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‘Completely baseless’: Congress rejects TMC merger rumours

Rahul Gandhi backs one-party fight NEW DELHI: The Congress leadership on Thursday dismissed reports of a merger with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, calling them "completely...

‘Imp to work with Congress’: Team Mamata’s Saugata Roy

Suggests both merger & alliance with grand old party NEW DELHI: Amid the buzz over Trinamool Congress’ merger with the Congress, party MP Saugata Roy...

TMC RS MP Baraik resigns from party, Upper House

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the Upper House as well as the party on Thursday, saying he...

Don’t like Abhishek’s arrogance, Didi must choose: Kalyan Banerjee

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee who has so far remained a Mamata Banerjee loyalist issued an ultimatum to the...

Govt allows regulator to raise cancer drug prices to tackle nationwide shortage

NEW DELHI: The government has given a go-ahead to a regulator to increase the prices for platinum-based cancer drugs amid the shortage due to...

Saayoni Ghosh, June Maliah, Shatrughan Sinha among 19 TMC rebels joining NDA

KOLKATA: June Maliah, Saayoni Ghosh, and Shatrughan Sinha are reportedly among the Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar-led group of 19 rebel TMC Lok Sabha MPs, who...

Rebel Trinamool leader Ritabrata claims dissident camp is ‘real TMC’

Rules out merger with Congress KOLKATA: As Mamata Banerjee's meetings with the Congress leadership fuelled fresh speculation about the future of her embattled faction, rebel...

Abhishek meets Rahul to discuss INDIA bloc roadmap

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday to discuss opposition coordination and the way forward for...

TMC split: Team Mamata labels rebel MPs ‘traitors’

‘Why they didn’t speak of their difficulties before polls’ KOLKATA: With Mamata Banerjee-led TMC continuing to implode and a faction of Lok Sabha MPs formally...

PM Modi discusses West Asia situation with Amir of Kuwait

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday had a telephonic conversation with Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, and exchanged...

Mamata’s TMC continues to implode as rebel Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar emerges as ‘new Didi’ Leads 20 MPs to NDA fold

NEW DELHI: At least 20 Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MPs, led by ‘new Didi’ Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, have informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om...

Tamil Nadu: Youtuber arrested for ‘critical’ videos against TVK

Opposition accuses Vijay of 'intolerance' CHENNAI: Well-known YouTuber Maridhas was arrested on Monday by a special team of the Chennai City Police for allegedly posting...

Indian politics dominated by Hindu-Muslim agenda; joblessness key concern, CJP apolitical: Dipke

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday alleged that politics in the country over the last decade is centred around the...

Mamata Banerjee in Delhi for INDIA bloc meet

NEW DELHI: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi on Sunday, a day before the INDIA bloc meeting, amid mounting speculation that the party...

Dipke ends Jantar Mantar protest, calls it ‘just a trailer’

No govt response on Pradhan resignation ultimatum NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday ended his protest and left Delhi to meet...

Bengal govt orders statewide review of madrasas

Registrations, funding, staff and curriculum under scanner KOLKATA: The BJP-led West Bengal government has initiated a statewide review of madrasas, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari...

Many nations under uncertainty, but India world’s fastest-growing economy: Rajnath

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that at a time when many countries are facing economic uncertainty, India continues to stand...

Abhishek Banerjee leaves for Delhi for INDIA bloc meeting

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has left for Delhi on Saturday to attend the crucial INDIA bloc meeting in the national...

Cong minority, SC depts to launch joint campaign, protest against ‘injustice’

NEW DELHI: The minority and Scheduled Caste (SC) departments of the Congress on Saturday decided to launch a joint nationwide campaign against what is...

UN warns AI boom could exact heavy environmental toll by 2030

NEW DELHI: The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) could come at a significant environmental cost, with a new United Nations report warning that...

Smart border project in ‘final stage,’ says Amit Shah

AGARTALA: The central government’s “smart border” project is in the final stage, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday, June 5. Addressing the BSF...

Annamalai quits BJP, launches ‘We the Leaders’

Eyes Tamil Nadu Assembly polls CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Friday formally severed ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and unveiled...

Malviya Nagar fire: Hotel owner told investigators ‘everything works in Delhi’, sent to 4-day police custody

NEW DELHI: Lavkesh Bajaj, the arrested owner of the Malviya Nagar hotel in South Delhi where a blaze killed at least 21, including foreign...

Mattress trader who aided rescue op seeks compensation

NEW DELHI: Riyazuddin Mansuri, a local mattress trader who pulled out everything in his shop to help those trapped in the Malviya Nagar hotel...

CJP attacks govt on JEE data exposure, calls for Pradhan’s sacking

NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Thursday said the reported exposure of JEE (Advanced) 2026 candidate data due to a cloud storage...

DMK to skip June 8 INDIA bloc meeting, cites Congress’ ‘betrayal’ after TN polls

CHENNAI: MK Stalin’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Thursday announced that it will skip the June 8 INDIA alliance meeting in New Delhi, citing...

Bengal: Expelled TMC rebel Ritabrata Banerjee gets LoP status, seeks Mamata as chief adviser

KOLKATA: Expelled TMC leader Ritabrata Banerjee on Wednesday said the West Bengal Assembly speaker had accepted the rebel camp's bid to be recognised as...

DK Shivakumar takes oath as new Karnataka CM

Kharge, Rahul, Siddaramaiah attend ceremony BENGALURU: Carrying a copy of the Constitution of India, DK Shivakumar on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of...

Khan Sir’s coaching centre comes under attack, stones pelted; three arrested

PATNA: A coaching institute run by educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as 'Khan Sir', was targeted with gunfire, vandalised and pelted with stones in...

Delhi Police files culpable homicide FIR in Malviya Nagar hotel blaze

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has filed an FIR under charges of culpable homicide in the hotel fire tragedy in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar...

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