Jhargram (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday threw the gauntlet before the BJP ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, declaring: “You cannot defeat me unless I let you”. The Trinamool Congress supremo, however, did not name the BJP. Addressing a public meeting at Panchmatha More in Jhargram, Banerjee said she is a…
New Delhi: Nearly three years after he stepped down as BCCI chief, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is set to re-enter administration as he will, in all likelihood, file nomination for the president’s post in the upcoming Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) elections. The 52-year-old Ganguly was the CAB president till 2019, having started his…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) that his government is working with a holistic vision to rejuvenate infrastructure nationwide, asserting that India has witnessed a governance model that is transparent, sensitive, and citizen-centric over the last 11 years. Speaking at an event at Kartavya Path hours after inaugurating Kartavya…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Wednesday termed Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s so-called “BCs Dharna” in Delhi was a political stunt that failed to garner either public support or the backing of Congress’s top leadership. Notably, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi gave the event a miss, raising serious questions about…
Mumbai: The Urban Development (UD) department never issued any order assigning the charge of general manager, BEST, to IAS officer Ashwini Joshi, the Maharashtra government said on Wednesday, following claims that two officials were appointed to the same post by different departments. The Opposition claimed that while the General Administration Department, headed by Chief Minister…
Islamabad: Pakistan has missed three out of the five targets set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the second review of the USD 7 billion bailout package, a media report said on Wednesday. According to a fiscal operations summary released by the Ministry of Finance, the provinces fell short of saving the targeted PKR…
Washington: In a significant development, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed an additional 25% tariffs on India over Russian oil. With this the total tariff on India increased to 50%. Notably, Trump signed a nine-section order while outlining the details of various aspects, such as the background, the tariffs, the scope of duties, and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan, the first of the ten upcoming Common Central Secretariat buildings to house the bureaucracy. The ambitious project is aimed at bringing ministries and departments under one roof for efficiency. Kartavya Bhavan-03, the first to be inaugurated, will house the Home Affairs, External Affairs, Rural…
London: Scientists from the UK have been able to recreate extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space and said the unstable behaviour of water revealed can help identify ancient signs of cryovolcanic activity across celestial bodies in the solar system. In the near-zero pressure environment of space, water reacts very differently from how…
Bilaspur: A tragic accident occurred at the NTPC power plant in Sipat, Chhattisgarh, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to four others on Wednesday (August 6). The incident unfolded when a trolley, reportedly used for industrial purposes inside the plant, suddenly fell, trapping several workers underneath. According to officials, the trolley collapse…
