In the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, Labsen Baskey of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured victory in Bandwan (Assembly Constituency 238), defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Rajib Lochan Saren by a margin of 29,577 votes.Baskey polled 1,34,080 votes after all 20 rounds of counting, while Saren secured 1,04,503 votes.Bandwan (ST), Assembly Constituency No. 238, is located…
JAMMU: A 21-year-old married woman from Gujarat’s Surat district was found dead under suspicious circumstances in the basement of an under-construction hotel in Jammu’s Satwari area on Monday. Police launched a probe.“The deceased, Kiran Kumari, was a native of Haldhru in Kamrej, Surat. She was found unresponsive on the basement floor of the under-construction building…
SRINAGAR/SHIMLA/DEHRADUN: After a warm Sunday, temperatures dropped sharply across Kashmir Valley, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as snowfall and rains lashed many parts of the northern hill states on Monday.Snowfall was reported from Sonamarg in north Kashmir and Sadna Pass in Kupwara district, while Srinagar saw a heavy downpour in the afternoon. Heavy snowfall at Pir…
SRINAGAR: Environmentalist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk and LAB co-chairman Tsering Dorje Lakrook Monday said they oppose the proposed joint venture between the Ladakh Power Development Department (LPDD) and the REC Power Development Corporation LTD (RECPDCL) for the power sector in Ladakh, alleging the tie-up fails to safeguard interests of the people…
Some achievements arrive quietly, without much anticipation – and then suddenly shift attention simply because of how unusual they are for the age they come at.At just nine years old, a student from Karnataka has managed something that stands out for its rarity rather than its scale – turning a personal idea into a structured…
In Srivaikuntam, G Saravanan (TVK) won the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election by 1,186 votes against S Oorvashi Amirtharaj (INC), while SP Shanmuganathan contested from the AIADMK.Srivaikuntam is a competitive constituency in Thoothukkudi district and has seen representation from both the Dravidian parties and the Congress.Since the 1977 Assembly elections, the seat has alternated evenly…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP’s sweeping victory in the state assembly elections was “immoral” and “illegal”, claiming that more than 100 seats were “looted”, even as the party surged ahead in results declared on Monday.Speaking to reporters at the Bhabanipur counting centre, Banerjee accused the Election Commission, Central…
Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians may have found their most destructive opening combination since the glory days of the franchise. On a run-fest at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday, Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton scripted yet another record partnership to put Mumbai in complete control against Lucknow Super Giants…
The right plants in the right place make all the difference. Image Credits: Google Gemini For many of us, the first warm weekends of May are spent in one of two ways: frantically planting everything in sight or standing in the backyard wondering where to start. Usually, neither works. The good news: May is actually…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the BJP headquarters to celebrate the party’s performance in Assembly elections across four states and one union territory, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday linked his “Viksit Bharat” (developed India) pledge to what he described as a “resurgence in the East,”…