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Upcoming House election explained

Kathmandu, Jan. 29 -- The election fever has gripped the country with the completion of the nomination process. Along with candidates from the respective constituencies, top leaders across party lines... Read More


Union Budget likely to set tone for TMC's poll pitch in Bengal

Kolkata, Jan. 29 -- The Union Budget, scheduled to be presented in Parliament on February 1, may shape the rhetoric of the election campaign in Bengal by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of t... Read More


FM Sitharaman tables Economic Survey for FY 2025-26 ahead of her 9th consecutive Union Budget

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday tabled the Economic Survey of India in Parliament for the financial year 2025-26, setting the stage for the Union Budget, wh... Read More


Maha: NCP in leadership crisis after demise of Ajit Pawar

Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's sudden demise has thrown the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) into a leadership crisis, with his wife Sunetra Pawar emerging as a pote... Read More


Death toll rises; Section 163 imposed, DNA identification begins

Kolkata, Jan. 29 -- The death toll in the devastating fire incident at Anandapur's Nazirabad area has reached around 19, according to some vernacular newspapers, while the Superintendent of Police, Ba... Read More


CPI(M) courts Humayun Kabir, alliance buzz sparks 'political beggar' jibe from Trinamool

Kolkata, Jan. 29 -- Is the CPI(M) in a desperate bid to form an alliance with suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir's one-month-old 'Janata Unnayan Party' (JUP)? Questions were raised ... Read More


South Dinajpur woman dies after SIR hearing; stress & harassment alleged

BALURGHAT, Jan. 29 -- An allegation has emerged in South Dinajpur that stress linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll may have led to the death of a woman voter, amid repo... Read More


Ajit Pawar dies in Learjet 45 crash in Baramati, last rites to be performed today

India, Jan. 29 -- Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others were killed in a plane crash in Maharashtra's Baramati town on Wednesday morning, ending an era in state politics and rai... Read More


Malda sees political churn as TMC Min attends SIR hearing

Malda, Jan. 29 -- Malda witnessed heightened political activity on Thursday as Harishchandrapur Trinamool Congress MLA and state minister Tajmul Hossain appeared for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR)... Read More


South Dinajpur landowners partially open silo godown

BALURGHAT, Jan. 29 -- In a temporary relief to the district administration, agitating landowners agreed to partially open the doors of a silo godown in South Dinajpur following mediation by the distri... Read More