Kolkata: Flex boards, party banners and festoons at Trinamool Congress offices across West Bengal were allegedly defaced and damaged following the BJP's landslide victory in the Assembly polls on Monday, even as the saffron party denied any role in the incidents, officials said Monday. The TMC claimed that hours after poll trends became clear, "miscreants" gathered outside...

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Chennai: Outgoing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin Monday accepted the people’s mandate in the Assembly elections and said the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) would now function as a “constructive and effective Opposition”. In a message posted on social media, the DMK president congratulated the winners and said he respected the democratic verdict of the electorate. Reflecting...

Kolkata: In a dramatic, high-stakes contest that mirrored the political theatre of Nandigram five years ago, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Monday defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her home turf Bhabanipur, delivering a blow to the Trinamool Congress amid a sweeping saffron surge across the state. Adhikari won by a margin of 15,105 votes, according to data available...

Mumbai: Rupee fell 39 paise to close at an all-time low of 95.23 against the US dollar Monday, as the ongoing Middle East tensions are causing volatility in global markets, keeping oil prices high and raising fears of inflation and economic slowdown. Forex traders said Brent oil, hovering near USD 110 per barrel, is putting pressure on...

Mumbai: Lucknow Super Giants rode on a whirlwind 20-ball 63 from Nicholas Pooran to survive a mid-inning slowdown and post a par 228 for five against Mumbai Indians in their must-win Indian Premier League match here Monday. Pooran cashed in on poor line and lengths from MI bowlers to pepper the on-side with eight sixes and a...

Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee Monday termed the BJP's landslide victory in the state polls "immoral" and alleged that the mandate in more than 100 seats was "looted". "We will bounce back," she said while walking out of the counting centre at her Bhabanipur Assembly constituency. Banerjee had reached the counting centre at Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls'...

Jajpur: At least five people, including two women, were killed and seven others injured when an SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a truck in Odisha's Jajpur district Monday, police said. The accident took place near Barada Chhak on the Daitary-Paradeep express highway under Jenapur police station limits in Jajpur district. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan...

Dubai: US forces Monday launched an effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds have been stuck since the Iran war began. Two American-flagged merchant ships have "successfully transited" through the critical waterway, the US military said. Separately, the US military denied Iran's claims that it struck an American Navy vessel southeast of...

Dubai: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have issued a emergency missile alert urging residents to immediately seek shelter. The alert was issued shortly after the United States military announced that two merchant ships had transited the Strait of Hormuz. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and an all-clear signal was later sent.  ...