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Backlash forces Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan to apologise for Vilasrao Deshmukh remark

India, Jan. 7 -- A day after his remarks on late former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh sparked a political backlash, state BJP chief Ravindra Chavan on Tuesday apologised, claiming his s... Read More


Trump administration thanks the media for keeping quiet before the strike that captured Maduro

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- In the wake of last weekend's U.S. military action in Venezuela, the news media got something it has seldom heard from the Trump administration: a "thank you." Secretary of State... Read More


TMC MP snubs Centre over move to replace jute with plastic bags

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee has written to Union Textiles minister Giriraj Singh protesting the Centre's decision to allow large-scale use of high-den... Read More


Murder of ex-AAG's wife in Mohali: Police make 2nd arrest

Mohali, Jan. 7 -- A week after the shocking murder of Ashok Goyal, the wife of former Punjab additional advocate general (AAG) KK Goyal, at their Phase 5 residence, police have arrested the second acc... Read More


Mamata, Abhishek pay homage to victims of Netai massacre

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and her party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee paid homage to the martyrs of the Netai incid... Read More


Can't impose election duty on co-op bank staff: Cal HC

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that employees of an autonomous cooperative bank cannot be requisitioned for election-related duties or included in an election personnel database, ... Read More


Dharavi's Ward 185, battleground of redevelopment concerns, dominates civic poll campaign

India, Jan. 7 -- With an electorate of around 2,35,000 voters in its 1.5-million population spread across wards 183 to 189, Dharavi remains one of Mumbai's most politically significant constituencies.... Read More


About Rs 680 cr per Assembly seat dues withheld by Centre: Abhishek

Raiganj, Jan. 7 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP of withholding around Rs 680 crore in state funds per Assembly constituency, affec... Read More


TMC: lakhs of voter hearings impossible before deadline

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Wednesday evening met West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal and objected to the large-scale issuance of hearing notices un... Read More


Sports Min draws TMC flak after mispronouncing East Bengal, Mohun Bagan

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Union Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya after he mispronounced the names of Bengal's iconic football clubs, East... Read More