Jafrabad (WB): The iron gate is new. So are the CCTV cameras tied to electric poles outside the two-storey house at the edge of Jafrabad in West Bengal. But the fear is old. A year after the arson during the protests over the Waqf law in Murshidabad, the house of Harogobindo Das and his son…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the comprehensive development of Adivasis and the scheduled areas inhabited by tribal communities. During an interaction with a delegation of tribal and Adivasi MLAs who called on him on Monday, he said he would give special attention to resolving issues and challenges…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid his tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary and said his life and work continue to inspire generations to build a just and progressive society. Modi said that Ambedkar’s personality and contributions will continue to remain a source of inspiration for nation-building. “Tributes…
Washington: US Vice President J D Vance said Iran has moved in the direction of the US during the peace talks in Islamabad to end the war, and it was for Tehran to make the next move on taking the discussions forward. The US and Iran failed to reach an agreement in the 21-hour marathon…
MS Shanker As West Bengal inches closer to a decisive electoral moment, the political temperature is rising—and so is the sense of inevitability around the outcome. With the first phase of polling fast approaching, the contours of this high-stakes battle are becoming clearer: what once appeared to be a formidable fortress of the ruling All…
Hyderabad: In a debut performance that will be etched into the tournament’s folklore, pacer Praful Hinge delivered the most successful first over in IPL history to engineer Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 57-run mauling of Rajasthan Royals here on Monday. Hinge dismissed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (golden duck), Dhruv Jurel, and Lhuan-dre Pretorius all in his opening over, the first…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to issue a direction allowing people, whose pleas against the deletion of their names from electoral rolls during the SIR are pending in appellate tribunals, to vote in the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, which…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Labour Minister Anil Rajbhar on Monday termed the violence during workers’ protests in Noida a “well-planned conspiracy” and said a possible Pakistan link was also being probed in the wake of recent terror-related arrests in the region. “The incident appears to have been carried out with the intention of disrupting the development…
New Delhi: In a major action weeks ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested Vinesh Chandel, a director and co-founder of political consultancy firm I-PAC, in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in the poll-bound state. An official said Chandel was taken into custody under…
New Delhi: India and France on Monday carried out a comprehensive review of their bilateral ties in areas of civil nuclear energy, defence, space, and digital cooperation against the backdrop of the West Asia conflict. In their talks in Paris, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Secretary-General of the French Foreign Ministry Martin Briens also exchanged…
