Author: Md Nasimuddin
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday issued an interim stay on the West Bengal government’s OBC list notification, putting a hold on all actions and processes based on the new list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities.
The Congress on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the U.S. reaching out to Pakistan while referring to Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir’s visit to the country.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of targeting Bengali-speaking citizens in states ruled by the saffron party by labelling even valid document holders as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
The Trinamool general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday asked the Narendra Modi government to explain the impact of its global outreach programme in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor.
An attempt by a Meitei villager to cultivate a paddy field in Imphal East district on Sunday morning met with resistance from Kuki-Zo villagers from adjoining Kangpokpi district, leading to a five-hour standoff and stone-pelting from both sides.
Terming Cyprus a “reliable partner” for India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for strengthening bilateral cooperation, which has “immense potential for growth”.
Gujarat relived a grim chapter of its political history on Thursday as Vijay Rupani, the state’s 16th chief minister from 2016 to 2021 and a BJP leader, was feared dead in the Air India AI 171 crash near Ahmedabad.
Forty persons have been arrested from Maheshtala in West Bengal in connection with Wednesday’s violence that left several police personnel injured.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government is planning to roll out reservation of seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.
The deadlock over the Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation continues to dominate politics in West Bengal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership accusing the State government of “appeasement politics” on Wednesday, a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that“backwardness”wasthe only benchmark to decide OBC categories