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Bengal SIR: ECI suspends 7 AEROs for 'misconduct'

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered the suspension of 7 government officials from 6 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal for serious misconduct that tantamounts to der... Read More


Pakistan's fall from fearless to fear-first: Current 2026 squad a mere shadow of the 2009 T20 World Cup champions

India, Feb. 16 -- Two snapshots of the same cricket country, separated by 17 years, don't just show change. They show regression. In 2009, Pakistan turned T20 into a weapon: brutal tempo control, a bo... Read More


What Routine of Nepal Banda gets right, and what it gets wrong

Kathmandu, Feb. 16 -- On June 22, 2022, Arzu Rana Deuba, wife of the then prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, made a stunning allegation against Balendra Shah, then mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan ... Read More


Bengal SIR: SC junks petition challenging 'logical discrepancy' category

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday is learnt to have refused to entertain a writ petition challenging the "logical discrepancy" category introduced during the Special Intensive Revision (... Read More


SIR: Elderly dies after being summoned 4 times

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- "How many more lives must be broken before this SIR drama ends?" the Trinamool Congress (TMC) questioned after another death allegedly linked to the Special Intensive Revision proc... Read More


No confusion regarding alliance with BJP: HDK

BENGALURU, Feb. 16 -- Union minister HD Kumaraswamy has rejected reports of confusion within the alliance between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying there was clarity betw... Read More


"You strengthen democracy, others doubt your talent": Rajnath Singh lauds EVM scientists, slams opposition

Bengaluru, Feb. 16 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday hailed scientists of Bharat Electronics Limited who developed the Electronic Voting Machines. At the same time, he targeted the Oppositio... Read More


ED slaps rRs.r184 crore FEMA penalty notice against NewsClick, founder Prabir Purkayastha

India, Feb. 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday imposed a penalty of Rs.184 crore on news portal NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FE... Read More


Kolkata rings in 'Year of the Fire Horse' with festive fervour

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- Kolkata's historic Chinatown in Tangra and Tiretta Bazaar is set to come alive as the city's Chinese community prepares to usher in the Lunar New Year with dragon and lion dances, ... Read More


2-year-old killed after car hits two-wheeler, runs over him in East Bengaluru

India, Feb. 16 -- A two-year-old boy was killed after a car rammed into the two-wheeler he was travelling on and ran over him on Old Madras Road near Kashappa Circle in east Bengaluru on Sunday evenin... Read More