Hardoi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said voters are casting their vote in West Bengal this time in a “fearless atmosphere”, which was unimaginable in the past six or seven decades. He also asserted that the assembly poll results on May 4 will further strengthen the resolve of a developed India. Voting is…
Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party on Wednesday constituted its new executive committees, striking a balance between veteran experience and fresh talent, and party chief N Chandrababu Naidu administered the oath to newly appointed members of the Politburo, national and state committees. TDP leader and IT Minister Nara Lokesh assumed responsibilities as the party’s working president,…
Kolkata: TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien on Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resign if the BJP loses the West Bengal Assembly elections to the Mamata Banerjee-led party. In a video message, O’Brien claimed that Modi had projected himself as the BJP’s face across all 294 Assembly seats in the state and dared…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday morning landed in the same polling booth area in Bhabanipur’s Chakraberia and took swipes at one another without any direct interaction or exchange of courtesies. The incident took place in ward number 70 of Chakraberia, where Banerjee was already…
Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Varanasi on Wednesday morning, the second day of his two-day visit, drawing large crowds along the route, party leaders said. The roadshow commenced from Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) and passed through Lahartara, Kachahri, Ambedkar Chauraha, Chaukaghat, Teliyabag, Lahurabir, and Maidagin before culminating at the Kashi…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh gave a “shameful clean chit” to Pakistan while speaking at an SCO meeting in Bishkek, and claimed that his shocking statements were “anti-national”. Congress general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, also alleged that this “new stance” in relation to Pakistan is…
Kolkata: A total of 18.39 per cent of 3.21 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling to 142 constituencies in the second and final phase of West Bengal assembly elections, a senior EC official said. Till 9 am, Purba Bardhaman district recorded the highest turnout at 20.86 per cent, followed…
Kolkata: (Apr 29) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP of trying to “rig” the West Bengal assembly elections, alleging that central forces and election observers were acting at the behest of the saffron party. The BJP, however, dismissed her allegations, accusing her of “trying to create confusion sensing public anger…
Vinay Rao The latest verdict of the Telangana High Court on the functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association is not merely another judicial intervention—it is a sweeping indictment of an institution that has, over the years, drifted from administrative inefficiency into deep-rooted structural decay. What emerges from the court’s findings is not a story of…
There was a time when a marriage in India could survive bad cooking, burnt rotis, and even unsolicited advice from both sets of in-laws. Today, it appears, it cannot survive the absence of chicken curry. Two recent reports – one from Kamareddy in Telangana, another from Vadodara in Gujarat – read less like crime briefs…
