Government may grant legislative powers to Ladakh local bodies in talks on May 22
New Delhi: The next round of discussions between the home ministry and Ladakh representatives on safeguards in the region will resume on May 22, as Ladakh LG VK Saxena announced in a post on Sunday. The discussions are likely to explore how to strengthen…
PM woos Matua community, vows fast track to citizenship
In a screenshot of a video posted on April 26, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting for the West Bengal Assembly elections at Bongaon in North 24 Parganas. (@NarendraModi/Yt via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: In a bid to strengthen the…
Rahul: What prevails in Bengal is not democracy, but TMC’s reign of terror
Rahul Gandhi (file photo) New Delhi: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that what prevails in West Bengal today is not democracy but the “TMC’s reign of terror”. “Post-poll intimidation, attacks and elimination of…
Mamata cites ‘load shedding’, warns against ‘EVM trapping’
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Asking Trinamool workers on Sunday to be wary of “EVM capture”, it said complaints about power outages were pouring in from the EVM vaults after the first phase of…
West Bengal polls: NIA to probe Bangal bomb shipments
KOLKATA: The Center has ordered an NIA probe into the 79 crude bombs recovered in Bangal on Saturday.“The central government is of the view that this case constitutes a crime under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 and involves the…
Kejriwal tries to stop defections, but it’s too little, too late
Arvind Kejriwal (file photo) New Delhi: After learning that members of his party in the Lok Sabha were unlikely to break away and join the Bharatiya Janata Party till the end, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal made a last-ditch effort to salvage the situation…
Modi prays at Kali temple to refute TMC’s vegetarian policy
In a screenshot of a video posted on April 26, 2026, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prays at ‘Thanthania Kalibari’ during the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections in Kolkata. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Sunday, before…
Rajaji temple wedding of son in Mantri, Uttarakhand sparks controversy
Uttarakhand Minister Karjan Das (file photo) Dehradun/Haridwar: Preparations for Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Khajan Das’ son’s wedding took place at the Sureshwari Devi Temple inside the core area of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve (RTR),…
Solar infrastructure helps India meet record 256GW power demand
NEW DELHI: Riding on the growing contribution of solar energy to the power generation mix, India easily met its peak power demand of 256 gigawatts (GW) on Saturday, the highest single-day power demand on record, amid soaring temperatures across the…
Every village in country mapped from space, Isro says; satellite data helps better rural projects
New Delhi: In a major development for India, the Indian Space Research Organization has mapped every village in the country from space and satellite data will go a long way in supporting gram panchayats in decentralized planning, asset monitoring and…