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After EC crackdown, TMC seeks SC-monitored LS poll

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Tuesday said the party wants Supreme Court-monitored Lok Sabha polls as Bharatiya Janata Party's tricks are "destroying" institutions like the......

9 dead, several injured as under-construction building collapses in Kolkata

The collapse of an illegal under-construction building in Kolkata's western fringes claiming at least nine lives and injuring 17 more early on Monday provoked a fierce political debate over whether......

EC orders out West Bengal DGP, Mumbai civic bosses

Seeking to ensure a level-playing field in the Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission on Monday ordered the removal of home secretaries of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal......

Why Congress Can't Keep Its Flock Together

If the party's members aren't sure what it stands for, see no path to wealth or power, and endure control by a dynasty, which, almighty as it is within the party, cannot get them the votes, they......

From Modi to Owaisi: Meet the 10 key figures shaping electoral discourse

Some are powerful orators who grab attention with their words, others are behind-the-scenes strategists plotting victory for their parties and all are key drivers of the narrative as the country......

View Consumption Survey Numbers With Caution

Could the MPCE survey results be used as a basis of reconstructing the Consumer Price Index with new weights, asks Madan Sabnavis. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Survey on household......

Drop in onion and potato output; tomato slightly up

Onion and potato production is expected to be down in the 2023-24 crop year, while the tomato output could be marginally higher, the Department of Agriculture’s first advance estimates of......

Modi unveils projects worth Rs 15,000 crore in West Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth Rs 15,000 crore in West Bengal on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Photo The prime minister unveiled the projects at an official function......

Bandhan Bank's micro challenges: Unsecured loan book, CEO's tenure

It is 10 years since Bandhan Financial Services became the first microfinance institution (MFI) to receive the universal bank licence. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters A year later, in......

'If you want to be a singer, you can only think of Bollywood. This is not right'

'Don't object to change; understand why people like it.' IMAGE: Babul Supriyo in Khoya Khoya Chand (2024). Singer Babul Supriyo, who gave us hit albums like Sochta Hun and Kuch Aisa Lagta Hai,......

India vs England: How India's debutants fared

IMAGE: India fielded five debutants during the recently-concluded home series against England. Photograph: BCCI India’s emphatic win over England was a tailor-made series for the......

Report Card: Jaiswal 10/10, Ashwin 9/10, Jurel 9/10

It was one of India's finest performances in a Test series in a long time.Rarely has any team has challenged the Indians at home the way Ben Stokes did, especially in the first few games before......

Satwik-Chirag will be the ones to beat in Paris: Gopichand

IMAGE: Pullela Gopichand believes the Indian men’s doubles pair will enter the Paris Olympics as the favourites. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters Chief national badminton coach Pullela......

Goswami alleges match-fixing in Kolkata league cricket

IMAGE: Shreevats Goswami called the match between Mohammedan Sporting and Town Club as a case of 'got up' cricket, an informal description for rigged proceedings. Photograph: Shreevats......

Andhra cricket initiates probe against Vihari for misbehaviour

  IMAGE: Hanuma Vihari, who has played 16 Tests for India, had earlier on Monday, said he will never play for Andhra again. Photograph: BCCI The bitter spat between Hanuma Vihari and Andhra......

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The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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