Politics

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal and Odisha on June 20-21 and participate in the 12th International Yoga Day celebrations in Kolkata before joining President Droupadi Murmu for offering prayers at the sacred groves Santhali...

KOLKATA: The TMC on Thursday alleged that long-serving security personnel guarding Z-category protectee and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee have been removed, terming it as a "new low in political vendetta". There is, however, no official confirmation regarding...

EVIAN-LES-BAINS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday exchanged pleasantries and held a brief conversation at the G7 summit in the French commune of Evian-les-Bains in the first in-person encounter between the two leaders in...

KOLKATA: The first full-fledged budget of the government headed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will be presented in the West Bengal assembly on June 22. The schedule for the upcoming budget session was finalised on Tuesday following meetings chaired by...

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday inaugurated a citizen lounge cum new age learning centre at the New Delhi district magistrate's office, saying that every person visiting the office should experience better facilities. Lauding the initiative as an...

BRATISLAVA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Slovakia for the second leg of his two-nation visit where he will hold talks with President Peter Pellegrini and Prime Minister Robert Fico and interact with business leaders. Modi is the first Indian...

NEW DELHI: MPs Saayoni Ghosh and Mala Roy arrived in Delhi on Sunday ahead of the rebel TMC parliamentarians' meeting with the Lok Sabha speaker to stake claim for "real Trinamool" even as TMC leadership asserted that there's no...

NEW DELHI: Rebellion in Trinamool Congress is set to boost NDA numbers in Parliament as it strives for a two-thirds majority in both houses to help pass crucial constitutional amendment bills. While the current round of Rajya Sabha elections will...

BENGALURU: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of "undermining" the achievements of India and its people while targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre.She alleged that Rahul Gandhi "ignores" India's...

KOLKATA: The rebellion within the TMC took a decisive turn on Wednesday, as 58 dissident MLAs backed legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, who has been expelled from the party, as the leader of the legislature party and conveyed their decision to...