Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the police were doing their job by trailing Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with a case filed by the CM’s wife over the allegations against her of possessing multiple passports and foreign properties. Sarma also took a swipe at state Congress president Gaurav…
Thiruvananthapuram/Guwahati: Assam registered a record voter turnout of over 85.64 per cent while Kerala witnessed an impressive polling with more than 78 per cent in the assembly elections on Thursday, according to the latest Election Commission figures, as the ruling dispensations in the two states eye a third consecutive term in power. Puducherry, a small…
Kolkata: Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital doctor and the BJP candidate from Panihati, filed her nomination papers on Thursday. She was accompanied by senior BJP leader and former Union minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders. Speaking to reporters after filing her nomination, she said her sole aim is to oust…
Asansol (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that a regime change in West Bengal is inevitable as the TMC’s “repository of sins” has become full. Beginning his speech at this coal and industrial belt by invoking local deities Goddesses Kalyaneshwari and Ghagar Buri Chandi, Modi highlighted the state’s “economic decadence”, saying, “Bengal’s contribution…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the US should exert some control over Israel to ensure the success of the ceasefire with Iran. Amid Pakistan-facilitated peace talks to resolve the US-Iran conflict, he also said that Pakistan has done what others could not. “The US should exert some control over…
Bengaluru: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Thursday said Operation Sindoor demonstrated India’s progression towards “domain jointness” and called the military offensive carried out inside Pakistani territory a “defining case study” of operational significance of integration. In May last year, India had launched a military response targeting terror launchpads in Pakistan post the April 22…
Patna: Posters declaring Samrat Choudhary, the deputy CM of Bihar, as the man who would head the new government in the state, were on Thursday put up outside the BJP office in Patna as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar left for Delhi to be sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP. The posters, a few of…
Haldia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal for its alleged misrule and appealed to voters to oust the TMC from power in the upcoming assembly polls. Addressing a gathering in Haldia, the backyard of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, Modi said that the ruling dispensation in the…
Thiruvananthapuram: A 33 per cent voter turnout was witnessed in the first four hours of polling in Kerala Assembly elections on Thursday, officials said. The crucial elections will decide whether the ruling LDF will get a straight third term, or if the UDF makes a comeback, or if BJP springs a surprise in an otherwise…
Guwahati: A voter turnout of 38.92 per cent was recorded in the first four hours of the assembly elections in Assam, where the BJP-led NDA is seeking a third consecutive term in power, while the Congress is looking to reclaim a state it lost a decade ago. Polling began at 7 am for the 126-member…
