Combative Pawar may become kingmaker

In perhaps one of the most confusing...

Bishnoi gang plotted Aftab’s murder in Court

New Delhi: Shubham Lonkar, a key suspect...

Urban Stone Soup: Stirring the pot, but where’s the meal?

I had heard a story about ‘Stone...

Dibyendu Mondal

Delhi Police to train 600 officers under ‘Mission Karamyogi’

Officials will be trained for capacity building for better citizen service delivery.   NEW DELHI: Under “Mission Karamyogi”, initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve...

For some, secularism is a political device to grab votes: Naqvi

NEW DELHI: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of Iqbal (authority), Insaaf (justice) and Imaan (integrity) has replaced the Politics of Privileged with Prominence to...

TMC’s ‘muscle man’ Anubrata no stranger to controversies

‘TMC is zero without Mandal in Birbhum district and that is why everyone is ensuring that he should not be arrested by the CBI’.   NEW...

XE variant mild, but don’t let your guard down, warn doctors

‘It is still important to maintain social distancing in public places and use masks’. New Delhi: Delhi is witnessing a steady increase in the number...

Bengal BJP all set for a major overhaul

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing crisis within the Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the party’s central leadership is mulling bringing in a...

XE variant mild, but don’t let your guard down, warn doctors

‘It is still important to maintain social distancing in public places and use masks’.   New Delhi: Delhi is witnessing a steady increase in the number...

Bengal BJP sees churn from within, MPS, MLAS voice ire

The BJP has not won a single election in the state since Sukanta Mazumdar was appointed as the party’s Bengal unit chief.   New Delhi: The...

Patent filing rises as India climbs up the Global Innovation Index

New Delhi: The Union government’s focus on start-ups and research and development in private and government agencies has started showing results. For the first...

IndiGo facing headwinds from pilots over salary cuts

A commanding pilot with IndiGo said they were being treated by the airline as ‘bonded labourers’. New Delhi: A silent rebellion is brewing within the...

IPS officer who defied Mamata will probe 4 rape cases

Damayanti Sen shot to fame during the infamous Park Street gang rape case a decade ago.   New Delhi: Damayanti Sen, the IPS officer of West...

Digitised Malkhanas help Delhi Police to do smart policing

New Delhi: In a bid towards smart policing in the city, the Delhi Police have initiated the ambitious e-Malkhana project to digitise the Malkhanas...

India races ahead as its neighbourhood implodes

By 2030, India could well cross Japan to become the second largest economy in Asia.   New Delhi: The world has witnessed the bane of the...

No distance between BJP and I, it is a huge family: Locket Chatterje, MP

I am within the family and will always remain in the family: Locket Chatterjee.   New Delhi: Senior BJP leader from Bengal, MP from Hooghly Lok...

Bengal sitting on a stockpile of bombs and firearms

Over 800 crude bombs, 15 illegal firearms and 150 live cartridges were recovered across the state in the last one week.   New Delhi: The West...

India’s UDAN scheme is yet to take off in a big way

Airlines say many of the routes awarded to them under the scheme are not viable and are unprofitable for them.   New Delhi: Less than 50%...

Is Mamata’s universal healthcare scheme in ICU?

Huge dues from private hospitals are piling up on the state government and these hospitals are turning away patients under the Swasthya Sathi scheme.   New...

Delhi-Meerut rapid transit corridor to open by March 2023

The corridor will cover 82 km in 55 minutes, and will be fully operational by March 2024.   New Delhi: The Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)...

Bengal BJP MPs, MLAs waiting to jump ship, abort plan for now

New Delhi: Several BJP MPs and MLAs from Bengal who were waiting for the UP Assembly election results to take a decision to quit...

Many reasons behind fratricide in BSF

Bad work conditions, lack of recognition, low wages and long working hours.   New Delhi: The recent incidents of fratricide in the Border Security Force (BSF)...

BSF neutralises PAK drone activities along border

BSF has shot down two drones along the International Border in last 15 months.   New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) have detected 136 drones...

RuPay on way to counter Visa and Mastercard

New Delhi: The US sanctions on Russia have led to the suspension of the operations of Visa and Mastercard in the country, leading to...

Hits and misses of exit polls in predicting elections

India News-Jaan Ki Baat predicted the exit polls of the five Assembly elections correctly.   New Delhi: The results of the five state Assembly elections concluded...

Goa poor show makes TMC go back to the drawing board

TMC will rework its strategy to counter the BJP in Tripura and Meghalaya.   New Delhi: The results from the Goa elections have dampened the national...

PM Modi’s BJP breaks many poll precedents, achieves many firsts

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been witnessing many electoral firsts in the party’s history since its inception in 1980, and has...

Jessore Road to be redeveloped by end of 2023 after a decade’s delay

The national highway connecting Kolkata to Bangladesh, would be made into a 2-lane highway with modern infrastructure.   New Delhi: The important National Highway (NH) 112,...

Bengal BJP leaders call for overhaul of state unit

Several MPs have started asking for ‘introspection’ into the state BJP’s functioning.   New Delhi: After the decimation of the BJP in Bengal’s civic body polls,...

Cash transfer schemes dry up Mamata’s coffers, stall development work

New Delhi: The implementation of a plethora of cash-exhaustive social welfare schemes is seemingly drying up the coffers of the West Bengal government, with...

Ahmedabad blast survivors happy with verdict

Yash Vyas, a 21-year-old blast survivor, wants to see those convicted hanged soon.   New Delhi: The Gujarat Special Court’s verdict earlier this month convicting 49...

Khalistani linked ‘Punjab Politics TV’ was spreading hate from UK

Intelligence agencies had shared a report with the MHA about the media firm’s actitivies.   New Delhi: The banned “Punjab Politics TV” operating from the United...

Delhi Police to use advanced technology for modern policing

Will take help of artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology, drones, and machine learning to solve crimes.   New Delhi: The Delhi Police has drawn up elaborate...

Rigging, charges of violence mar Bengal local polls

Questions are being raised on Bengal SEC’s ‘failure’ to conduct peaceful polls.   New Delhi: The West Bengal State Election Commission that is currently conducting the...

‘25,000 MT of food grain wasted in Central granary in last 6 years’

‘When the stocks are received these are supposed to be shifted inside a covered area and stored properly. But when there is no adequate...

Modi government has brought back 200 stolen antiquities, UPA only 1

New Delhi: Over the last seven years, the Narendra Modi government has been instrumental in bringing back over 200 stolen antiquities to India from...

Rourkela uses tech to stop waste of produce, boost farmers’ income

Rourkela in Odisha became the first and the only Indian city to win the prestigious global Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge in January this year...

Rift with Mamata deepens, Abhishek’s post dissolved

Abhishek relieved from National General Secretary post; PK suspected behind rift.   New Delhi: The internal feud between the TMC old guard and “party number two”...

Over 600 wayside amenities to come up along National Highways

New Delhi: In a bid to provide more comfort to commuters taking the National Highways for their journey, the Ministry of Road Transport and...

‘Taxation on cryptocurrency has legitimized the crypto sector’

Crypto investors are unhappy as they have to part with 30% of their earnings from crypto currency.   New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during...

Parties’ digital ad-spend increases ahead of polls

New Delhi: As a large part of the election campaign for the five poll bound states has shifted to the digital space because of...

Delhi police personnel question new promotion scheme

Under the new scheme, all subordinate-rank officers would be promoted every 10 years, irrespective of performance.   New Delhi: At least 10,000 subordinate-rank officers of the...

Covid-19 data mismatch in Bengal matter of concern

If TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s claims are to be believed, then 21,004 people tested positive out of 18,589 samples taken on 12 January. New Delhi:...

Juniors laud CP Asthana for reforms in the ranks

Easy access to him, introduction of shift system, separating law-and-order and investigation duties are a few steps that have instilled confidence in the lower...

DCGI nod obtained, but new vaccines yet to be rolled out

New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has given its nod to three vaccines for emergency use in India, apart from Covishield,...

Number increasing of unrecognised parties; most don’t contest elections

Registered unrecognised political parties constitute 97% of the total political parties. In India, the number of political parties is growing every year, with the last...

BSF proactive, Bengal witnesses huge drop in cattle smuggling

A 95% reduction in cattle smuggling across the India-Bangladesh border in five years.   New Delhi: The once lucrative and flourishing illegal business of cattle smuggling...

80 leaders switched sides in 6 months in poll-bound states

Maximum defections took place once elections approached.   New Delhi: As the election season begins, so does the season of defections. The Sunday Guardian tried to...

In Delhi: Weekend curfew Day 1 sees deserted markets, not so empty roads, strong police vigil

New Delhi: On the first day of the 55-hour long weekend curfew on Saturday, Delhi witnessed deserted markets, not so empty roads and strong...

‘Two individuals controlling BJP Bengal unit’

‘Underhand influence being used by Dilip Ghosh and Amitava Chakraborty.’   New Delhi: The Bengal unit of the BJP is facing a major turmoil with many...

Bengal BJP in disarray, municipal polls at stake

The BJP is facing internal discord in many district units across Bengal.   New Delhi: The disenchanted Bengal unit of the BJP is likely to meet...

‘Mamata Banerjee pivotal to strategy to unseat BJP from Centre’

A prominent and senior Congress leader from West Bengal until 2019, joined the Trinamool Congress soon after the Lok Sabha elections at a time...

Facial recognition technology for seamless air travel from March

Domestic passengers willing to opt for Digi Yatra will need one-time registration for a unique DY ID, which can be used for all future...

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