Amit Shah trying to create fake narrative on high voter turnout in Bengal: Derek O’Brien
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien on Friday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of trying to create a “fake narrative” about the high voter turnout in the first phase of West Bengal elections on Thursday, saying the total votes cast in 2026 actually went down when compared to 2021. After Shah…
Modi says phase-1 polling signals ‘wave of change’, BJP’s victory in Bengal
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed that the “wave of change” in West Bengal has become evident in the first phase of polling and asserted that the support shown in “favour of the BJP” sounded the conch shell of its victory in the assembly elections. Addressing a rally at Panihati under the Dum…
PM takes boat ride on Hooghly river in Kolkata, tries his hand at photographing
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a boat ride on the Hooghly river here on Friday morning and met with boatmen and morning walkers. Modi posted a few photographs of his river trip on social media, in which he is seen seated on a wooden boat with a camera in hand, and the iconic Howrah…
Iran hits back at Trump’s ‘hellhole’ remark on India, China; calls them ‘cradles of civilisation’
(Online Desk) Iran has come down heavily on US President Donald Trump or sharing a video calling India and China “hellholes” amid the birthright citizenship debate in the US. In a post on X, Iran’s Consulate General in Hyderabad defended India and China as historic civilisations. “China and India are the cradles of Civilization. In…
UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock to visit India next week
United Nations: President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock will visit India next week and hold several bilateral meetings with government officials, her spokesperson said. Baerbock, President of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, will undertake official duty travel to New Delhi and Beijing next week, spokesperson for the General Assembly President…
T’gana RTC strike: Driver, who set himself ablaze, dies
Hyderabad: A driver of the Telangana RTC who allegedly attempted suicide on Thursday died at a hospital here in the early hours of Friday, officials said. Shankar Goud, a 50-year-old driver, allegedly set himself ablaze by pouring petrol at Narsampet in Warangal district when the Telangana State Regional Transport Corporation (RTC) employees were staging protest…
TN polls: EVMs shifted to strong rooms
Chennai: With polling for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election concluded on April 23, the election commission officials shifted the sealed EVMs, VVPATs, and other poll material to the strong rooms of the designated counting centres across the state. The EVMs were transported with heavy police and armed forces protection to 62 counting centres where the…
RSS not Indian Ku Klux Klan, says Hosabale; flags misunderstandings in US
Washington: The RSS is not an Indian version of the Ku Klux Klan, the American white supremacist group, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said here, highlighting the organisation’s work across different spheres of society. Speaking at an interactive session at the New India Conference organised by the Hudson Institute, Hosabale said there are misconceptions about…
Gunboat Diplomacy, Broken Logic
How can threats of bombardment and invitations to negotiate coexist in the same breath? That contradiction sits at the heart of the current West Asia crisis—and at the centre of the diplomatic posture adopted by Donald Trump. It is not merely confusing; it risks being counterproductive at a moment when clarity, credibility, and consistency are…
Sanju Samson, Akeal Hosein power CSK to massive 103-run win over MI in IPL
Mumbai: Sanju Samson carried his bat with a splendid 101 not out, while Akeal Hosein’s stunning 4/17 powered Chennai Super Kings to a crushing 103-run victory over a listless Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League clash here on Thursday. Samson stood tall with a 54-ball 101 (10x4s, 8x6s) in the first half, which took…
