Kolkata, Aug 3 — Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grand-nephew, Chandra Kumar Bose, on Monday quit the Trinamool Congress, within four months of joining the party. In a letter to Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, Bose said he decided to leave the party due to personal reasons."I hereby…
Patna, Aug 3 — Amid the ongoing counting for the Bankipur Assembly bye-election in Bihar, Jan Suraaj founder, Prashant Kishor, launched a sharp attack on the Samrat Choudhary government after establishing a decisive lead over BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha.By the end of the 29th round, Kishor had…
Kolkata, Aug 3 — A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Sumit Roy, the absconding Personal Assistant of Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee.West Bengal Police had registered an FIR against Roy…
Kolkata, Aug 3 — Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, a Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, has received the Notification of Award (NOA) from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for the construction of four Platform Supply Vessels…
Imphal, Aug 3 — Eight militants, including two women cadres, belonging to different banned insurgent outfits were arrested and arms, ammunition and other incriminating materials recovered in separate joint security force operations across Manipur during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.A…
Shillong, Aug 3 — The Meghalaya government will provide free laptops to meritorious students who successfully cleared the 2026 Class 10 and Class 12 Board examinations, officials said on Monday. The Directorate of Information Technology and Communications (DITC) has initiated the process for…
Kochi, Aug 3 — The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed two more foreign crew members of the sunken cargo vessel MSC Elsa 3 to return to their home countries, while directing them to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the shipwreck off the Kerala coast.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas passed…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 — The indefinite protest by Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) Lower Primary (LP) School Teacher rank holders outside the Secretariat gathered fresh momentum on Monday with the BJP launching a sharp attack on the state government.A section of Malayalam film and…
Patna, Aug 3 — A sombre atmosphere has prevailed at the Bihar BJP office in Patna as counting trends in the Bankipur Assembly by-election continue to favour Jan Suraaj candidate Prashant Kishor. Kishor has maintained his lead in every round counted so far, with the margin crossing 13,868 votes…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — The increase in wholesale price inflation in June was largely driven by price pressures in goods that are sensitive to global commodity and energy prices, the Parliament was informed on Monday.However, the government has been actively undertaking a series of measures to control…
Chennai, Aug 3 — The Madras High Court on Monday granted bail to the DMK's Vilathikulam MLA G.V. Markandayan, who was arrested over an alleged public remark that his party legislators would “break the bones” of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay inside the Assembly. Justice G.K.…
Bengaluru, Aug 3 — The Congress leadership's last-minute changes to the Karnataka Cabinet expansion list sparked some resentment within the party on Monday, with several disappointed legislators threatening to resign from their Assembly memberships, supporters staging protests and one party worker…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — Indian Railways registered a robust 9 per cent growth in freight loading during July at 141.3 million tonnes, compared with 129.7 million tonnes during the corresponding month of the previous year, leading to improved revenue generation and enhanced movement of key commodities…
Chandigarh, Aug 3 — Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday slammed the Congress over its internal discord, saying the party is preoccupied with infighting and has little concern for the interests of Punjab.Speaking exclusively to IANS, Mann said, “Good luck to the Congress for its ongoing…
Vadodara, Aug 3 — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Satish Patel won the Manjalpur Assembly by-election in Gujarat by a decisive margin on Monday, retaining the Vadodara seat for the party after securing 55,481 votes against 24,851 votes received by Congress candidate Bhikha Rabari. The final…
Kolkata, Aug 3 — The West Bengal Panchayat Department has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to boost the own-source revenue of panchayats across the state.A senior government official said on Monday that the SOP lays down detailed guidelines on tax collection, including the process for…
Ranchi/Jamtara, Aug 3 — An alert has been issued in several districts of Jharkhand, including Dhanbad, Ranchi, Palamu, Ramgarh, and Jamtara, on Monday after gangster Sujit Sinha was killed in a police encounter.The killing of the notorious gangster in a late-night police encounter in Jamtara has…
Kochi, Aug 3 — The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has decided to intensify its 'Campus to Campus Vande Mataram' and 'Screen Time to Activity Time' campaigns across Kerala.The decision was taken at the organisation's two-day Central Working Committee meeting held in Ernakulam.The meeting…
Pune/Imphal, Aug 3 — Manipur Deputy Chief Minister, Losii Dikho, said that the Northeastern region is an integral part of India's heritage, endowed with rich traditions, vibrant cultures, immense talent and vast potential that significantly contribute to the country's growth and progress.After…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — Ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, security agencies in Delhi sprang into action to comb the entire area around the Red Fort on Monday as an email sent to the Delhi Mayor’s office threatened multiple bomb blasts at the iconic monument on August 15, an official said.As…
Gandhinagar, Aug 3 — Gujarat's Water Resources Department has strengthened its flood management system for the monsoon season by operating a round-the-clock Central Flood Control Unit in Gandhinagar and a network of 12 regional control units that continuously monitor water levels, inflows, outflows…