BJP candidate Debangshu Panda celebrates at Falta, in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The BJP won the Falta assembly constituency repoll in West Bengal, with its candidate Debangshu Panda securing over one lakh more votes than his closest rival as counting was held on Sunday for the repoll which took…
The last rites of Twisha Sharma were performed at a crematorium in Bhopal on Sunday, after her body was handed over to the family following the completion of key medical formalities. The funeral took place amid mounting public attention on the case, with the family continuing to demand justice in the alleged dowry death matter.Welcoming…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday dismissed leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s reported remarks predicting the fall of the NDA government, describing them as “daydreaming” and “mere imagination”.This comes as the BJP alleged that Rahul Gandhi, during a meeting of the advisory council of the Congress minority department…
It is a cockroach world, we are just living in it. (AI photo by ChatGPT) NEW DELHI: They have been disliked and despised by humans since ages. But today, they are being “liked” and “followed” like never before. Well, you guessed it right! We are talking about cockroaches – which have today become the talk…
From anti India racism to visa issues – Key takeaways from Rubio-Jaishankar joint press conference (Image credit: AP) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and external affairs minister S Jaishankar addressed a joint press conference in New Delhi on Sunday, outlining the growing strategic partnership between India and the United States while also responding to…
Ebola outbreak (Image credit: AP) Hours after the Indian government issued a travel advisory asking citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has announced that India has sent emergency medical assistance to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.In a post…
Kerala government and public sector employees can look forward to two consecutive days of holiday in the middle of next week as the state administration on Sunday declared May 28 also as a holiday for Bakrid, in addition to May 27.In a notification, the General Administration Department said that May 27 had already been declared…
Centre pushes Bengal to fast-track PM-JAY, HPV vaccination (Image credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday pushed West Bengal to speed up rollout of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, HPV vaccination and TB elimination programmes, while assuring full support to strengthen the state’s healthcare infrastructure.At a virtual review meeting chaired by Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash…
‘They will bring justice’: Twisha’s father shows hope Expressing confidence in the investigation, Twisha Sharma’s father Navnidhi Sharma on Sunday said the truth would come out as a medical team from AIIMS arrived in Bhopal to conduct a second post-mortem examination.The fresh autopsy is being carried out following directions issued earlier by the Madhya Pradesh…
WHO declare public health emergency over Ebola (Image credit: AP) Following WHO declaring Ebola a public health emergency, the Indian government asked citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan.In its press release, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that Indian citizens currently residing in or…
