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'Bhatija & Co' looted Rs 10K crore, will go jail after we win: Amit...

Mr Shah, in remarks aimed at the Hindu migrants' votebank in the district, touched on the BJP's key electoral promise

24 March 2021 2:10 AM IST

The electoral discourse in Bengal, where poll battles are fought on ideological lines, had in the past mostly steered clear of sub-nationalism like identity politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

Bengali pride, sub-nationalism emerge as rallying points in WB polls

The ruling TMC has embraced it as its main poll plank to counter the rise of the BJP's Hindutva narrative in the state

23 March 2021 12:48 PM IST

A health worker collects swab to test for COVID- 19 at a government hospital, in New Delhi on Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP/Manish Swarup)

India sees 40,715 fresh COVID-19 cases, 199 fatalities

The active caseload now comprises 2.96 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to...

23 March 2021 12:10 PM IST

Modis assertion came as Bollywood star Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the BJP recently, is likely to become a voter at the Cossipore-Belgachhia Assembly seat in north Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata can kick me but not development: Modi

Modi made it clear on that he would not allow Mamata Banerjee to kick away the state's development any further

22 March 2021 4:44 AM IST

Amit Shah, hurried through his promises in a brief 13-minute speech in front of what appeared to be a thin crowd.. (Photo: PTI)

Didi too gets cut money, says Shah

Amit Shah, released the manifesto in Kolkata on Sunday, with an eye on the vote bank of Hindu migrants

22 March 2021 4:32 AM IST

Taking on Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his promise to implement the seventh pay commission for West Bengal government employees, Banerjee questioned the rise in petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata calls herself big donkey for not recognising true face of...

The West Bengal chief minister said she will get the allegations investigated once she is voted to power

22 March 2021 12:31 AM IST

A health worker collects swab sample from a person for COVID-19 test, near Kashmere Gate in New Delhi. (PTI)

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike this year with 43,846...

Registering an increase for the 11th day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 3,09,087

21 March 2021 11:33 AM IST

Austin said that the US reaffirmed its commitment to a comprehensive and forward-looking defence partnership with India as a central pillar of its approach to the region. (Photo: PTI)

Didn't see India, China war: US

Austin pointed out that US President Joe Biden has said that human rights and rule of law are important to the United...

21 March 2021 1:55 AM IST

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

Can states criticise Central law?

SC on Friday sought to know from a petitioner whether the state legislatures have the right to express their opinion or...

20 March 2021 4:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

US defence secretary lists strategic ties

This is the first high-profile contact between the Biden administration and the Indian political leadership

20 March 2021 1:38 AM IST

The state is scheduled to go to polls for the 140 member assembly in a single phase on April 6. (AA File Photo)

Left in Kerala promises 20L jobs, pension for housewives

LDF has come out with a slew of promises in its manifesto including 20 lakh jobs for the educated unemployed and 15,000...

20 March 2021 1:26 AM IST

A medical worker inoculates an elderly woman with the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a primary health centre in Hyderabad. (AFP)

More private facilities being allowed as COVID vaccination centres in...

COVID vaccination pace is being further increased through an increase in the number of CVCs in both government and...

19 March 2021 3:41 PM IST