‘Anti-Bengali party’: Mamata, BJP locked in row over puja pandal permission issue
Mamata Banerjee and Nitin Nabin (right) New Delhi: The political battleground became increasingly tense as the BJP and TMC went toe-to-toe in West Bengal on Wednesday as the assembly elections neared. new bjp president Nitin Nabin Accusing the Mamata…
SC asks Didi on I-PAC case: How can ED push state authorities by complaining against CM?
New Delhi: Supreme Court The West Bengal government on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government how the central agency can engage with the state authorities headed by the chief minister when its complaint is against the chief minister himself. Court…
One in four Indians is overweight, but obesity is still considered a ‘lifestyle’: Experts warn of growing crisis
New Delhi: India faces a growing burden of obesity with one in four Indians being overweight, but the condition is still misunderstood as a lifestyle issue rather than a disease, experts said at a recent panel discussion led by ICMR and AIIMS on the…
‘Trying to divert attention from Iran war’: Congress slams BJP over notice to expel Lutyens
Congress headquarters at 24 Akbar Road (Photo/PTI) New Delhi: The Congress party on Wednesday received an eviction notice from its long-standing national headquarters at 24 Akbar Road and asked it to vacate the site by March 28. Reacting to the…
GLP-1 under the scanner Gold rush: Raids across India expose easy availability of weight-loss drug
Representative image (AI generated) NEW DELHI: Growing demand for diet pills has now come to the attention of India’s drug regulator, with a series of raids across the country revealing how easily these prescription drugs find their way into the…
Tuberculosis remains India’s biggest infectious disease killer, but mass screening efforts are bearing fruit
NEW DELHI: India may be making progress against tuberculosis, but the scale of the challenge remains daunting – it accounts for nearly a quarter of the world’s TB cases, although millions of infected people remain undetected.According to the…
SC tells Sibal not to irritate us by saying we are agitated
New Delhi: A heated exchange ensued between the bench and the CM during the ‘ED vs West Bengal CM’ match in SC on Tuesday Mamata Banerjeeconsultant Kapil Sibal.When a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and NV Anjaria asked the ED how a…
Five Indian-flagged tankers carrying LPG trapped in Hormuz
New Delhi: Five LPG tankers carrying nearly 230,000 tonnes of cooking gas are located in the western Strait of Hormuz and another tanker will be loaded in the coming days, the government said on Tuesday. The two vessels, Pine Gas and Jag Vasant, are said…
Government holds all-party meeting today to address concerns over crisis in West Asia
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi made statements on the conflict in West Asia in both houses of Parliament, the government on Wednesday convened an all-party meeting on the issue, seeking to address the views raised by different parties and…
Middle East crisis: PM Modi sets up 7 mandated groups to assess impact of war
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the setting up of seven empowered groups to assess the impact of the ongoing military conflict in West Asia on energy supplies, essential commodities and supply chains and devise a strategy to…