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Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee (L) meets West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhavan, in Kolkata, Monday, May 3, 2021. (PTI)

Despite defeat, Didi to take oath as CM on May 5, meets Governor for...

This is a rare instance in the state's history when a two-time CM is on her way to take the oath to head a govt despite...

3 May 2021 11:45 PM IST

Governor Banwarilal Purohit is likely to swear in Stalin as Chief Minister at a simple function inside the Raj Bhavan in view of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: DMK - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)

DMK beats AIADMK, wins TN after 10 years

Stalin to take oath of office in simple ceremony

3 May 2021 2:16 AM IST

The commission has recommended mandatory sanitisation of polling stations, preferably a day before the polls.

BJP allies win 13 seats, to form govt in Puducherry

AINRC president and former CM N. Rangasamy emerged victorious in Thattanchavady constituency

3 May 2021 1:46 AM IST

For the BJP, which had been elated after its performance in the state in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when it won 18 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats and its vote share grew to 40.25 per cent, the Assembly results were shocking as the party top brass was claiming to bag 200-plus seats. (AFP)

For West Bengal, the BJP continues to be an 'outsider'

Results proved that a majority of voters refused to ditch the 'Daughter of Bengal' for BJP's promise of turning state...

3 May 2021 1:19 AM IST

TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign during interaction with media after trends show her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (PTI)

Didi tramples BJP in West Bengal

Banerjee, while accepting the verdict of the people, intends to move the courts against the Election Commission over...

3 May 2021 1:15 AM IST

A Covid-19 coronavirus patient lies in an ambulance while waiting to get an admission in a hospital in New Delhi. (AFP)

India reports 3,92,488 new COVID-19 cases, 3,689 deaths

Hospitals and patients continue to beg for beds and oxygen while state govts keep urging Centre to increase quotas and...

2 May 2021 11:39 AM IST

According to the Election Commission website, the BJP was leading in only 53 places. The two parties were locked in a neck-and-neck contest in the initial stages of counting. (AP Image)

Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead of BJP in West Bengal

Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was, however, trailing her BJP rival and sitting MLA Suvendu Adhikari in...

2 May 2021 11:17 AM IST

An ambulance arrives at Batra Hospital, a dedicated COVID-19 facility, in New Delhi. (PTI)

12 critical Covid patients die at Batra Hospital in Delhi due to lack...

Dr Himthani, head of gastroenterology department, was among those who died due to lack of oxygen, said Dr S.C.L. Gupta,...

2 May 2021 12:30 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

National crisis says SC, warns against clampdown on raising grievances

The court asked the Centre why it can't buy vaccines and embark on the lines of the national immunization programme

1 May 2021 1:11 AM IST

Former Attorney General and Constitutional law expert Soli Sorabjee. (PTI File)

Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee dies of COVID-19

The 91-year-old had served as the Attorney General for India from 1989-90 and then from 1998-2004

30 April 2021 11:25 AM IST

Voters queue up to cast their ballots for Bihar state assembly elections at a polling station in Patna on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

Exit polls give Mamata key edge, DMK ahead

Left to retain Kerala, BJP tipped to return in Assam, win Puducherry

30 April 2021 4:43 AM IST

The new Act makes Delhis elected government virtually toothless and hands over sweeping powers to Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal who now controls nearly 80 departments and can even stall a Bill enacted by the Assembly, officials said. (Photo: PTI)

L-G in-charge of Delhi, MHA notifies Act

The Delhi government will have to take permission from the LG before taking any action on subjects that had so far been...

29 April 2021 4:29 AM IST