KOLKATA: ‘Bhadralok’ neighbourhoods of north and south Kolkata – considered impenetrable fortresses of TMC for over a decade – decisively flipped these elections, revealing a metropolitan electorate that traded its traditional allegiance for a “new beginning” under BJP.Professor Maidul Islam said, “There has been a demographic shift in 15 years. Non-Bengali vote share has increased…
Amit Shah and Suvendu Adhikari (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Pitting Suvendu Adhikari — who defeated CM Mamata Banerjee in his turf, Nandigram, in 2021 — against her in Bhabanipur was only the beginning of Union minister Amit Shah’s determined bid to take down the TMC supremo in her backyard. What followed was precise execution of gruelling…
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant on Tuesday said the SC in 2006 should have outrightly “thrown in the dustbin’ the original PIL that led to quashing of Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple custom restricting entry of women in the 10 to 50 age group. “All India Young Lawyers Association’, which…
KOLKATA: Crown gone. Fortress laid bare. Less than 24 hours after BJP’s Bengal sweep – and shocking defeat of Mamata Banerjee in bastion Bhowanipore – a quieter, but equally symbolic, shift unfolded on the streets.The elaborate security grid that for years defined the approach to Didi’s home at 30B Harish Chatterjee Street in nearby Kalighat…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee Tuesday refused to resign as West Bengal chief minister, asserting that she does not recognise the election outcome and claiming a “moral victory” for her party. “I was on the streets, I will be on the streets. I won’t leave the battlefield,” she said. Addressing her first presser after BJP’s landslide…
Farooq Abdullah (Image/PTI) Farooq Abdullah (Image/PTI) Farooq Abdullah (Image/PTI) Farooq Abdullah (Image/PTI) Farooq Abdullah (Image/PTI) SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said Tuesday his party would hand over chairmanship of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil (LAHDC-K) to Congress in line with a 2023 understanding between the allies, moving to defuse a crisis sparked by…
NEW DELHI: A scooter parked near the BSF Chowk in Punjab’s Jalandhar district caught fire on Tuesday evening, triggering panic in the area, though no one was injured, police said.The incident occurred around 8 pm on the busy road outside the Punjab Frontier headquarters of the Border Security Force (BSF), which connects the main city…
The 2026 assembly elections have redrawn West Bengal’s political fate in saffron. BJP didn’t just win, they swept the state clean. But beyond the blockbuster headline numbers, real political plot twist lies in where some of its most stunning breakthroughs came from: Muslim-majority and Muslim-influenced constituencies that for decades had acted as Mamata Banerjee’s support…
NEW DELHI: Indian carriers have got a Rs 5,000-crore lifeline during the debilitating Iran war that has led to a sharp hike in operating cost along with a decrease in passenger numbers. The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi on Tuesday approved the emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 to provide credit guarantee coverage…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party questioned Mamata Banerjee’s “won’t resign” remark saying that she was free to approach the Supreme Court in case of any irregularities as alleged by the outgoing West Bengal CM. Banerjee accused the EC of colluding with the BJP after the saffron party won Bengal polls and refused to accept the…
