said on Friday.

Three Indian-origin truck drivers have been arrested after a shootout between two rival tow-truck groups in Canada. The search is still on for another suspect, said Peel Regional Police, sharing a video of the shootout in Brampton.

A man posing as an IAS officer for the past six months was arrested here, police said on Thursday. They said they nabbed Lalit Kishor of Sitamarhi (Bihar), who posed as IAS officer 'Gaurav Kumar' on Wednesday.

Curry leaves for diabetes control. Research shows that chewing a couple of leaves on an empty stomach can lower blood sugar. Find out the safe dosage, how to consume and what precautions to take.

The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has reduced its lending rate by 25 basis points, following the Reserve Bank's policy rate cut, making loans cheaper for existing and new borrowers.

Data from mid-2025 shows that SIP exits spike precisely when markets dip

The photo release included images of the right-wing political operative Steve Bannon, billionaires Richard Branson and Bill Gates, filmmaker Woody Allen, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and law professor Alan Dershowitz.

US-based Dare Bioscience developed a topical cream with sildenafil that boosts female arousal and works in ten minutes.

The brokerage is doubling down on Loan Against Securities (LAS)a low-risk, asset-backed model aligned with its investor base.

A lawmaker in Australia was left in udder disbelief when he came home to discover his pet dog had let a bull and a horse into his living room. Andrew Mackay, a Northern Territory politician, shared the evidence from his pet cam on social media.

IndiGo said on Friday that it has estimated the compensation amount will exceed Rs 500 crore for customers whose flights were cancelled within 24 hours of departure and who were left severely stranded at certain airports across the country.

Four young men in Herat, Afghanistan, were detained by the Taliban for dressing as characters from the TV show Peaky Blinders.

K Balu said the purpose was his visit was to invite the TVK to participate in their December 17 protest in Chennai, demanding a caste-based survey in the state.

Sushant Dashrath Mohite claimed that two men in khaki uniform stopped him, checked his vehicle documents and forcibly took Rs 2.23 lakh.

The new regulator, named Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan, will handle regulation, accreditation, and professional standards but will not manage funding or oversee medical and law colleges.

Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media said overnight Friday to Saturday, adding that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were on board.

Imran Khan's detention has become a focal point of Pakistan's deep political divisions following his removal from office in April 2022 and the subsequent crackdown on his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

The Trump administration diverted more than $2 billion from US military funds in 2025 to support immigration enforcement operations, weakening military readiness and straining servicemembers, according to a report released by Democratic lawmakers.

Canadian traveller Justin said Indian sleeper buses were better than the European counterparts, owing to the host of amenities provided.

A US special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing US officials.

Shehbaz Sharif met Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the International Forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust in Turkmenistan.

The Delhi government has notified the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fee) Act, 2025, bringing into effect a new framework for regulating fees in private schools.

Twenty US states filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's decision to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions, arguing the policy is unlawful and threatens essential public services.

A female passenger travelling at midnight in a Rapido auto in Bengaluru shared a video highlighting what she believed was a reassuring gesture.

Following a week of deadly border clashes that have killed at least 20 and displaced around half a million people, US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Thailand and Cambodia agreed to immediately renew their ceasefire agreement.

Three members of the US House of Representatives on Friday introduced a resolution aimed at terminating President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration that imposed tariffs of up to 50 per cent on imports from India.

With the 2026 Assembly elections approaching, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit West Bengal On December 20. During his visit to Bengal, PM Modi will be addressing a rally in Taherpur, Nadia.

Americans are deeply skeptical of President Donald Trump's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, though he is shoring up support among his core Republican followers who have long focused on the case, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

King Charles said on Friday his treatment for cancer can be reduced in the next year as he talked about his experience living with the disease in a televised address.

Fighter jets, bombers and surveillance drones: the United States military has flown a variety of aircraft along Venezuela's coast in recent weeks, an AFP analysis shows, amid growing fears of conflict between the countries.

Women from Manipur including senior citizens participated in a run in honour of the 86th Nupi Lan (Women's War) Day, in memory of revolts by the women of Manipur against British rule in 1904 and 1939.

The Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab has been hit by two sharp setbacks in a span of days.

Ukraine would be slated to join the European Union by January 1 2027 under a peace proposal being discussed as part of US-mediated negotiations.

An Indian-origin millionaire, Vikram Beri, was arrested in the United States for allegedly trying to set fire to a winery in California. While trying to flee, he intentionally crashed into two parked cars.

YouTube has hit pause on a dating show that whisked eight men and women from deeply conservative Pakistan to a sun-soaked Istanbul villa, where the strangers mingled, flirted and searched for chemistry.

Germany on Friday accused Russia of a cyberattack targeting its air traffic control and spreading disinformation ahead of February's general election, charges dismissed by Russia as absurd and aseless.

Rains drenched Gaza's tent camps, and dropping temperatures chilled Palestinians huddling inside them Thursday as winter storm Byron descended on the war-battered territory.

The European Union looked set on Friday to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank assets held in Europe, removing a big obstacle to using the cash to help Ukraine defend itself against Moscow's invasion.

Ukraine's special forces said on Friday they had conducted an operation alongside what they described as a local resistance movement to hit two Russian ships transporting weapons and military equipment in the Caspian sea.

A multi-billion dollar hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir is facing threat of closure. The construction company alleges political interference and attempts to mobilise workers to stall work.

A woman from Assam's Sonitpur district has been arrested after the police found suspicious foreign-linked financial transactions. She was purportedly married to a Pakistani national in Dubai.

Rajnath Panghal had to drive hundreds of kilometres to make sure his son reaches his school in time ahead of exams.

The Tamil Nadu advocate general has asked petitioners to prove that the 'deepathoon' on top of Thiruparukundram hill is a genuine practice. The top lawyer said that for centuries it has been a practice of lighting Karthigai Deepam.

Critically ill former prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman, who has been living in self-exile in London for 17 years, will return to Bangladesh on December 25, the BNP said on Friday.

After nearly three years of investigation, Badlapur police in the district has arrested a man and three others for allegedly murdering his wife using a poisonous snake.