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Chakulia: Protest over SIR hearing turns violent, 5 cops injured

Raiganj, Jan. 15 -- Tension gripped parts of North Dinajpur district on Thursday after local residents, protesting alleged harassment during the hearing of the SIR of electoral rolls, blocked National... Read More


Trinamool cries vendetta as EC summons MP Samirul Islam

Kolkata, Jan. 15 -- Amid allegations of political vendetta by the Trinamool Congress, Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam has been summoned by the Election Commission for a hearing in connection with the ong... Read More


HC junks BJP's plea for protest outside Nabanna

Kolkata, Jan. 15 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday declined a plea by the BJP seeking permission to hold a sit-in demonstration in front of the state secretariat at Nabanna on Friday, citing secu... Read More


Gangasagar Mela 2026 sets new record with about 1.3 cr pilgrims

Sagar Island, Jan. 15 -- The Gangasagar Mela this year clocked around 1.3 crore pilgrims visiting Sagar Island till 3 pm on Thursday, State Power and Housing minister Aroop Biswas said, a figure that ... Read More


Fire guts chemical godown in Burrabazar

Kolkata, Jan. 15 -- Within a day of the fire incident in Bowbazar, another fire broke out at a godown full of chemicals in Burrabazar on Thursday afternoon, triggering panic among the local people. A... Read More


Slide from 18th to 140th

New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- Hong Kong's slide from a global symbol of press openness to one of the most constrained media environments in the world is not a matter of rankings alone. It is a lesson in how f... Read More


Quiet Verdict of Ordinary Citizens

New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- At one point in time, onion prices reached their peak, and the BJP government in the Delhi Union Territory was defeated in the subsequent election. An order was passed by the AIA... Read More


More 'Glacier Funerals'

New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- When the Yala glacier in Nepal was declared "dead" in 2025, it was marked not by scientific instruments alone, but by a symbolic funeral. A similar funeral was organised in 2019 ... Read More


Two Regimes, Two Choices

New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- One of the most consequential political successes of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has little to do with oil prices, megaprojects, or geopolitics. It lies... Read More


CM Yogi extends Makar Sankranti-Khichdi festival greetings to all citizens

Gorakhpur, Jan. 15 -- On the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti, Gorakshpeethadhishwar and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered the sacred Khichdi to Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath at the Gorakhnath T... Read More