GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday attributed Congress’s rout to its attempt to politicise singer Zubeen Garg’s death, arguing state chief Gaurav Gogoi tasted “crushing” defeat for dragging his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma into a passport controversy.“No party should bring Bhupen Hazarika or Zubeen Garg into poll manifestos… Congress sought votes in Zubeen’s…
US President Donald Trump has congratulated PM Modi on his “historic” election victory, a White House spokesman said Tuesday, in an apparent take on the recent round of assembly polls that were headlined by BJP’s big win in West Bengal.White House spokesman Kush Desai spoke of Trump’s warm sentiments for Modi, noting that the US…
LUCKNOW: TMC’s drubbing at the hands of BJP in the Bengal assembly polls has endangered the chances of political consultancy firm, I-PAC, closing its deal with Samajwadi Party for the 2027 UP assembly polls.A source said Akhilesh Yadav has not been keen on hiring I-PAC as he went through the agency’s presentation at the instance…
KOLKATA: In at least 82 assembly seats in Bengal, the candidate in the third position secured more votes than the winning margin, indicating that a sharp vote split between the second- and third-place holders took the winning candidate past the post.For example, Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury lost the Behrampore seat to BJP by 17,548…
SURI: A flex put up at the entrance of Kankalitala temple in Bolpur on Monday evening declares only Hindus would be allowed to offer puja at the shrine, one of Birbhum’s five Shakti Peethas.According to local residents, the banner was installed by unidentified youths claiming affiliation to “Sanatan Paksha”.“We have neither removed the banner nor…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Tuesday allowed confiscation of properties and assets linked to UK-based arms dealer and fugitive economic offender Sanjay Bhandari in a money laundering case probed by ED, reports Koushiki Saha. Bhandari, allegedly a middleman in defence deals, is accused of routing funds through shell companies and investing in properties in the…
KOLKATA: When domestic help-turned-BJP MLA Kalita Majhi returned home late Monday, she wasn’t greeted with any major celebration or a grand feast. “I received my winning certificate well past 10.30pm. I had barely eaten and was hungry after a day of high tension. I had ‘alu-potoler jhol’ (pointed gourd and potato curry) that my mother-in-law…
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…
NEW DELHI: Constitutional position is unambiguous on a CM refusing to resign after her defeat in an assembly election — once the polls have been concluded and certificates issued to the elected MLAs by the EC, the outgoing House automatically stands dissolved and its successor has to be constituted with the appointment of a new…
NEW DELHI: Big political personalities were humbled in the latest round of assembly elections, with voters across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala delivering a “vote for change” that swept aside as many as 50 ministers – including two sitting chief ministers – alongside several high-profile challengers in other states and a Union Territory.In West…