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Momentum builds for Mamata as 'face of INDIA Bloc'

Kolkata, Feb. 17 -- Economist and political commentator Sanjaya Baru has strongly backed projecting Mamata Banerjee as the Opposition's prime ministerial face, saying "no one fits the bill better" in ... Read More


Speculation mounts over Pratik Ur Rahaman joining TMC

Kolkata, Feb. 17 -- Ever since CPI(M's) state committee member Pratik Ur Rahaman resigned from the party on Monday, speculations have been doing rounds that he may join the ruling TMC and become a can... Read More


Shah's Mayapur visit sparks buzz as Bengal BJP steps up poll push

Kolkata, Feb. 17 -- At a time when the BJP state unit is emphasising outreach programmes to overcome organisational weaknesses, speculation was rife over whether Union Home minister Amit Shah's schedu... Read More


Trinamool starts drop-box for aspirants ahead of 2026 elections

Kolkata, Feb. 17 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and the party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee consistently convey that the party stands with common people, and that... Read More


Bangladesh gets its first male PM in 36 years today - Tarique Rahman to take oath

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rahman will take oath as Bangladesh's new Prime Minister at 4 pm on Tuesday, February 17 ---days after his party secured a lan... Read More


Metro mishap victim's kin get rRs.r39.5 lakh

India, Feb. 17 -- Relatives of Ramdhani Yadav, who was killed on Saturday when a portion of the parapet at a metro rail construction site in Mulund came crashing down, on Monday collected his body fro... Read More


Jamaat undecided on oath after BNP's reform council snub

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has indicated it may reconsider participating in the swearing-in ceremony for MPs after the BNP declined to take oath as members of the Constitution Reform Council. ... Read More


HS Examinee found dead; Murder alleged in Malda

Malda, Feb. 17 -- Mystery shrouds the death of a Higher Secondary examinee whose body was recovered from the veranda of her house on Tuesday morning in Bankipur under Manikchak police station limits. ... Read More


What is 'industry'? Nine-judge Supreme Court bench to decide next month

India, Feb. 17 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant announced on Monday that the long-pending nine-judge bench reference concerning the definition of "industry" under labour law will be taken up... Read More


Supreme Court to hear Sabarimala review pleas on entry of women from April 7

India, Feb. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for the final hearing of the long-pending Sabarimala review, bringing back to life a constitutional controversy that has remained in cold st... Read More