New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha, protesting purported disparaging remarks by BJP leader Nishikant Dubey against former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik. Soon after the official listed papers were laid on the table, BJD leader Sasmit Patra rose to record a “serious protest against the…
New Delhi: Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been a main and very crucial factor in improving the health of the country’s banking sector, including recovery of non-performing assets. Piloting a bill for further amending the IBC in the…
Pathanamthitta (Kerala): Launching a sharp attack on Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the Prime Minister remained silent on the Sabarimala issue during his Kerala visit, indicating that the BJP-LDF works together. Addressing a Congress election meeting in Adoor, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, claimed that…
Belda (WB): Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of stoking fight among all sections of society and claimed the saffron party wants to loot the country by taking advantage of the situation. Addressing a poll rally here, the chief minister expressed strong reservations about Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s political ‘chargesheet’…
In modern T20 cricket, one image defines the format: a full ball disappearing into the stands. The bat manufacturer smiles, the crowd erupts, and the batter basks in glory. Six-hitting has become the logo of the shortest format. But in this celebration of power, one craft is quietly being pushed into a corner—the art of…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Sunday transferred officers-in-charge and inspectors-in-charge of 173 police stations across West Bengal, including 31 under Kolkata Police, as part of measures to ensure free and fair Assembly elections, officials said. Officers posted in key constituencies such as Bhabanipur in Kolkata and Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district were included in the…
Moscow: Moscow is apprehensive that the US could try to take control of a key Afghan Base amid its escalating military conflict with Iran, a senior Russian diplomat has said. Speaking in an interview with the government news agency RIA Novosti on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister on Sunday indicated the prospect of potential talks between the US and Iran to de-escalate the ongoing war, underlining that both countries have expressed their “confidence” in Islamabad to facilitate their talks. Ishaq Dar made these remarks while addressing the media after holding the quadrilateral consultations with his counterparts from Saudi…
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday released its first list of 284 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, fielding former state unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Baharampur and ex-TMC MP Mausam Noor from Malatipur. The Congress, which is going solo in the polls for the 294 assembly seats in the state, announced…
India’s opposition to incorporating the China-backed Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement into the framework of the World Trade Organization is neither obstructionist nor regressive—as some critics lazily claim. It is, in fact, a calibrated, strategic, and principled stand rooted in protecting policy sovereignty, preserving multilateral balance, and resisting the creeping normalization of backdoor rule-making…
