New Delhi: India could consider lowering the inflation target and trimming the tolerance band if GDP growth remains robust with a more stable inflation over the next five years, RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta said on Tuesday. However, if the global environment remains as challenging as it has been during the past six years, it…
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday termed outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to resign after her party TMC’s defeat in assembly polls as “constitutional blasphemy” and accused her of undermining the concept of peaceful transfer of power. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata a day after the BJP stormed to power in…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday attributed the BJP’s West Bengal win to a “significant role” played by the Election Commission (EC), alongside a consolidation of Hindu votes and a fractured minority mandate. Abdullah also said the INDIA bloc needs to define its role in the political landscape of the country…
Chandigarh: A day after the BJP claimed that ‘lotus’ will now bloom in Punjab following its resounding poll victory in West Bengal, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday retorted that Punjab is not a truck that now someone else’s turn has come to drive it. Mann also said that the saffron party may end up…
Guwahati: A day after the Congress was routed with its worst ever performance in Assam, the party’s state chief Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday said it will play the role of a “proactive opposition” to raise people’s issues in the coming days. Addressing a press conference here, he also said the Congress and the Opposition will…
United Nations: China has expressed support for the election of a woman as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, saying it would be “very happy” to see a female leader at the helm of the global body. The UN has never seen a female leader at its helm in 80 years of its existence….
Kolkata: Incidents of arson and vandalism at offices of the Trinamool Congress were reported across West Bengal on Monday as BJP workers celebrated their landslide victory in the state. Police said TMC offices in Kolkata’s Tollygunge and Kasba, in Baruipur, Kamarhati, Baranagar in the suburbs, and in Howrah and Baharampur in the districts were vandalised…
MS Shanker The idea that Joseph Vijay can simply ride charisma into stable governance needs a reality check. Electoral momentum is one thing; managing a fractured mandate in Tamil Nadu’s deeply entrenched political ecosystem is quite another. Actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay has undeniably altered the state’s political landscape. For a political debutant to emerge as the…
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accompanied by party MLAs, departed for Delhi on Tuesday morning to meet President Droupadi Murmu regarding the recent defection of seven Rajya Sabha MPs to the BJP. On April 24, the Aam Aadmi Party suffered a jolt when seven of its 10 Rajya Sabha MPs — Raghav Chadha, Ashok…
Beijing: At least 21 people were killed and 61 others injured in a massive explosion at a fireworks factory in China’s Hunan province, officials said on Tuesday. The explosion occurred on Monday afternoon at the plant operated by the Huasheng fireworks manufacturing and display company in Liuyang, a county-level city under Changsha, the provincial capital….
