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KOLKATA: Four prominent CPM functionaries who became faces of protests after the 2024 rape-murder of a resident doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital will contest the West Bengal assembly elections in April. Outgoing Rajya Sabha MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, student activist Dipsita Dhar, youth functionary Kalatan Dasgupta and rising Left face Minakshi…
Rajya Sabha elections Monday accentuated the opposition’s inability to hold its ranks, with absentee legislators costing the Grand Alliance a seat in Bihar, cross-voting delivering a bonus seat to BJP in Odisha and a dispute over ballot secrecy leaving the poll outcome in Haryana hanging. In Bihar, Mahagathbandhan’s lone candidate, RJD’s Amarendra Dhari Singh, lost…
NEW DELHI: Amidst calls by the US for a multinational naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz, India Monday backed its own direct engagement with Iran for safe passage of ships, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar saying these talks have yielded “some results”. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) said there had been…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: A day after it substituted Bengal chief secretary and principal secretary (home) with its own choices, EC Monday replaced the DGP and Kolkata Police commissioner, among others. Hours after announcing the assembly poll schedule for Bengal along with those of three other states and a UT, the poll panel late Sunday night shunted…
NEW DELHI: Govt Monday agreed to Opposition’s demand for revocation of the suspension of its eight MPs, who had been barred from the House for remainder of Budget session for their alleged unruly conduct in LS, and the House is expected to formalise their return Tuesday. Official sources said a consensus was reached at an…
JAMMU: An Army jawan died of suspected cardiac arrest while on duty along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch district on Sunday.The deceased soldier was identified as Naik Tilak Singh, who was posted in the forward Nangi Takri area in Krishna Ghati sector. He was found unconscious on duty along the LoC on…
JAMMU: A Jammu court on Monday extended till March 23 the police remand of Kamal Singh Jamwal, a 63-year-old arrested for attempting to shoot National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah at a Jammu wedding last week.An SIT produced Jamwal in court and argued that his continued remand was necessary for sustained interrogation about his motives…
SRINAGAR: Thousands rallied Monday in Leh and Kargil on calls by Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) to press for statehood and Sixth Schedule status for the Union territory (UT) of Ladakh.The rallies came two days after the Centre revoked National Security Act (NSA) against climate activist and LAB member Sonam Wangchuk…
NEW DELHI: A central government source on Monday dismissed as “baseless” a report claiming that India and Iran had discussed the release of three ships seized by New Delhi in exchange for ensuring safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The source also rejected assertions that the vessels were owned by Iran.“This report…
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Monday notified changes in the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy to permit overseas companies with Chinese shareholding of up to 10 per cent to invest in India through the automatic route, subject to sectoral limits and conditions, PTI reported.However, the relaxation will not apply…
