Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday ordered repoll in all 285 polling booths of the Falta assembly constituency in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on May 21, an official said. The repoll was ordered due to “severe electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process” on April 29, when voting in Falta was held…
On the eve of the verdict, I will stick my neck out and say this: we may well be staring at a 4–1 verdict in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party across key battlegrounds—Assam, West Bengal, Puducherry, and, in a more complex arithmetic, even Tamil Nadu through alliances. That may sound bold. But elections are…
In his second term in office, President Donald Trump’s name has become synonymous with “U-turns”. His instant U-turn, calling India a great country within an hour of reposting a racist remark, India – a hellhole, shows the desperation and the frustration of the most powerful man in the world, who is consistently inconsistent in his…
There are many ways to respond to a new expressway. You can measure its length, its engineering, its economic impact, or the hours it shaves off a weary journey. Or you can stand at the median, squint into the distance, and ask – what is the hurry? Ravish Kumar has chosen the latter. The reduction…
In the last episode, different key aspects of casual sex interconnected to the current youth community were discussed. Casual sex has multiple faces. There are case studies where unknown people, while travelling for a long time in the train, somehow get connected and have unprotected sex, unplanned sex in the bathroom of railway compartments. Also,…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Kutsa, born of the illustrious lineage of Angirasa, invokes Agni in the solemn cadence of the Trishtubh metre of the Rigveda. His hymn unfolds a profound vision of the cosmos, where night and day stand as complementary opposites, ceaselessly revolving in ordained succession. From the womb of night arises Surya,…
Sri Krishna, pleased with the steady gathering of his disciple Arjuna’s mind, gently loosened the knots that bound his inner focus. He taught that when the mind is single-pointed, when a person entertains one resolute determination and acts consistently toward its fulfilment, success inevitably follows. Yet most are victimized by ego, drifting among countless desires…
Vasuki Dada Temple is located in the town of Thangadh, in Surendranagar district- Gujarat. The temple lies in the Saurashtra region and is associated with a sacred pond traditionally known as Padma Sarovar. This area has been considered spiritually powerful since ancient times The temple is believed to be very ancient, around 1000–1200 years old…
Chandigarh/New Delhi: Punjab Police has booked Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who recently switched from AAP to the BJP with six others, sources said on Saturday. Two FIRs have been lodged against Pathak under non-bailable sections, they said. No further details about the FIRs have been disclosed yet. The development follows a major shift in…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday deployed 165 additional counting observers and 77 police observers in West Bengal to ensure secure and transparent counting of votes for the Assembly elections, an official said. “Additional counting observers have been deployed in assembly constituencies having more than one counting hall,” the EC official said, adding that police…
