Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) founding patron and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Dishom Guru Shibu Soren passed away in the early hours of Monday at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi after a prolonged illness.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee introduces people-centric initiative ‘Amader Para Amader Samadhan’ (APAS) recorded 1.6 lakh footfall across 632 camps on the day of its launch on Saturday.
Grief-stricken parents of the RG Kar medical college victim on Saturday said they were reaching out to different political parties to join the August 9 Nabanna Abhijan (march to West Bengal secretariat) demanding justice for the medic who was raped-murdered at her workplace exactly one year ago.
Speaking Bengali in Kolkata’s civic body meetings is now no longer a choice, but a rule. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has made it mandatory for all councillors to use Bengali during monthly meetings and question sessions.
The BJP flayed Rahul Gandhi on Thursday for “echoing” US President Donald Trump’s “dead economy” jibe at India, calling it a “shameful” insult to the aspirations, achievements and well-being of the people of the country as it asked the Congress leader why he “repeats” foreign propaganda that undermines the country.
A letter penned in 1971 by then prime minister Indira Gandhi to US President Richard Nixon has surfaced, in which she is asking him to “persuade Pakistan” to give up its “aggressive activities” against India two days after it attacked, triggering the Indo-Pakistan war that ended in the creation of Bangladesh.
As the towering stone temple of Rajendra Chola I loomed behind him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflected on a lesser-known legacy of the Chola dynasty—not just its architecture or military conquests, but its vibrant tradition of grassroots democracy.
In a major operation on Monday, security forces killed three militants hiding in the Dachigam forest, just outside Srinagar. The encounter, part of “Operation Mahadev”, took place after the Army received inputs about possible terrorist activity in the area.
