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Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicWest Bengal state assembly

Topic: West Bengal state assembly

6 BJP MLAs, including LoP Suvendu Adhikari, suspended from West Bengal assembly

The BJP leaders were suspended after they sat on the floor, raising slogans and demanding a discussion on Sandeshkhali issue by CM Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata govt aims to replace governor with CM as chancellor of state universities, will bring law

Central govt decries move, says looking into University Grants Commission guidelines before initiating any action against the West Bengal cabinet's decision. 

Bengal governor forced to give one-line speech to assembly, Telangana didn’t schedule address

Bengal Governor Dhankhar couldn't speak as BJP and TMC MLAs engaged in sloganeering. Telangana's Soundararajan unhappy as KCR govt decides not to have her address the assembly.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?