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Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has received more than 18,600 applications for domicile certificates in the past one-and-a-half months, an unprecedented spike linked to the Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said on Monday. Cumulative figures available till February 6 show that 18,605 applications were submitted, far exceeding the…

New Delhi: Speed, privilege, and unaccountability. The Kanpur Lamborghini crash, involving a tobacco businessman’s son, that left at least six injured, has fuelled outrage over perceived elite impunity and has once again drawn attention to a series of high-profile crashes involving luxury cars and reckless driving. The incident took place on Sunday in Kanpur’s Gwaltoli…

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday demanded a “transparent explanation” from Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi over his “visit to Rawalpindi district of Pakistan”, asserting that his visa “explicitly permitted travel only to Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad”. Sarma, in a post on X, said that under Pakistan’s immigration rules, travel beyond visa-designated cities…

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi must be allowed to put forth his concerns in the Lok Sabha and described as “absolutely bizarre” the “denial of the right to speak to one side” in the House. Tharoor, who was to initiate the discussion on the…

Surat:  Former Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Zubin Irani on Monday said Rahul Gandhi does not hear or read what the Narendra Modi government has mentioned in the 2026-27 Budget presented in Parliament on February 1. Addressing a press conference here, the former Lok Sabha MP further said the Union government presented a progressive,…

New Delhi: The Opposition on Monday decided to move a resolution to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from office for disallowing Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi from speaking in the House on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address. Sources said the resolution is being moved under Article 94-C of the Constitution. The…

New Delhi: At least 10 schools in the national capital received bomb threat emails on Monday, triggering massive security movement, the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said. According to the DFS, emergency calls were received from multiple educational institutions across different parts of the city in the morning hours, following which fire tenders and bomb disposal teams…