After Manipur and Rajasthan, the West Bengal government introduced The West Bengal (Prevention of Lynching) Act, 2019, in the House, which was passed later
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2nd Apr 2026 | Updated at 10:22am 2nd Apr 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
Chandigarh: The two-day Punjab assembly session was cut short by a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed the House that since governor Banwarilal Purohit had not given assent to the three money Bills, his government would resume the...
Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...
KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) unveiled its own set of promises ahead of the November 30 assembly polls to counter Congress’s “six guarantees”, setting the stage for a competitive electoral race as the party led by CM K Chandrasekhar...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, held at the first Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, marks one thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026. This national event, instead of focusing on destruction, celebrates India’s resilience, faith,...
A month ahead of Durga Puja, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the second time asked the Puja Committees not to pay any income taxes
The Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance are in a political tug of war for the credits of the crucial 4.2-km-long Kartarpur Sahib corridor, which on completion...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed as withdrawn a parole plea filed by the wife of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh who is serving jail term after being convicted of raping two of his disciples and for murdering a journalist
The BJP government in Karnataka indicated that it would not pursue the previous Congress government's proposal for a separate state flag that was pending...
The Tamil Nadu government has banned sex reassignment surgeries for intersex infants and children, in a move which is being seen as progressive
Ganesh Chaturthi is being celebrated with all the pomp and fervour across India and among the Hindus worldwide
A special court on Monday extended till 30 August the CBI’s custody of former finance minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case, even as the Supreme...
The Reserve Bank of India board, headed by governor Shaktikanta Das, which met in Mumbai, approved a transfer of £17.60 billion to the government
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee brewed tea at a village stall during her official visit to state's coastal town Digha
