Beijing: At least 26 people were killed and 61 others injured in a massive explosion at a fireworks factory in China's Hunan province, officials said Tuesday. The explosion occurred Monday afternoon at the plant operated by the Huasheng fireworks manufacturing and display company in Liuyang,...
Chennai: The DMK has suffered a major electoral setback in the recently concluded Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, winning only around 59 of the 164 constituencies it contested directly and slipping into the Opposition. The polls witnessed a fierce three-cornered contest involving the DMK, the...
Kolkata: An eight per cent positive vote swing in its favour finally enabled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to increase its winning seat tally by 129 and form the new government in West Bengal for the first time since independence. In the recently concluded Assembly polls...
New Delhi: Vietnamese President To Lam to visit India Tuesday for a State visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To Lam, also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, will be in India till May 7....
Chennai: Ending nearly six decades of Dravidian dominance in Tamil Nadu politics, actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the surprise winner in the 2026 Assembly elections. Contesting its maiden election, the party has not only made a dramatic entry but...
Kolkata: Incidents of arson and vandalism at offices of the Trinamool Congress were reported across West Bengal Monday as BJP workers celebrated their landslide victory in the state. Police said TMC offices in Kolkata's Tollygunge and Kasba, in Baruipur, Kamarhati, Baranagar in the suburbs, and...
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...
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....
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...
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...
The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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By Aakar Patel If you are normal, you have any number of parties you can support and vote for. There...
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