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Will rid West Bengal of 'jungle raj' next: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed the National Democratic Alliance win in Bihar as a vote for pro-people governance and vowed to throw out 'jungle raj' from West Bengal, saying the......

SC to hear on Tuesday TVK plea against electoral roll revision in TN

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea filed by actor-turned-politician Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct Special Intensive......

EC strongly defends TN, Bengal SIR in SC, denies mass voter deletion

The Election Commission has strongly defended in the Supreme Court its ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, saying that allegations of mass deletion......

Bengal: 2,208 booths under lens after all SIR forms return

A total of 2,208 booths in West Bengal are under the scanner after all the distributed enumeration forms were returned filled up, indicating that there is not a single dead, duplicate or......

Indian Student Stabbed To Death In UK

A 30-year-old man, identified locally as an Indian student, was stabbed during a street attack in central England and later died of the serious injuries in hospital. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

US LPG pact may shield India from geopolitical shocks

India's decision to import LPG from the US helps it to diversify sources as it reduces almost full reliance on West Asian countries for supply of the country's primary cooking fuel. Kindly note......

Labour Codes: Trade Unions Raise Red Flags Over Layoffs

'Raising the retrenchment, layoff and closure threshold to 300 workers for prior government permission enables hire-and-fire in more than 90 per cent of the Indian workplaces. More than 12,00,000......

Hema Malini's Niece Madhoo At Dharmendra's Prayer Meet

A prayer meet was held for Dharmendra at the Taj Lands End hotel in Bandra, north west Mumbai. His sons Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol looked emotional as they greeted guests with folded hands. They......

Dharmendra Passes Away

Photograph: Kind courtesy Dharmendra/Instagram After being unwell for several days, Dharmendra breathed his last on November 24. He would have turned 90 on December 8. The movie legend had been......

New Zealand recall Williamson for West Indies Tests

IMAGE: Kane Williamson has retired from T20 Internationals and skipped the ODI series against the West Indies. Photograph: ANI Photo Kane Williamson was included in the New Zealand squad for......

West Indies recall veteran pacer for New Zealand tour

The tour spans December 1-21 across Christchurch, Wellington and Mount Maunganui and the series forms part of the 2025-27 ICC World Test Championship, where West Indies are bottom of the standings......

EPL: Spirited West Ham rally to beat Newcastle United

IMAGE: Tomas Soucek celebrates scoring West Ham United's third goal against Newcastle United. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters West Ham United bounced back from conceding an early goal to beat......

Why New Zealand left out Kane Williamson for West Indies ODIs

IMAGE: Kane Williamson has decided to skip the three-match ODI series to focus on the Test series against the West Indies next month. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters Former captain Kane......

Bangladesh rout West Indies to claim ODI series

IMAGE: This was Bangladesh's biggest-ever victory against West Indies and their second biggest victory in One-Day Internationals. Photograph: Satish Kumar/Reuters Bangladesh spinners wreaked havoc......