Kolkata: Sharpening her attack on the Election Commission, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged CEC Gyanesh Kumar to halt the "arbitrary and flawed" SIR in the state, warning that its continuation in the present form could trigger "mass disenfranchisement" and "strike at the foundations of democracy". In a strongly worded letter dated December 3, Banerjee accused...

Aden: Saudi-backed forces spread across Yemen's Mukalla Sunday after retaking the port city, which was seized by southern separatists last month. Video footage taken by The Associated Press showed the Saudi-backed National Shield Forces being welcomed by residents as the troops drove through the streets in armed vehicles. Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout province, was retaken by...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday began a six-day visit to France and Luxembourg to hold talks on bilateral and global issues of mutual interest. In Paris, he will be meeting the French leadership and will hold talks with Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Jaishankar's visit to...

New Delhi: Actors Mahhi Vij and Jay Bhanushali have announced their divorce with a post on social media and said they will continue to co-parent their children. The actors shared a joint note on Instagram stories Sunday. It said there's no villain in the story and no negativity attached to the decision. "Today, we choose to part...

Mumbai: Actress Alia Bhatt's primary social media post of 2026 is a perfect tribute to her fairytale life with her husband Ranbir Kapoor and daughter Raha. Alia's latest post on Instagram is a photo of her dressed like a fairy godmother in a white dress, with a wand in her hand, while Ranbir is holding little Raha...

Moscow: One person was killed, and two others wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a car in the Russian border region of Belgorod, local officials said Sunday, ahead of peace talks to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Paris this week. Belgorod regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said a young child was among the wounded. In Ukraine, three...

New Delhi: US-Venezuela conflict will have a negligible impact on India's trade with the South American country, think tank GTRI said Sunday. On January 4, American forces carried out a large military operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and taking them to the US to face various charges, including narco-terrorism and drug trafficking....

New Delhi: The US attack on Venezuela is a blatant violation of the UN Charter, the Left parties said Sunday, while raising concerns over statements from President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Left parties also held a protest at the Jantar Mantar here against the US action. In a statement, the parties said...

Sambalpur: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Sunday met migrant workers from West Bengal in Odisha's Sambalpur and expressed concern over "parallel policing" in some states where Bengali labourers were allegedly being asked by private persons to provide their identity proof, urging law enforcement agencies to stop the practice. Chowdhury, a five-time former MP from Baharampur Lok Sabha...

New Delhi: The Mahanagar Delhi Uttarakhand Pravasi Sangathan staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi Sunday over the Ankita Bhandari murder case, demanding a CBI inquiry and swift action against all those responsible for the crime. The murder of Ankita Bhandari, a 19-year-old receptionist whose death in 2022 had triggered widespread outrage across Uttarakhand, has...