Elections
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West Bengal polls: 23 pc candidates have criminal cases, 22 pc are crorepatis, says report
New Delhi: Around 23 per cent candidates in fray in the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls have declared criminal cases against themselves while 22 per cent are crorepatis, according to…
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Bengal polls a battle of poverty, exploitation for Murshidabad beedi workers
Samserganj: As political leaders criss-cross Murshidabad promising to stop infiltration and restore names deleted during the SIR ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, 12-year-old Ruksana Khatun sits cross-legged on the mud…
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We can’t have fishing inquiry, says SC on allegation of addition of voters in WB
New Delhi: “We can’t have a fishing inquiry,” the Supreme Court said on Monday, April 20, after it was mentioned that five to seven lakhs voters have allegedly been added by the…
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Asaduddin Owaisi blames Congress for Partition, rejects ‘B team’ charge
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, on Sunday, April 19, said that Muslims should not be blamed for the 1947 Partition, and held the Congress among those…
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SC seeks Calcutta HC report on Bengal voter tribunals not functioning properly
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 20, said it will seek a report from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on the functioning of appellate tribunals set up to…
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Nitin Nabin ramps up BJP campaign with rallies in West Bengal today
New Delhi: BJP national president Nitin Nabin is set to hold a series of public rallies and roadshows across West Bengal on Monday, April 20 as the party’s intensified election campaign in…
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PM Modi’s women’s quota move backfired amid polls: Stalin
Hosur: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday, April 19, alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid to use the Women’s quota as a weapon against the Opposition parties, amidst…
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Narendra Modi slams TMC, alleges cultural change and ‘jungleraj’ in West Bengal
Purulia (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, April 19, launched a broadside against the TMC government in West Bengal, accusing it of changing the state’s language and culture through infiltration, neglecting…
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West Bengal polls: Azharuddin backs Congress’ Adhir Ranjan in Baharampur
Kolkata: Telangana Minister Mohammad Azharuddin on Saturday, April 18, campaigned for Congress nominee Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the Baharampur assembly constituency in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district. Ahead of a roadshow in the…
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Modi is biggest feminist, best time to be a woman: Kangana
Live Updates Ended Oppn will weaken: Asaddudin Owaisi 16 Apr 2026 · 22:45 IST BJP MP Kangana Ranaut hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi India’s biggest feminist that no one has seen. “He…
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Country set to take historic step on women’s empowerment: PM Modi
New Delhi: As the Special Session of Parliament for amendments to Nari Shakti Vandam Adhiniyam is set to begin on Thursday, April 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a “historic step”…
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Tamil Nadu CM burns copy of delimitation bill, terms it ‘black law’
Chennai/Namakkal: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday, April 16, burnt a copy of the delimitation Bill and dubbed it a “black law” and alleged it seeks to make the Tamil…
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Parliament special session on women’s quota bill amendments today
New Delhi: A three-day special sitting of the extended Budget session of Parliament is set to begin on Thursday, April 16, with discussions centred on proposed Constitutional amendments linked to the implementation…
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Southern states won’t lose representation in delimitation: Govt official
Hyderabad: All states are likely to see a 50 per cent increase in their representation in the Lok Sabha after the proposed delimitation exercise, amid concerns that population-based redistribution could affect the…
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EC to deploy 2,407 central force companies for first phase of Bengal polls on Apr 23
Kolkata: The Election Commission will deploy 2,407 companies of central armed police forces for the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on April 23, with the highest number of personnel…
