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Kolkata Port voter drop raises uncertainty for TMC stronghold

Kolkata: A sharp decline in the number of voters following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has injected an element of uncertainty into the Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, considered a…
RS Chairman accepts 7 AAP MPs’ merger with BJP, Raghav Chada cites toxic culture

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday, April 27, officially accepted the merger of seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs with the BJP, reducing the strength of Arvind Kejriwal’s…

FIR lodged after mazaar chadar burnt, shrine damaged in UP’s Shahjahanpur

Shahjahanpur: An FIR has been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly burning the ‘chadar’ (sacred cloth) and damaging a portion of a mazaar in the Chinour area here, officials said on…
Video: Sikh man assaulted, told to ‘get out of country’ in Canada

Toronto: An elderly Sikh man has been assaulted by a youth who yelled racist slurs that “get out of my country” in Canada, prompting police to investigate the “hate-motivated assault”, authorities said.…
Excise case: Kejriwal invokes Satyagraha, refuses to appear before Delhi HC judge

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has written a strongly worded letter to Delhi High Court Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma, declaring he will neither appear personally nor through counsel before…
Five students of law booked for ragging junior in Pune

Pune: Police have registered a case against five students of a reputed law college in Pune for allegedly ragging a junior, more than a year after he first approached the institution authorities…
NIA probes 79 crude bombs found in poll-bound West Bengal

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday, April 26, registered a case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said. The move came following a…

Partition result of ‘population imbalance’: RSS leader Sunil Ambekar

Indore: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Sunil Ambekar on Sunday said the 1947 Partition of India resulted from a “population imbalance” and stressed the need to address such concerns. He made the remarks…
Narine magic seals Super Over win for KKR after tie against LSG

Lucknow: After Lucknow Super Giants walked with them toe-to-toe in regulation time, Kolkata Knight Riders found a familiar saviour in Sunil Narine to register a tight Super Over victory in their IPL…
Chhatrapati Shivaji was tired of war, says Bageshwar Baba; apologises later

Nagpur: Bageshwar Dham head Baba Dhirendra Shastri, at a public program in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, claimed that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj expressed his desire to renounce his responsibilities because he was tired of warfare,…
Sudharsan masterclass powers Titans past CSK after bowlers set it up

Chennai: Bowlers calling the shots in a format dominated by big hitters is a rarity, but that script played out at Chepauk on Sunday, April 26, as Gujarat Titans exploited a bounce-friendly…
Bengal polls: Kejriwal urges 27 lakh deleted voters to support TMC

Kolkata: AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, April 26, alleged that BJP-EC conspiracy led to the deletion of the names of 27 lakh voters from the West…
Faridabad woman throws 18-month-old daughter in drain, held

Faridabad: A woman allegedly killed her 18-month-old child – her sixth daughter – by throwing her into a drain in Faridabad, Uttar Pradesh, claiming she committed the crime as she was unable…
AAP activists detained during Mumbai protest against Raghav Chadha

Mumbai: Police on Sunday detained some Aam Aadmi Party activists in Mumbai after they staged a demonstration against Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha, who has crossed over to the BJP, in Khar…
‘Illegal’ madrassa linked to UK-based Islamic preacher demolished in UP

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP): Amid tight security, authorities on Sunday, April 26, started the demolition of an alleged illegal madrassa built in Khalilabad town here by a UK-based Islamic preacher who is…