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: As the dust settles on assembly poll results, BJP-led NDA’s dominance of India’s political landscape has become crystal clear.Of six heavyweight states with 278 Lok Sabha seats among them, which account for over half of Parliament’s 543 seats, the governing alliance is now in office in five of them that have a combined…
NEW DELHI: The battle between Aam Aadmi Party and the seven Rajya Sabha MPs who have joined BJP reached President of India Droupadi Murmu’s doorstep on Tuesday.In separate meetings with the President, while Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann sought the termination of the membership of the six members from the state and emphasised the need for…
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…
Many years ago, while scuba diving off the coast of Hawaii, Sundar Pichai found himself caught in unexpectedly rough waters. Waves crashed above as he entered the sea, and for a moment, he considered turning back. Instead, he chose to dive deeper. Just a few feet below the surface, the turbulence disappeared. In its place,…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the first anniversary of India’s Operation Sindoor, a prominent Pak politician openly confirmed the Pakistani army’s direct defence of designated terrorists Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar.Pakistan Nazriyati Party chairman Shaheer Sialvi confirmed that the Pak military provided formal honours – including military funerals and uniformed pallbearers – for the terrorists killed…
NEW DELHI: A man alleged to be the “accountant” for the Lawrence Bishnoi network in Canada was fatally shot in the lobby of a busy office building in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood Monday afternoon. The deceased went by the alias of ‘Sam Kaneda’.Sources said that the role of pro-Khalistan shooters with Indian links was being investigated…
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One of the oldest known copies of the Shikshapatri, usually on display at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, is on a historic tour of UK temples in collaboration with leaders of the Swaminarayan faith, to mark its 200th anniversary.Composed in Vadtal, Gujarat, in 1826 by Sahajananda Swami, the scripture provides moral and spiritual guidance…
People often talk about parenting in terms of big events, like the first words, the first day of school, or big accomplishments. But a lot of parents say that the most meaningful times happen when there is no noise or other things to do. Emily Blunt‘s quote talks about one of those everyday moments: bedtime….