Will be forced to shut petrol pumps if people don’t stop camping outside them: CM Omar Abdullah
Jammu: Warning people to refrain from panicking or crowding petrol pumps, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said reiterated that there is no shortage of fuel, LPG or essential commodities and said he was attending a meeting with the prime minister on the matter. “My earnest request is that people stop camping outside petrol…
BJP govt in Bengal will bring ‘UP-style encounters’, change police character: Dilip Ghosh
Kolkata/Kharagpur: Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Thursday claimed that if his party comes to power in poll-bound West Bengal, police would undergo a complete transformation and start conducting “Uttar Pradesh-style encounters” against criminals. Addressing an election campaign in his old turf of Kharagpur, the former BJP state president alleged that police in West Bengal…
India among 5 nations granted passage through Strait of Hormuz by Tehran
Tehran/New Delhi: Iran allowed India and several other “friendly nations”, including China and Russia to use the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said. Global oil and gas prices have surged after Iran virtually blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping lane between the Persian Gulf and…
India, China ties on correct path of improvement: Chinese FM Wang Yi
Beijing: India-China relations have embarked on a “correct path” of improvement, and their shared interests far outweigh differences, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday. Under the strategic guidance of the leaders of both countries, China-India relations have embarked on a correct path of improvement and development, Wang, who is also a member of…
Mamata’s flight unable to land at Kolkata airport due to storm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s aircraft was unable to land at the Kolkata airport on Thursday evening due to heavy rain and strong winds, officials said. She was returning to the state capital after attending election rallies in Paschim Bardhaman district’s Andal when the weather turned adverse, affecting flight operations at the airport….
PM Modi to interact with CMs on West Asia conflict; review preparedness, plans
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact on Friday with the chief ministers of all states, barring those that are going to polls, to review their preparedness and plans in the wake of the West Asia conflict, sources said. This is the first time that the prime minister will hold a meeting with the…
Hyderabad Set for Cricket Boost
Our Correspondent Hyderabad: In a welcome development for cricket lovers, Hyderabad is set to host two international matches during Team India’s 2026–27 home season, bringing renewed excitement to the city’s sporting landscape. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has shortlisted the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal as one of the…
WB poll battle: RG Kar victim’s parents back BJP, say only regime change can deliver justice
Kolkata: Only the BJP can end the “misrule” of the TMC in West Bengal and ensure justice for their daughter as well as safety for women in the state, the grieving parents of the young doctor, who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Hospital, said a day after the victim’s mother secured a BJP…
DGCA asks Air India to take corrective actions after wrong plane deployment to Vancouver
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked Air India to take corrective measures after the airline deployed a wrong aircraft for operating a flight to Vancouver last week, a senior official said on Thursday. Action has also been taken against an airline official for the incident, the senior official at the Directorate General of Civil…
‘Story of Delhi’s Rehman Dakait’: Delhi minister Parvesh Sahib targets Kejriwal over ‘sheesh mahal’
New Delhi: Stepping up the attack on Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Thursday shared a video titled “Dhurandhar 3” showing the lavish “sheesh mahal” built by the former chief minister, who he described as “Delhi’s Rehman Dakait”. Rehman Dakait is a Pakistani gangster in the blockbuster film “Dhurandhar”. In the almost…
