9.5 days out of 15: Bengal faces longest pre-poll drought period
Bangladesh to experience 9.5 days of drought KOLKATA: Bengal will have to go through an unprecedented continuous dry spell – lasting nine-and-a-half days for the next two weeks starting from Monday – due to the upcoming elections.These orders…
‘Bengal will remember’: TMC slams PM Modi for ‘Jalmouli breakthrough’, claims Jharkhand CM must return
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress on Monday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Jamuli breakout in West Bengal’s Jhargram and alleged that his decision to extend his stay had led to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren returning to…
Narrow brush with SIR puts mythological painter in Kurukshetra polls
Pingla (West Midnapore): Votes disappeared in SIR. The paintbrush was raised in protest. Scroll spoke before the vote in parliament. In the heart of Bengali Pattachitra, democracy was being painted frame by frame – each stroke carrying a question,…
Cooch Behar workers’ slogans of “vote first, work later” hit restaurants, homes and eateries in Jaipur. Business
JAIPUR: With two weeks to go before the Bengal polls, households and restaurants across Jaipur are facing staff shortages as migrant workers in Cooch Behar return to their hometowns to cast their votes, leaving kitchens short-staffed and businesses…
Bengal polls limited to two phases to stop intimidation: official
NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s two-phase polling, which took just a week to take, making it the state’s most compact in recent years, is aimed at curbing intimidation of voters and polling personnel by unruly elements, allegedly hired and groomed…
We can be a catalyst for each other’s growth: Modi vs. Tariq
Om Birla meets Tariq Rahman Dhaka: The BNP won a landslide victory in the February 12 parliamentary elections, ending the tenure of Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus.Prime Minister Modi was invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Tariq Rehman in Dhaka…
Evening News Report: Tariq Rehman puts Bangladesh at the top of foreign policy; Piyush Goyal slams Rahul Gandhi over India-US trade deal spat; & more | India News
BNP chief Tariq Rehman promised Bangladesh would prioritize foreign policy after the landslide victory. Piyush Goyal hit back at Rahul Gandhi over the India-US trade deal, saying the deal will boost the textile industry and farmers. Guardrail of Mulund…
Bangladesh poll: UN notes women’s groups’ ‘concerns’
Dhaka: As Bangladesh goes to the polls on Thursday, the United Nations said it noted “concerns” raised by women’s groups and civil society organizations about violence and harassment of female candidates and voters, including digital…