NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister and All India Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed to opposition parties and student unions in the state to unite against the BJP after the saffron party formed its first government in West Bengal following its decisive victory in the recently concluded assembly elections.Addressing a small…
VCK and IUML back Vijay’s TVK, helping the party cross majority mark to form Tamil Nadu government. India successfully tests Advanced Agni missile with MIRV capability. PM Modi bows to Bengal as Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as the state’s first BJP chief minister. Mamata Banerjee updates X bio after TMC defeat. ED arrests Punjab minister…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused the BJP-led Centre of using central agencies for political purposes after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out fresh searches linked to Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora in a money laundering case involving alleged fake GST transactions worth more than Rs 100 crore.The ED conducted raids at…
AAP leader Sanjeev Arora (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora after carrying out fresh searches against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and several others allegedly linked to him in connection with a money laundering probe.Also Read | ED raids Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora’s home in…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday bowed before the people of West Bengal with folded hands as the BJP celebrated the swearing-in of its first chief minister in the state, at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Ground.The swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari was attended by several senior NDA leaders and thousands of BJP supporters,…
There was a time when nightfall meant relief. After the blaze of a long summer day, the hours after sunset carried the promise of a cool breeze through an open window, the temperature dropping enough to pull out a light blanket, sleep coming easy. That time, for much of the world, is quietly disappearing.Across continents…
NEW DELHI: Just days after refusing to step down following the Trinamool Congress’ crushing defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee appears to have quietly acknowledged the end of her government.The West Bengal chief minister’s bio on X now describes her as “Founder Chairperson All India Trinamool Congress. Chief Minister of West Bengal…
NEW DELHI: After Congress lost seven states in 1967, a popular saying went that one could travel by train from Delhi to Howrah without passing through a single Congress-ruled state.Nearly six decades later, Bharatiya Janata Party has turned the saying on its head with another saying that a journey from Chandigarh in Haryana to Howrah…
Chennai: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Friday said the BJP would not involve itself in any effort to form the govt in Tamil Nadu following the Assembly election results. In a statement, he said the party had contested the elections with the aim of serving the welfare and progress of the people of Tamil…
An Indian sailor was killed and several others injured after a wooden dhow carrying Indian crew members caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz.Seventeen other Indian crew members were rescued following the incident on Friday, while authorities continue to ascertain the exact cause of the blaze.According to sources, the crew members were rescued by a…
