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She insisted on my transfer in June 2019 itself: Garg

Former finance boss finger at Nirmala

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman faces acute embarrassment after former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg lifted a veil of silence and accused the minister of forcing him out of the ministry in June 2019, which eventually prompted him to seek premature retirement from the IAS cadre a few months later. “Mrs Sitharaman asked for and insisted on my transfer from the ministry of finance in June 2019 itself, within one month of her taking over as FM,” Garg said in a blog while disclosing the reasons for...

‘No ifs and buts’ list grows in India

Eminent people from several fields have unequivocally condemned the murders by fanatics in France. “We are deeply disturbed by the convoluted logic of some self-ap...

Ex-officials make appeal on ads

Civil servants who have retired from some of the senior-most positions have written an open letter to the corporate sector and business houses, urging them to stop advert...
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Second lockdown across England

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a second stay-at-home lockdown across England, starting from next Thursday and to run for four...

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The local train service in Bengal stopped in the wake of the Covid-19-induced lockdown, leaving lakhs of daily passengers, mostly job-holders, in the lurch. State government sources said the railways operated 20 to 22 trains from Howrah and Sealdah daily but the masses were not allowed to board those.

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Khandelwal, who hailed from Baguiati on the city’s northern outskirts, had been married to a businessman two-and-a-half years ago.

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Contract workers demonstrate in front of the administrative building of Bokaro General Hospital on Saturday.

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An unnerved yet energised America is voting with an urgency never seen before in the approach to a presidential election, as a record 85 million peopl...

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ICICI Bank numbers stun Street

ICICI Bank saw its net profit jump over six times for the September quarter because of a lower base in the year-ago period even as provisions rose. T...

A balance has been achieved between traditional and new-age courses in engineering, writes (inset) Bidyut Majumdar.

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We loved the sophisticated hotness of this look. A Bobo Calcutta sari and blouse were paired with jewellery from Amrapali Jaipur. “The highlight was the blouse. A statement blouse uplifts the sari. Pair your plain chiffon with one and nice earrings and you are good to go,” said Parno. Ankita Banerjee, stylist, loved the combination of the embroidery work on the blouse complemented by the dull silver panelling on the sari and versatile jewellery. Make-up pro Mainak Das kept it simple with a liner on the eyes, prominent eyebrows and textured hair.

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The tension between politics and religious community defines the contemporary nation state. This is true not only of states that are openly majoritarian, like Israel or Pakistan, but even those tha...

Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, declared that the Republic was besieged by jihadist Islam after a schoolteacher was decapitated for using cartoons of Mohammad as a teaching aid.
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The local train service in Bengal stopped in the wake of the Covid-19-induced lockdown, leaving lakhs of daily passengers, mostly job-holders, in the lurch. State government sources said the railways operated 20 to 22 trains from Howrah and Sealdah daily but the masses were not allowed to board those.
Overall, in October, the state logged over 1.16 lakh cases and 1.04 lakh recoveries. Between October 1 and 22, there were over 80,000 new cases and 69,000-odd recoveries. Between October 23 and Saturday, however, the gap narrowed with 36,000-odd cases and 35,000-odd recoveries.
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Assam PCC president Ripun Bora in a letter on Thursday conveyed to Ahmed that his statement on setting up the Miya museum has given “scope” to the ruling BJP to polarise the people  with a “disinformation campaign” ahead of the Assembly polls
Many people are suspected to be involved in the malpractice and the investigation is on to unearth the racket, another senior police officer said.
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Total income fell to Rs 2,256.88 crore in the July-September period of 2020-21 from Rs 2,405.24 crore in the same period of 2019-20, Edelweiss Financial Services said in a regulatory filing
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IOC gained Rs 7,400 crore on using low-priced crude oil it procured during May and June to convert into petroleum products such as petrol and diesel. 
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