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Himanta factor behind BJP's landslide victory

Guwahati, May 5 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to return to power in Assam with an absolute majority as the counting for the assembly polls remains underway. In 2016 and 2021, the party... Read More


TMC effort to paint BJP as 'anti-Bengali' fails to offset anti-incumbency

Kolkata, May 5 -- It was clear by Monday noon that Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee would not take oath as chief minister for the fourth time, given the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) de... Read More


SC begins hearing pleas challenging transgender law

New Delhi, May 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, all states and Union territories on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Pe... Read More


victims of acid attack to get benefits on par with disabled: Sc

New Delhi, May 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday closed a major legal gap in the rehabilitation of acid attack victims by directing that persons forced to ingest acid will be entitled to benefits meant... Read More


gogoi faces defeat as cong fails to make a mark in assam

Guwahati, May 5 -- Congress's Assam unit chief Gaurav Gogoi, who contested his first assembly election, lost the Jorhat seat, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Hitendra Nath Goswami retaining it... Read More


From margins to mandate, how BJP swept West Bengal

New Delhi/Kolkata, May 5 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) bid to shed the "Bohiragoto" (outsider) tag, its success in stoking the fear of illegal immigrants swamping the state, and a campaign tha... Read More


SC to examine legal validity of trans law

New Delhi, May 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 even as it flagged concerns over the... Read More


Compensation for acid attack victims same as disabled: SC

New Delhi, May 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday closed a major legal gap in the rehabilitation of acid attack victims by ordered that persons forced to ingest acid will be entitled to benefits meant f... Read More


State BJP office erupts in joy

Lucknow, May 5 -- The state BJP headquarters witnessed jubilant celebrations on Monday after the party's victory in the assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry. Party workers gathered... Read More


Poll results reflect people's faith in PM's leadership: Yogi

LUCKNOW, May 5 -- UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday lauded the BJP-led NDA's performance in the assembly elections, saying the results were a reflection of people's unwavering faith in Prime... Read More