Eight members of a single family, including seven women, drowned in a river in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district on Sunday after sudden strong currents swept through the area during a mussel-collecting trip, local authorities and media reports said.
The West Bengal government has directed all district administrations to establish “holding centres” for apprehended illegal immigrants, including Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas, who are awaiting deportation or repatriation.
A Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor from South Dum Dum Municipality in North 24 Parganas was found dead at his residence in Kolkata’s Nagerbazar area on Saturday, with police suspecting suicide, officials said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Debangshu Panda on Sunday won a landslide victory by more than one lakh vote margin in the Falta Assembly constituency repoll, delivering a major setback to the ruling All India Trinamool Congress in what was long projected as its “Diamond Harbour stronghold.”
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Sunday launched a massive demolition drive at three locations across the city, enforcing West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s “zero tolerance” policy against illegal constructions.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the United States and India are not just allies but strategic partners working together across multiple regions of the world.
Fresh details have emerged in the death case of Twisha Sharma, with her husband Samarth Singh telling police that her behaviour changed after her pregnancy was confirmed on April 17.
Counting of votes for the re-poll in West Bengal’s Falta Assembly segment is underway, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opening up a significant lead after the fifth round of counting.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, currently on a four-day official visit to India, has extended an invitation from President Donald Trump to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a future visit to the White House.
Kolkata/IBNS: A debate over the balance between professional duty and political ideology has erupted after CPI-M leader and senior lawyer Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya appeared in court for former Trinamool Congress MLA Aditi Munshi and her husband Debraj Chakraborty.
Kolkata/IBNS: The controversial football-themed statue outside Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium was demolished on Saturday by authorities under the new Bharatiya Janata Party government in West Bengal.
India on Friday successfully test-fired the short-range ballistic missile Agni-I from the Integrated Test Range at Integrated Test Range.
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned whether children of families that have already achieved social and economic advancement through reservation should continue receiving benefits under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota system.
After remaining untraceable for 10 days following the death of his wife, actor-model Twisha Sharma, husband Samarth Singh was arrested on Thursday after appearing before a court in Jabalpur.
Kolkata/IBNS: A street food vendor from West Bengal’s Jhargram district, who gained attention after serving Jhalmuri to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election campaign visit, has claimed he is receiving threat calls from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In two major operations carried out recently in the Northeast, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized nearly 60,000 kg of smuggled foreign-origin areca nuts.
Mumbai/IBNS: Amid growing calls for the formal launch of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the parents of its founder Abhijeet Dipke have expressed concern over their son’s growing popularity and said they do not want him to enter politics due to fears of arrest linked to the viral campaign.
New Delhi/IBNS: The abrupt rise in followers of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical online campaign triggered by controversial remarks from Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, has raised questions and suspicion after several supporters were reportedly traced to countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Turkey.
Punjab Police have busted a suspected espionage network in Pathankot after arresting a man accused of sharing sensitive information about the Indian Army and paramilitary movements with handlers based in Pakistan.
The Jabalpur High Court has ordered Rs 10 lakh compensation for a software engineer from Gwalior who spent 57 days in jail after airport authorities allegedly mistook amchur powder for a narcotic substance.
The recent deaths of actor-model Twisha Sharma in Bhopal and Deepika Nagar have once again put the spotlight on dowry-related violence in India, reigniting concerns over the persistence of abuse despite decades of legal safeguards.
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the West Bengal government’s recent order regulating animal slaughter ahead of the Id-Uz-Zoha festival, popularly known as Bakri-Eid, dismissing multiple petitions challenging the notification.
In a historic political moment for the Congress in Tamil Nadu, the party on Thursday joined the state government for the first time in nearly six decades. But the swearing-in ceremony of Congress MLA S Rajesh Kumar quickly turned controversial after he raised slogans praising Rahul Gandhi during his oath-taking.
A fresh legal controversy has surfaced around Bengali actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee and actress Swastika Mukherjee after a complaint and application seeking an FIR were filed against them at Kolkata’s Gariahat Police Station.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered a fresh probe into allegations of destruction of evidence in the 2024 R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The X handle of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the satirical online campaign triggered by controversial remarks from Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, has been withheld, its founder Abhijeet Dipke said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kolkata resident accused of passing confidential security-related information to Pakistani intelligence operatives as part of an alleged anti-India espionage and terror conspiracy.
New Delhi/IBNS: Hamza Burhan, one of the alleged masterminds behind the 2019 Pulwama attack, has reportedly been killed by unidentified assailants in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), according to media reports.
BJP has finally conquered Bengal. From PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Jhalmuri’ moment in Jhargram at the start of the campaign in the state to Verdict Day on May 4 when the party secured a record 2/3rd majority in the 294-member assembly, it was a dream run. Just ten years ago, the party had entered the polls with zero seat in the House.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical online campaign triggered by controversial remarks from Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, has taken social media by storm, even overtaking the Bharatiya Janata Party in follower count on some platforms. However, the movement’s explosive rise has also sparked growing debate and scepticism online, with critics questioning whether its massive digital traction is entirely organic or amplified by coordinated troll networks, bots...
