Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday tore into the Election Commission after a booth level officer in Jalpaiguri district was found hanging, alleging the “inhuman, unplanned” SIR workload is crushing field staff, even as the BLO’s family flagged “unbearable pressure” and the BJP blamed state officials for the tragedy. The deceased, 48-year-old…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested the brother and close aide of dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Anmol Bishnoi, upon his deportation from the US to India, officials said. Wanted in connection with the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique, firing at Bollywood star Salman Khan’s residence in April 2024, the killing…
Patna: JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar was chosen leader of the NDA in Bihar during a meeting of newly elected MLAs of the alliance partners here on Wednesday, state minister Shrawon Kumar said. Kumar will take oath as the chief minister for a record 10th time at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. The proposal for…
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday participated in the birth centenary celebrations of late spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba here in Sri Sathyasai district. As part of the celebrations, Modi paid respects and his obeisance to Sathya Sai Baba at his Mahasamadhi in Puttaparthi. Modi was given a Vedic blessing by…
Imphal: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to arrive in Manipur on November 20 for the first time since ethnic violence broke out two years ago, a functionary of the organisation said on Wednesday. During his three-day stay, Bhagwat will interact with citizens, entrepreneurs, and representatives of the tribal community, RSS state general secretary Tarunkumar…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has set aside the conviction of Mohammad Ilyas in the 1996 Modinagar-Ghaziabad bus bomb blast case on the ground that the prosecution failed to prove charges against the appellant. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra vacated the conviction, observing that the prosecution “miserably failed”…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered his tributes to warrior queen Rani Lakshmibai on her birth anniversary. Lakshmibai played a pivotal role against the British in the 1857 rebellion — India’s first war of independence. She laid down her life bravely fighting the British forces, which tried to annex her kingdom. In…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered tributes to former prime minister late Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. “Tributes to former PM Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji on the occasion of her birth anniversary,” Modi said in a post on X. Born on November 19, 1917, Indira Gandhi served as the prime minister…
KS Nagarajan As we mark 18 November 2025, the birth anniversary of the great patriot and Swadeshi Shipping Company founder V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, it is worth reflecting on how Bharat has historically treated its own visionaries, reformers, and nation-builders. From the days of Galileo, who was persecuted for simply declaring scientific truth, to our own…
Moscow: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin and apprised him of preparations underway for the upcoming annual India-Russia summit. Putin shook hands with Jaishankar, receiving him in the Representative Office of the Senate Palace in the Kremlin, state-run TASS news agency reported. “Honoured to call on…
