NEW DELHI: Nearly 91 lakh names have been removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, according to data released by the Election Commission.The poll panel has not yet announced the final size of the revised electorate after completion of the process.As per official data published on February […]
Representative image (IANS) Pithoragarh: A 55-year-old manager of Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) gas agency in Champawat district died on Sunday evening after he returned from work. His colleagues at the gas agency claimed that he consumed a poisonous substance as he could not cope with the work pressure due to the prevailing circumstances in […]
MUMBAI: The charred remains of Kandivli seafarer Dixit Solanki (32), who was killed in an alleged missile strike on his tanker off the Oman coast on March 1, were transported to Mumbai from Sharjah early on Sunday. The sailor counts among the first Indian victims of the West Asia conflict.His family has refused to perform […]
NEW DELHI: A suspected terror module with alleged links to foreign handlers and extremist organisations, including ISIS, has been uncovered, with investigators claiming the network was involved in radicalising young people in India.The development comes after Andhra Pradesh Police sent teams to multiple states, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Telangana and Rajasthan, to arrest […]
West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (PTI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday said the party has not decided on its chief ministerial face for the poll-bound state and will instead seek votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The BJP’s move to field leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari against […]
Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif (File photo) Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday said that Islamabad would retaliate with a strike on Kolkata in the event of any “future misadventure” by India. “If India attempts another false-flag operation, then, God willing, we will take it to Kolkata,” Asif told reporters in his hometown of […]
NEW DELHI: PM Modi Saturday made his first comments on the govt’s move to implement the women’s reservation law from the next Lok Sabha polls, as he asked women to put pressure on the opposition to ensure related bills are passed in Parliament unopposed, while rejecting as a lie the charge that southern states will […]
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Saturday criticised both the BJP and Congress for failing to grant statehood to Puducherry despite ruling at the Centre for years.“Neither Congress nor BJP could give statehood to Puducherry despite holding power at the Centre. A TVK government will make […]
MEA secretary (west) Sibi George called on Azerbaijan foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku, Friday and reviewed bilateral ties, exchanging views on regional and global matters of common interest. The talks signalled an attempt by both sides to mend the relationship after differences over Azerbaijan’s ties with Pakistan that saw Baku backing Islamabad during India’s […]
NEW DELHI: A day after AAP removed him as deputy leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha, Raghav Chadha declared that he would not be cowed by attempts to silence him, drawing a fierce backlash from his colleagues.Senior AAP members accused Chadha of being scared of PM Narendra Modi and not raising issues tied […]
