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Kolkata, March 10 – The BJP on Tuesday condemned the “treasonous” actions of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that her government “exploited” the minority community to ensure their “absolute, desperate dependence on the ruling syndicate”.In a statement, the BJP said that these actions...

Patna, March 9 – Amidst ongoing political developments in Bihar, Rohini Acharya, daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav, has once again sharply criticized Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his decision to join the Rajya Sabha.In a post on X, Rohini Acharya mocked Nitish Kumar over his earlier...

Srinagar, March 9. More than three decades after their displacement, the issue of Kashmiri Pandit migrants was highlighted at the 61st session of the United Nations Council for Human Rights in Geneva.Satish Malhar, Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Peace Forum, an organization of Kashmiri...

Washington, March 8 – Priyanka Chopra Jonas has spent much of her career navigating worlds that rarely intersect easily – the vast and multilingual film industries of India, the global machinery of Hollywood, and the cultural space in between where questions of identity, migration, and history...

Islamabad, March 7 – Pakistan will continue to see disappearances buried in administrative records rather than being investigated as crimes, unless trafficking is recognized not only as a humanitarian crisis but also as an institutional vulnerability. Such neglect enables organized criminal...

New Delhi, March 7 A new multidisciplinary exhibition, centered around three experimental films by filmmaker Purandar Chaudhuri, will aim to reimagine the act of viewing cinema within a gallery context."A Voyage to Permanence", curated by gallerist Jooby Yohannan and art historian Johny ML...

New Delhi, March 5 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Thursday that India and Finland believe in the rule of law, dialogue, and diplomacy, and that they support all efforts to end the ongoing conflict in West Asia and Ukraine.Speaking at a joint press conference with Finnish President...

India and Finland signed several agreements today in various areas, including environmental cooperation, migration and mobility partnership, and statistics, in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held discussions with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, today to strengthen bilateral...

Guwahati, March 3 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged on Tuesday that the Congress party has strategically focused its electoral strategy on Assembly constituencies largely populated by "Muslims of alleged Bangladeshi origin" in preparation for the upcoming state elections...

Kolkata, March 3 Senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha asserted on Tuesday that his candidature for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal was a testament to the party’s recognition of dedicated workers.Sinha also said he would raise issues of “misgovernance” by the ruling Trinamool...

New Delhi, March 3 The Union Home Ministry on Monday set up two more empowered committees in West Bengal to decide on applications seeking Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act, according to a government order.The state already has two such committees. However, in view of the...

Ranchi, March 2 Terming the rapidly evolving situation in the Gulf countries as a matter of "extreme concern," Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take necessary steps to ensure the safe return of Indians stranded in the region.Soren assured...

In a coordinated political offensive launched a day after the publication of West Bengal's post-SIR electoral rolls, the BJP on Sunday sought to use the deletion of names as a central political platform, alleging that "over 50 lakh infiltrators" had been removed and declaring that "the time has...

Krishnanagar, March 1 Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of aiding infiltrators, Union minister JP Nadda on Sunday claimed that the original inhabitants of West Bengal will become a minority due to this.Addressing a rally in Krishnanagar, in the Nadia district, from where...

Guwahati, March 1 A total of 21 illegal migrants from Bangladesh, including children, were sent back to their country from Assam in the early hours of Sunday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.The operation took place from the Sribhumi district of the state, he said."Alert eyes...

Kolkata, February 28 – In a major electoral reset barely two months before the West Bengal Assembly elections, around 63.66 lakh names, nearly 8.3% of the electorate, have been deleted from the state’s voter list since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in November last year, reducing...

Kolkata, Feb 28 – Around 63.66 lakh names, nearly 8.3 per cent of the electorate, have been deleted in West Bengal since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in November last year, bringing down the total number of voters in the state to over 7.04 crore ahead of the assembly elections due...

Pauri (Uttarakhand), February 28 BJP MP Anil Baluni visited Dhoor, a "ghost village" in his Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand, on Saturday, and celebrated Holi with a few families still living there. They were joined by many former residents who returned from distant cities on the...

Kolkata, February 27 When West Bengal's post-election voter rolls are published on Saturday, it will not only update a list of over seven crore voters, but also reflect months of political confrontation, courtroom battles, street protests, and a climate of anxiety that has reshaped the narrative...

Imphal, February 27 Three Amur falcons, fitted with satellite transmitters in Manipur last November, are currently spending their winter migration period in three African countries, officials said.The falcons, named Ahu, Alang, and Apapang, were tagged by the Manipur Forest Department in...