9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (941+ words) The scene lasts a shade over three minutes. A politician in spotless whites arrives in a slum to claim the land he has finally won. The slum's hero, who stood in his way, is gone. The villain grabs a handful…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago   (334+ words) The All India Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced Sanchita Pradhan (Dey) as its candidate for Nandigram and Rabiul Alam Chowdhury for Rejinagar in the upcoming by-elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The by-elections in the two West Bengal Assembly…...

20+ hour, 8+ min ago   (366+ words) Delhi Assembly's Public Accounts Committee is likely to inspect the property on Monday. The panel, headed by BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar, will examine the work carried out at the bungalow during the AAP's rule and the expenditure incurred from the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (560+ words) A 'symbol war' is raging in West Bengal between two groups within the Trinamool, one led by the Leader of Opposition, Ritabrata Banerjee, and the other that remains loyal to the dethroned former chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Both camps lay…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago   (844+ words) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ushered in a new era of "politics of performance" by moving India away from the scourges of corruption, casteism and dynastic politics. Addressing a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (369+ words) The West Bengal government has issued closure notices to 252 madrasas as it reviews Islamic educational institutions in the state. Show-cause notices have also been sent to a hundred other madrasas in the first phase of the verification process. Reports indicate…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (287+ words) In an interaction with IANS, Deepak Parashar said, “I did not expect this, I am surprised. I have won with very good votes. Now I just want to work for my CINTAA members. I would like them to come back…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (411+ words) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to Mumbai from September 12 to 14, during which he is scheduled to visit the Asiatic Society in Fort and attend the sixth Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan, focused on Hindi, in Vashi....

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (440+ words) Mamata Banerjee's possible move to contest the assembly bypoll from Nandigram is growing into what could be a thaw, or a dare, between the two factions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). The rebels have said they won't field a candidate…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (265+ words) A senior faculty member at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda wrote an open letter to Vice Chancellor Prof BH Bhanage, demanding an official policy to curb religious performances on university premises, triggering a massive row on campus. Constitutional secularism…...