Mumbai: The BJP on Sunday announced its candidates for 10 of 16 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from local authorities’ constituencies and named Dr Rajiv Potdar as its nominee for the Nagpur constituency by-election. Out of the total 17 seats, the BJP is contesting 11, ally Shiv Sena 4 and the NCP 2. The…
New Delhi: Authorities on Sunday began demolishing 143 illegal structures in Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area after the Supreme Court upheld orders permitting the clearance of encroachments from land earmarked for the road widening, officials said. The demolition drive was launched in Haiderpur village, where the structures were found within the designated 30-metre right of way…
Shimla: In a major jolt to the Congress, the BJP won Mandi, Dharamshala and Solan municipal corporation elections, while the ruling party managed to retain its mandate in the Palampur civic body. The elections to the four urban local bodies were held on May 17, and the results were declared on Sunday. The BJP retained…
Kolkata: The attack on TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee might become a defining moment in his political journey, determining whether he is seen merely as an heir to a political legacy or emerges as a mass leader in his own right, according to political observers. For nearly the entirety of his political career, Abhishek Banerjee has operated…
New Delhi: Gen NS Raja Subramani on Sunday took charge as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff and his primary mandate will be to implement the ambitious military theaterisation plan and bolster tri-services synergy. He succeeded Gen Anil Chauhan, who signed off after completing his tenure as the country’s senior-most military commander on Saturday. Gen…
New Delhi: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said the press faced censorship and scarce resources during the colonial era, but challenges for journalism are different in today’s era of artificial intelligence and deepfake technology, while the biggest crisis is that of credibility. In his address at an event hosted here to mark 200 years…
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on the “headstart” the NDA 3.0 government is making in the state. Sarma took oath as the chief minister of Assam for the second consecutive term on May 12. This is the NDA’s third consecutive government…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo and former chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Saturday expressed shock over the attack on party MP Abhishek Banerjee and raised questions over both the security arrangements in place and the circumstances surrounding his treatment at a hospital afterwards. Addressing reporters here on Saturday night, Banerjee claimed that an…
Kolkata: Confusion prevailed over the hospitalisation status of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday evening, with a private hospital here allotting him a bed in its Intensive Therapy Unit while maintaining that the injuries sustained by him were superficial and did not warrant admission. Banerjee was taken to a private hospital after complaining…
Kolkata: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was roughed up on Saturday, allegedly by locals, when he visited West Bengal’s Sonarpur area to meet families of post-poll violence victims, police said. Stones, shoes and eggs were hurled at the TMC MP by unidentified people who even attempted to rain blows and kicks on him, while…
