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SC lets Abhishek Banerjee travel abroad for eye treatment, says not for state to decide medical care

Banerjee faces criminal charge relating to alleged provocative speech during 2026 state polls. While granting him pre-arrest bail, the HC had imposed restriction on his foreign travel.

Behind NCPI, the refuge of TMC rebel MPs: A lawyer, ‘famous mathematician’ & motivational speaker

NCPI is a WB-based political outfit registered in 2023 that fielded candidates in Tripura polls the same year. The obscure party is now apparently set to have 20 MPs in the Lok Sabha.

Blow to Mamata as 20 rebel Trinamool MPs signal support to NDA, say no to Abhishek’s leadership

Over a dozen of rebel MPs had met Union Minister Bhupender Yadav at his residence Monday morning, says a senior rebel MP.

Abhishek Banerjee is now on mute mode after BJP sweeps West Bengal

New Delhi: Abhishek Banerjee could be heard everywhere in the weeks before the West Bengal Assembly election. The TMC honcho and Mamata Banerjee’s nephew...

Chopper entry, folded hands & an open challenge: Glimpses from Abhishek Banerjee’s Medinipur rally

At the rally, Mamata's nephew and TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee called for Bengalis to rise up to Delhi's power. Bengal goes to polls in two phases on 23 and 29 April.

INDIA bloc allies meet online for Monsoon Session strategy, to raise Trump 5 jets claim, Bihar SIR in House

CPI general secretary D Raja stressed on need for INDIA bloc to act in a more coordinated fashion and avoid bickering in public, it is learnt. TMC's Abhishek Banerjee spoke too.

India forgot revolutionary Rash Behari Bose. Abhishek Banerjee brought him back into focus

Rash Behari Bose planned the attack on Viceroy Charles Hardinge in 1912, was among the key organisers of the Ghadar Revolution, and founded the Indian Independence League.

What went on behind the scenes as TMC named Abhishek Banerjee as its pick for anti-terror delegation

TMC pulled out Yusuf Pathan, who defeated senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in 2024 LS polls, from delegation saying Centre should've consulted party before nominating its MP.

After Omar, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee trashes INDIA bloc ally Congress’s charge of EVM hacking

Abhishek Banerjee's remarks mark departure from TMC’s stand on the issue. After 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Mamata had voiced support for return to paper ballots to ‘save democracy’.

Abhishek Banerjee is rising in TMC. Mamata still keeping him on a tight leash

Many veteran leaders are miffed with Abhishek for trying to push through two party reforms.

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VN Sharma wasn’t just the former Army Chief of Staff. He was an institution

A champion of cross-border diplomacy, the former Army Chief brought together Indian and Pakistani military leaders to celebrate their shared alma mater.

Indian govt bets on battery storage boom to help abate mounting solar power losses

India’s transmission system failed to absorb more than 8 billion kilowatt-hours of power in April to June, when 63 billion actually reached the system.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman