TMC reacts to Congress merger reports, says doors open for alliance
New Delhi: Talks of a merger between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are baseless, people familiar with the matter told HT, asserting that there is no proposal under consideration for the two parties to merge. However, sources indicated that both parties have kept the door open for a possible alliance and remain in…
West Bengal cabinet portfolios: Swapan gets finance, Tapas Roy industry, CM Suvendu keeps home & land
New Delhi: Former Rajya Sabha MP and columnist Swapan Dasgupta, who won the Rashbehari Assembly seat in West Bengal by more than 20,500 votes, will be the Finance Minister of West Bengal in the Suvendu Adhikari-led Cabinet, as announced in the allocation of portfolios on Wednesday. All the 41 ministers in the West Bengal government, including…
21 Killed As Pakistan Army’s Helicopter Crashes Near Muzaffarabad
Islamabad: A Pakistan Mi-17 helicopter crshed near Muzaffarabad shortly after take-off, due to a technical malfunction. The aircraft was transporting security forces into the Neelum Valley sector of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and all 21 personnel on board tragically lost their lives. Following the accident, local rescue and recovery teams were immediately dispatched to the crash…
SC quashes POCSO case against man using extraordinary power
NEW DELHI: Invoking its extraordinary authority under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has quashed the conviction of a man sentenced under the POCSO Act after noting that the victim has married the accused on attaining the age of majority. Article 142 of the Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to pass any order…
World leaders congratulate Modi on becoming India’s longest-serving elected PM
Singapore/Johannesburg: World Leaders on Wednesday greeted Narendra Modi on becoming India’s longest-serving elected prime minister, praising his leadership and dedication to public service. Narendra Modi reached the milestone of becoming India’s longest-serving prime minister on Wednesday, with an unbroken tenure of 4,399 days in office, surpassing the record of the first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru….
Sushmita Dev Quits Trinamool, Meets Himanta Biswa Sarma For “Guidance”
Guwahati: Another Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP, Sushmita Dev, resigned from all party posts, making her the second Rajya Sabha MP from the party to do so this week. And this is only the third day of the week. “I do hereby resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha, which may please be accepted with immediate…
Veteran Tamil filmmaker Bharathiraja dies at 84
Chennai: Veteran filmmaker, screenwriter and actor P Bharathiraja, widely regarded as a pioneering figure who transformed Tamil cinema by moving away from studio-bound productions to embrace raw rural realism, died at his residence in Chennai on Wednesday morning. He was 84. Affectionately known as “Iyakkunar Imayam” (The Everest of Directors), Bharathiraja had been suffering from age-related…
State BJP hails PM Modi’s record-breaking tenure as a historic milestone
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana unit on Wednesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for becoming the longest-serving elected Prime Minister in India’s history, describing it as a moment of immense pride for the nation. State BJP Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N.V. Subash said Prime Minister Modi’s uninterrupted tenure reflects the trust and…
Iran refutes Trump’s claim over Apache helicopter pilots ejected safely
Tehran: Iran and its affiliated state networks have publicly questioned and dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claims that both Apache pilots survived the helicopter downing in the Strait of Hormuz. State-aligned media and online networks heavily scrutinized the survival account, specifically pointing to the mechanics of an Apache crashing into the sea and speculating that…
A Record Tenure, A Reshaped Nation
MS Shanker Prime Minister Narendra Modi today enters the record books as Bharat’s longest-serving continuously elected Prime Minister, completing 4,399 uninterrupted days in office and surpassing the tenure record of Bharat’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, after the advent of electoral democracy. The milestone is more than a personal achievement. It marks the culmination of…
