NEW DELHI: An attempt by the Mamata Banerjee faction of TMC to hammer out an alliance with Congress for upcoming bypolls in Bengal did not materialise after the latter insisted on going it alone, reports Subodh Ghildiyal.Trinamool’s decision to announce candidates in Nandigram and Rejinagar Monday came well after Congress had named its nominees.But it…
A video grab of the mob attack Kolkata: Bangiya Christiya Pariseba (BCP), a forum representing Christian communities in Bengal and parts of east and northeast India, has expressed deep anguish over repeated attacks on the community in the state. In the latest incident, a house church service in Dantan, West Midnapore, was attacked on Sunday…
The 18th Brics Summit was held at New Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam from Sept 13-14 NEWDELHI: The presence of chief ministers from BJP-governed states at the dinner for Brics leaders hosted by govt made it look like an entirely governing alliance affair, but official sources said that CMs hailing from opposition parties were also invited but…
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, BJP state President Madan Rathore and other leaders celebrate after the party’s victory in the state local body elections at the BJP headquarter in Jaipur on 14 September 2026. Jaipur: Independents emerged as the decisive force in Rajasthan’s urban local body elections, limiting BJP’s gains and keeping Congress competitive…
Salem was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, after a prolonged legal battle. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that if a person is convicted in two cases and sentenced separately, the period of imprisonment undergone as an undertrial can be offset against only one of the sentences and not both even when the…
NEW DELHI: Govt has agreed to export 654MW of electricity daily to flood-ravaged Nepal for 18 hours a day till Dec 31. The ministry of power Monday said the recent floods caused significant damage to hydropower infrastructure in Nepal, reducing its domestic power generation capacity and creating an additional requirement for electricity, reports Atul Mathur.Beginning…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: Amid a controversy over midday meal supplies, the state school education department has withdrawn its approval for The Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide cooked meals at state-run schools in parts of four districts — North 24 Parganas, Howrah, East Midnapore and Purulia.An order issued on Sept 11 said the…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Monday altered his Mumbai agitation plan, saying he would travel to the city with just four to five associates. Jarange took this decision after police denied permission for his proposed hunger strike at Azad Maidan during Ganeshotsav.The move came even as chief minister Devendra Fadnavis appealed to…
NEW DELHI: Leading lawyers Harish Salve and Mahesh Jethmalani Monday advocated a reset in the judiciary, as happened after the Emergency, and said the complaint redressal mechanism needs to be reformed for the public to continue reposing faith in the institution.Referring to the unprecedented discovery of burning cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence in March…
LONDON: Elected representatives of three devolved UK legislatures – Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales – signed a historic pact on Monday, declaring their intent to break free of Westminster’s control.Also Read | Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales sign MoU to break away from UK“The political landscape across these islands is changing. For the first time…