CPM Secretary-General Mabebi has written to the Electoral Commission to express “grave concern” over the mass deletion of voters from Bangladesh’s poll lists. In a letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Babi said, “SIR represents a systematic practice of mass disenfranchisement, characterized by arbitrary criteria such as ‘logical consistency’ and an increasing reliance on algorithm-driven exclusions.“ … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld the trial court’s order declaring British arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari a “fugitive economic offender” in connection with a money laundering case. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna found that the appeal filed on behalf of the fugitives had no merit and dismissed the appeal. In July 2025, the … Read more
SILCHAR: BSF personnel deployed vehicles and opened border gates early on Thursday to help at least 70 families living outside the barbed wire fence on the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Sribhumi district reach polling booths and cast their votes, turning the event into a strong assertion of identity for residents of Karimganj South assembly constituency. … Read more
KOLKATA: Sunali Khatun, a 26-year-old Bengali woman who entered Bangladesh as an “illegal immigrant” last year, has had her parents’ names appear on the electoral list, strengthening her claim to citizenship even as a legal battle continues over her husband and other relatives who were sent to the neighboring country.Sunali’s mother, Jyotsna Bibi, was one … Read more
NEW DELHI: The education ministry on Wednesday raided seven buildings in Kolkata as part of its money laundering probe into real estate developer Merlin Group, finding that the builder has links with some senior politicians and bureaucrats in Bengal. “The role of these public servants and their financial dealings with real estate groups and their … Read more
Assembly polls in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on Thursday showed record voter turnout, which Election Commission officials said was a “verification” of the particularly intensive revision and special revision of electoral rolls and a sign of people’s “unwavering trust in the electoral process”. The surge in opinion polls surpassed previous peaks – with support reaching … Read more
Pune/Mumbai: With just an hour left to withdraw the nomination, the Congress on Thursday finally responded to the demands of the Pawar family and Mahayuthy’s associates by dropping NCP chief and deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s candidate in the Baramati by-election. Twenty-two independent candidates remain in the race, but there are now no major challenges … Read more
New Delhi: An Indian Army contingent has left for Egypt to participate in the fourth Indo-Egyptian joint special forces exercise – Cyclone-IV – scheduled to be held in Anshas from April 9 to 17.This exercise is a continuation of the two countries’ continuous strengthening of military cooperation, after the previous exercise was successfully held in … Read more
New Delhi: A new international study involving researchers from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), IISER and the Institute of Remote Sensing suggests that water ice deposits in the permanently shadowed regions of the moon are much more stable than previously thought.“The Moon’s Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs) are capable of preserving water ice and other frozen … Read more
New Delhi: National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Nitin Nabin The Tamilaga Vitri Kazhagam (TVK) on Thursday questioned the viability of a supposed alliance with actor-politician Vijay and claimed that the saffron party remains firmly aligned with its existing ally AIADMK.“I believe he (referring to Vijay) is trying politics for the first time. I … Read more