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Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal KOLKATA/BANKURA: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Tuesday mounted a counterattack on home minister Amit Shah, questioning his handling of national security and demanding his resignation minutes after he accused Trinamool Congress govt of encouraging infiltration for “vote bank” politics.“If infiltrators exist only in Bengal and nowhere else, then…
CJI Surya Kant (File photo) NEW DELHI: If a citizen faces a legal emergency or is threatened with arrest by probe agencies at unearthly hours, the person will be able to seek a hearing from constitutional courts even in the dead of night for protection of fundamental rights and liberties, the Chief Justice of India…
Bengal SIR: Durjan Majhi, who died by suicide hours before SIR hearing; Jamat Ali, who died at home after getting a hearing notice; a young mother at a hearing venue with her 3-month-old child; 90-year-old Muktibala Paramanik being brought to a hearing centre PURULIA/TAMLUK: Families of two elderly voters who died on Monday, after receiving…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shama Mohamed has raised concerns over the law and order situation following the death of Angel Chakma, a student from Tripura in Dehradun.Referring to a video circulating online, she alleged rising threats against minorities and questioned the Prime Minister’s silence, urging the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the…
NEW DELHI: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has claimed that Beijing mediated several global conflicts, including the standoff between India and Pakistan in May following the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.Speaking at the Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations on Tuesday, Wang said Beijing had taken an “objective and just…
LUCKNOW: The draft electoral rolls for special intensive revision (SIR) in Uttar Pradesh will be published on Jan 6, 2026 instead of the earlier scheduled date of Dec 31, UP chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa announced on Tuesday. From the same day, voters will be able to file claims and objections, with the window remaining…
DEHRADUN: The family of Anjel Chakma, the young Tripura native killed in Dehradun earlier this month, pushed back sharply against the city police chief’s public dismissal of racial slurs as a motive behind the murder – a claim central to the family’s version of events and backed, they say, by the firsthand account of Anjel’s…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has said it is mandatory to grant a hearing to the victim while deciding bail to an accused under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, failing which the bail would be deemed legally unsustainable. Interpreting Section 15A(5) of the SC/ST (POA) Act, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan…
NEW DELHI: The outgoing year (2025) will be remembered for India’s focus on reforms as a continuous national mission, PM Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, asserting that his govt prioritised collaboration over control and facilitation over regulation in the true spirit of a modern democracy. “What makes the reforms of 2025 significant is not only…
Motta Maadi Music Sober Party, started by Chennai-based musician Badhri Narayanan Seshadri, is a New Year’s concert for teetotaller For years, New Year’s Eve came with a familiar script: you drink, you party, you recover (or regret it) later. But a growing number of Indians are now opting for a ‘sober’ start to 2026. “There…
