Bhagwant Mann accuses BJP of bombings, party threatens legal action to oust CM
Chandigarh/New Delhi: Political tussle breaks out in Punjab amid back-to-back blasts in Jalandhar and Amritsar, with the BJP and Samajwadi Party criticizing the state government over law and order, while CM Bhagwant Mann Accusing the BJP of trying to…
Hope BJP win in Assam and Bengal won’t trigger ‘resistance’: Dhaka
DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said “I hope such an incident will not happen” when asked whether he was worried about an increase in cases of suspected illegal immigrants being “forcibly…
Bengal bloodshed: Suvendu’s PA killed in car near Kolkata
Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath (inset) was shot at a vehicle with damaged side windows in 24 Parganas, northern Bengal. KOLKATA: Assailants on a motorcycle shot dead Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of BJP Bengal MP Suvendu Adhikari, at…
Suvendu Adhikari calls killing of aide Chandranath Rath ‘premeditated murder’; calls not to take law into one’s hands
Chandranath Rath and Suvendu Adhikari (Photo/Agency) New Delhi: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday called the killing of his close aide Chandranath Rath “heartbreaking” and claimed it was a “premeditated murder” carried out…
Tamil Nadu verdict: MK Stalin says let Vijay form government, will watch, won’t disturb for 6 months
CHENNAI: Outgoing CMK Stalin told TOI on Wednesday that the DMK will wait for TVK president C Joseph Vijay to form the government and “observe for six months without interruption”.Stating that the DMK does not want a constitutional crisis or…
Kashmiri Pandits protest against incorporation of relief ration into food security law, call out conspiracy theories
Jammu: Internally displaced Kashmiri Pandits staged a sit-in protest in Jammu on Wednesday against the J&K government’s decision to include their relief rations in the National Food Security Act, calling the move a “conspiracy” to…
NCRB: Negligent driving kills 495 people every day on Indian roads in 2024
New Delhi: Road fatalities due to negligence (reckless, careless or irresponsible driving) killed 495 people every day in 2024, according to the latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). According to the report, nearly 181,000 people…
NC and PDP cross vote in favor of BJP in RS polls
SRINAGAR: The People’s Democratic Party has dismissed the rival National Conference’s allegations that all three of its MLAs voted for the BJP in the October polls for four federal assembly seats in Kashmir.The current war of words between…
Go Gogoi, go away: Why Congress’s defeat in Assam portends deeper crisis
assam When Gaurav Gogoi stepped into Jorhat during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he had hailed him as “amar lora” (our son), treating him as a son of the soil. Gogoi is not only the deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha but also…
Strait of Hormuz technically open, but not operational: head of national shipowners group
New Delhi: The Strait of Hormuz remains technically open but commercial shipping is far from normal, said Anil Devli, chief executive of the Mumbai-based National Shipowners Association of India. The National Shipowners Association of India is a nearly…