Kolkata: The BJP on Friday swept the West Bengal assembly bypolls, trouncing its rivals by a record margin in politically significant Nandigram and scoring a surprise victory in Muslim-majority Rejinagar, consolidating its position barely five months after ending the TMC’s 15-year rule in the state. The results offered two contrasting but politically consequential readings of…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to rename the Noida International Airport at Jewar as ‘Narendra Modi International Airport, Noida-Jewar’, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said. Briefing reporters after a Cabinet meeting here, Adityanath said the state Cabinet was grateful to Prime Minister Modi for the airport, which he described as a…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday hit back at the Congress following its attack on the Modi government over US actions affecting Indian IT professionals and accused Rahul Gandhi and his “foreign collaborators” of wanting to create anarchy in the country. In a series of posts on X, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said Prime Minister…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Keralam government is preparing to introduce legislation in the upcoming Assembly session to provide a legal guarantee for the care and protection of senior citizens, Chief Minister V D Satheesan said on Friday, expressing hope that the bill would be passed this month. The proposed legislation aims to ensure that elderly people receive…
New Delhi: The government has advised large social media firms to prioritise action against unlawful content related to ongoing protests based on complaints received from authorised bodies, including law enforcement agencies, sources aware of the development said. The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) is learnt to have issued an advisory to social media platforms…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has stepped up security across the national capital ahead of the INDIA bloc’s Friday march to Rashtrapati Bhavan to seek President Droupadi Murmu’s intervention over its demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, sources said. More than 20,000 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed across central Delhi, where the…
New Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs will meet at the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan at 3 pm on Friday and could proceed for another protest against “vote chori”, sources said. They also said the INDIA bloc has sought time from President Droupadi Murmu and if they do not get an appointment, “all options are…
Online Desk Votes are being counted for bypolls in five assembly constituencies in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, along with a Lok Sabha seat in Assam. In Bengal, the bypoll was held in Nadigram, which was vacated by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari after he chose to retain Bhabanipur where he had defeated…
Kolkata: Counting of votes began at 8 am on Friday for the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bypolls, the first electoral test for the BJP since it came to power in West Bengal in May this year. The counting started amid tight security arrangements at the designated centres in both constituencies, with officials first taking up…
New Delhi/Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday hinted at “good news” on the state’s long-pending central grants following his meeting with the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. He, however, opposed the proposed criminal action against GST non-payers. Addressing reporters at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi after the GST Council meeting, Shivakumar said…
