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BJP eyes gains in polls to five assemblies; West Bengal main challenge

New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) Stakes are high for the BJP in the upcoming polls to five assemblies, with West Bengal being the major...

EC orders appointment of new chief secy in poll -bound West Bengal

New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) The Election Commission has ordered the appointment of Dushyant Nariala as the new chief secretary of West Bengal...

10 patients killed in ICU fire at Cuttack’s SCB Medical College & Hospital

Around 11 staff members suffered burn injuries while rescuing patients to safety. Odisha CM Majhi said 23 patients have been shifted to other departments.

‘Win booth, win election’: BJP’s Chugh urges party workers to prepare for 2027 U’khand polls

Dehradun, Mar 15 (PTI) BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Sunday urged party workers in Uttarakhand to prepare for the 2027 Assembly...

TDP seeks explanation from Eluru MP over allegations of drug consumption at farmhouse

Amaravati, Mar 15 (PTI) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Sunday sought a detailed explanation from its Eluru Lok Sabha member Putta Mahesh Kumar...

Air India, AI Express to operate 48 flights connecting Middle East cities on Monday

New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Air India and Air India Express will operate 48 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from the Middle East...

Steps are being taken to bring back the bodies of 7 TN pilgrims from Nepal: Govt

Chennai, Mar 15 (PTI) Steps are being taken to bring back the bodies of seven pilgrims, including five women, who lost their lives...

Child dies, sister falls ill after suspected chemical smell in Delhi’s Ghazipur flat

New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) A two-and-a-half-year-old girl died while her elder sister fell unconscious after a suspected chemical smell was reported from...

Kumbh girl’s wedding: It’s ‘love jihad’, will raise issue with CM Yadav, says filmmaker Sanoj Mishra

Khargone (MP), Mar 15 (PTI) Film director Sanoj Mishra on Sunday met the family of Monalisa Bhonsle, the viral Kumbh girl who recently...

Polls to five assembles crucial for Left as it eyes Kerala hat-trick, Bengal revival

New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) The announcement of the poll schedule for five assemblies has set the stage for a crucial electoral test for...

On Camera

India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.