Firhad Hakim, minister in the West Bengal government has been named the new mayor of Kolkata following the sudden ouster of Sovan Chatterjee.
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16th Jun 2026 | Updated at 09:14pm 16th Jun 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,...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) will contest in four other states apart from West Bengal, in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
The Tamil Nadu government has sought Rs 15,000 Crore as Central assistance towards relief and rehabilitation activities in districts affected by Cyclone...
The Statue of Unity has apparently kicked off a competition with states competing to see who makes the tallest architecture.
Kerala government has suggested the High Court to set aside two days during the ongoing annual pilgrimage season, exclusively for women in the age group of 10 to 50.
Actor Akshay Kumar has appeared before a special investigation team (SIT) of the Punjab Police which is currently investigating the incidents of sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib and the subsequent firing of protestors in 2015.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced the arrest f one of the two perpetrators of the grenade attack on Nirankari Satsang Bhawan near Amritsar, calling Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) the mastermind...
Within hours, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his country had conveyed to India its decision to open the Kartarpur corridor for Guru...
A 20 year old serial rapist-murderer was arrested on Monday, following the brutal abuse and killing of a 3 year old in Gurugram. Sunil Basura, during the...
Armed tribesmen of India's Andaman Islands have killed an American tourist with bows and arrows for illegally venturing into their island home. John Chau...
