NEW DELHI: Indian carriers have got a Rs 5,000-crore lifeline during the debilitating Iran war that has led to a sharp hike in operating cost along with a decrease in passenger numbers. The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi on Tuesday approved the emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 to provide credit guarantee coverage…
NEW DELHI: When a senior RSS functionary enters Stanford’s policy-tech circuit and Washington’s strategic think-tank ecosystem — spaces where it has long faced scrutiny — the move reads less as routine outreach and more as a calibrated attempt to contest a global narrative.That is the light in which RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s tour of…
Mamata Banerjee refuses to resign, calls herself a ‘free bird’; alleges BJP, EC looted votes. Raghav Chadha meets President Murmu, claims he is AAP-led Punjab govt’s ‘next target’ for switching sides. US sinks 6 Iranian boats, opens passage through Hormuz as UAE attacks wound 3 Indians. Arvind Kejriwal accuses BJP of ‘murdering democracy’ after party’s…
NEW DELHI: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of colluding with the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections which gave a sweeping mandate in favour of the saffron party. She said that she would set up 10-member fact-finding committee to visit areas hit by post-poll violence in the state.The BJP…
Tapas Maity of the All India Trinamool Congress defeated Gobinda Hazra of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Domjur, winning by a margin of 42,177 votes after all 22 rounds of counting.Domjur in Howrah district is currently represented by Kalyanendu Ghosh of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He won…
NEW DELHI: A day after the BJP’s sweeping victory in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday refused to accept the verdict as a reflection of public mandate. Mamata declared that she will not be resigning, alleging irregularities and signalling a multi-pronged political and legal response.“I will not resign, I did not lose,…
Chandigarh (Punjab) : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is visiting Delhi on Tuesday to meet President Droupadi Murmu and raise the issue of the seven previously AAP MPs shifting to the BJP, expressing confidence that she would listen to him while describing her as the “guardian of India’s constitution.“CM Mann left for his meeting with…
BJP supporters celebrating after party’s massive victory in West Bengal. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Bengal on May 4 felt the pulse of its politics and what was seemingly inevitable – the poriborton.The 2026 Bengal assembly verdict wasn’t just decisive — it was transformative. The once-puny BJP morphed into an invincible force, surging past the 200-mark…
BJP supporters celebrate majority in the West Bengal Assembly elections in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI photo) West Bengal has turned saffron. Mamata Banerjee‘s 15-year rule has ended and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form its first government in the state. So, what contributed to this decisive political shift in the state’s electoral…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: What was once a distant ambition for BJP has turned into a defining milestone. With its breakthrough victory in West Bengal in 2026, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has completed a symbolic arc in eastern India, stretching across Bihar (Anga), Bengal (Banga), and Odisha (Kalinga).The win is…