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KOLKATA/RANAGHAT: A 97-year-old Partition refugee who never missed a vote is struck off the rolls. A 72-year-old retired teacher who presided over a dozen polls is deleted despite papers. A 68-year-old collapsed and died in a tribunal queue. Fallout from SIR has rippled across Bengal.Subarna Bala Poddar, born in undivided Bengal and displaced in 1947,…
US President Donald Trump has announced a two-week suspension of planned bombing and military strikes on Iran, subject to the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement, made hours ahead of a previously indicated escalation timeline, signals a temporary de-escalation in tensions and opens a window for negotiations.Trump said the pause would be…
US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Wednesday claimed that Iran “begged for ceasefire” after the Operation Epic Fury “decimated their military and rendered it’s combat-ineffective.”Addressing a press briefing, Hegseth credited US President Donald Trump for shaping the moment. “…President Trump forged this moment. Iran begged for this ceasefire, and we all know it…Operation Epic…
NEW DELHI: A day after police searched his residence in Delhi, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday launched further attacks on Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma amid the ongoing spat between the two leaders.In a social media post on X, Congress shared a self-made video of Khera, in which he raised questions over a…
KOLKATA: A high-level election review meeting on Wednesday turned volatile when a senior election observer openly challenged CEC Gyanesh Kumar, later leading to the observer’s removal.During the virtual meeting convened by the full bench of the EC, Cooch Behar South general observer Anurag Yadav objected to remarks made by the CEC. The situation escalated when…
PM Modi and Jairam Ramesh (R) NEW DELHI: The foreign policy of the PM Modi-led government came under fire from Congress, with one of its leaders levelling serious charges over the timing of the Prime Minister’s “much-trumpeted” Israel visit, just two days before Israel, along with the US, launched military action against Iran on February…
NEW DELHI: Assam Police on Tuesday searched the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera following an FIR lodged by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, amid an ongoing political controversy over allegations related to the latter holding multiple passports.The development comes after Khera, who heads the Congress media department, alleged that…
NEW DELHI: Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that “standards should not be lowered” as the Bharatiya Janata Party latched on to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge‘s recent ‘people illiterate in Gujarat’ remark. The Congress chief on Sunday had stirred row after saying that voters in Kerala were “educated and clever” and could not be…
TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to erase Iranian civilisation if it did not re-open the Hormuz Straits by 8 p.m on Tuesday night (5.30 a.m IST Wednesday), potentially inviting the designation as a war criminal amid calls for replacing him constitutionally from some of his own MAGA supporters. In a…
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi said the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is moving towards becoming the top franchise league in the world, even as it runs at the same time as the Indian Premier League in 2026.The PSL this season is being held behind closed doors at two venues due to a fuel…
