Kolkata: The EC directed the West Bengal assembly election candidates not to leave their respective constituencies from 6 am on April 23, the first phase of polling, until the voting concludes, a senior official said on Wednesday. Polling will be held across 152 constituencies in 16 districts of Bengal on Thursday. According to a guideline,…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the Congress would not win even a single seat in the West Bengal assembly polls, and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s association with the grand old party will weaken her further politically. Addressing an election rally at Dum Dum near New Barrackpore, Shah also said…
Kolkata: The TMC on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer against senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, alleging violation of the election Model Code of Conduct during a rally in South 24 Parganas. In a letter to the poll authorities, the TMC alleged that Adhikari, who is contesting from the Nandigram…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India will never bow to any form of terror and added that the heinous designs of terrorists will never succeed. Taking to social media, PM Modi remembered the innocent lives lost in the April 2025 terror attack. “Remembering the innocent lives lost in the gruesome…
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the ongoing West Asian conflict, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are not distant events; they are stark realities with direct implications for India’s security and economic stability. Addressing the German Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence and Security on day one of…
Rourkela: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Tuesday lambasted the Congress, days after the Centre’s bid to implement 33 per cent women’s reservation in legislatures in 2029 was derailed in the Lok Sabha, saying people will give a befitting reply to the party at the right time. Addressing an event here in the presence…
Agartala: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday alleged that attempts were being made to create divisions among people on religious and linguistic lines, asserting that India’s strength lay in its unity amid diversity. Addressing a gathering after the consecration ceremony of Maa Chinmayi Soundarya Temple at Fakrimura, around 23 km from Agartala, Bhagwat said certain…
Salboni (West Bengal): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of seeking to “protect infiltrators” and alleged that her “associate” Humayun Kabir wants to build a Babri Masjid in West Bengal, which the BJP would not allow. Addressing an election rally at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur district, he said the…
Chennai: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of “terrorising” political parties and people by misusing government machinery and central agencies to stifle the opposition. Addressing a press conference in Chennai alongside AICC General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal, Kharge initially referred to the Prime Minister…
Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu): The MNM chief, actor Kamal Haasan, said that he sat on the laps of late chief minister M G Ramachandran and the legendary Tamil actor of yore Sivaji Ganesan as a child, and yet he never took advantage of that, in an apparent dig at actor-politician Vijay’s attempts to portray himself as…
