Kolkata: Veteran West Bengal politician and former Union minister of state for railways Mukul Roy died at the age of 71 in a private hospital in Kolkata after a prolonged illness. According to reports, Roy breathed his last at 1.30 am on Monday. “He was suffering from multiple ailments,” his son Subhrangshu Roy said. Roy…
Chennai: The ruling DMK has started seat-sharing negotiations with allies for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly election and Congress leader K C Venugopal called on Chief Minister M K Stalin at his Alwarpet residence. According to TN Congress Committee sources, Venugopal, in the about 45-minute meeting on Sunday, apprised Stalin about his party’s expectations and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the entire world wholeheartedly praised India’s potential at the just-concluded AI Impact Summit, demonstrating that the mindset of India’s young talents in technology will be of great benefit to humanity. The AI Impact Summit 2026, held in New Delhi last week, concluded with the adoption of…
Dehradun: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said that the Sangh does not practice Hindutva politics, rather it believes in building a strong society and nation through individual development. Bhagwat said this at a programme organised here to mark the completion of 100 years of the Sangh. “The Sangh’s objective is individual development, because only…
New Delhi: India on Sunday strongly condemned Pakistan’s fresh airstrikes on Afghan territory that resulted in civilian casualties. New Delhi described the strikes as another attempt by Pakistan to “externalise its internal failures”, and reiterated its support for Afghanistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “India strongly condemns Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghan territory that have resulted in…
Tiruppur (TN): Six Bangladesh nationals were caught by the Delhi Police in this district for allegedly being part of a terror conspiracy at the behest of Pakistan’s ISI and Bangladesh-based extremist organisations, multiple sources said on Sunday. A police official confirmed that six of them were taken into custody by the Delhi police on Saturday…
New Delhi: Countless Indian-origin players are bringing pride to their respective countries and this is the hallmark of Indianness as wherever they go, Indians remain connected to their roots and contribute to the development of the place they live and work in, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. In his monthly “Mann Ki Baat”…
Meerut (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off the Meerut Metro and Namo Bharat train from the Shatabdi Nagar station here, giving a fillip to high-speed intercity travel and swift intra-city movement. From there, the prime minister also undertook a metro ride till Meerut South station. He is also going to inaugurate and…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the BJP government of “playing” with his security and sought an explanation for the withdrawal of the National Security Guard (NSG) cover provided to him. In a statement issued from the SP headquarters here, the former chief minister said the government must clarify the reasons cited…
New Delhi: Voter base in nine states and Union territories has shrunk by more than 1.70 crore following the publication of final electoral rolls as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to official data released on Saturday. Data shared by the chief electoral officers of Gujarat, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and…
