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The Congress and the Left are set to contest the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections independently after the Congress earlier this month ended their tie-up. The move has triggered fresh speculation in a state where politics is dominated by chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and its principal challenger, the BJP.Also Read | Congress’s Bengal…

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The attack slammed shut large swathes of Middle East airspace Saturday, paralysing the world’s busiest east-west flight corridor, closing Dubai, cancelling hundreds of flights and forcing Indian airlines to halt operations to the region as regulators warned of grave risks to civil aviation.Airspaces from UAE to Israel were closed, grounding hubs that funnel…

NEW DELHI: “Standing” on the surface” of Neptune planet, 15-year-old Rachna was shocked to find her weight was more than her actual weight of 46 kg. When she calculated her weight again on Planet Venus, she was thrilled to find she weighed less than 46 kg. Rachna was one of the several youngsters who found…

AJMER: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sharpened his election-season attack on Congress, accusing it of divisive politics over its youth wing’s ‘shirtless protest’ at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.Addressing a rally in Ajmer, Modi said Congress leaves no “opportunity to malign India”, charging that it had abandoned national interest. “Kabhi Congress INC…

AHMEDABAD: Amid intensifying geopolitical conflicts and trade tensions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch on Saturday for India as a preferred investment destination. “India is capable, India is competitive, and India is committed. Today, India has only one message for investors worldwide: India is ready, India is reliable, and India will deliver,” Modi…

NEW DELHI: In an effort to transform India’s punitive prison system into reformative centres, Supreme Court has mandated radical reforms and ruled that women inmates, like male prisoners, have a fundamental right to be lodged in open correctional institutions (OCIs), which must change character from labour camps to vocational training centres and allow inmates’ to…

Garhwal MP Anil Baluni (PTI image) NEW DELHI: As part of his campaign to re-populate settlements hit by exodus of locals in Uttarakhand, Garhwal MP Anil Baluni played Holi with current and former residents of Dhoor village during his visit to the constituency. Several former residents returned to the village briefly to play the festival…

NEW DELHI: Around 60 lakh electors in West Bengal have been categorised as ‘doubtful’ by Election Commission, and their cases have been sent for adjudication by judicial officers appointed by the Kolkata high court. This is in line with the Supreme Court‘s directive dated Feb 20. With assembly elections in the state likely to be…

India is deeply concerned at the recent developments in Iran and the Gulf region, said the government hours after the US-Israel joint action against Iran and the latter’s retaliatory targeting of Gulf states where Washington has military assets. While seeking safety of civilians in a region that is home to a nearly 10-million strong Indian…

When Menaka Guruswamy walks into Parliament building for the Rajya Sabha election in mid-March, she will possibly be the first openly queer person on the ballot. From the Sept 2018 Supreme Court verdict decriminalising Article 377 to a possible seat in the Upper House has been a long journey. The Trinamool Congress has nominated her…