Greece and Cyprus are weighing deeper defence engagement with New Delhi as interest grows in BrahMos and long-range land attack cruise missile systems, a move that has sharpened concern in Turkey over a possible shift in the military balance across the eastern Mediterranean. No missile contract has been officially...
Authorities in Faridabad demolished at least 20 unauthorised structures, including a temple and a mosque, during a pre-dawn operation on Saturday, after suspending mobile internet services in parts of the city to prevent possible unrest. The demolition drive was carried out in the NIT area under heavy police deployment,...
Mamata Banerjee will lead a one-day sit-in at Rani Rashmoni Road in central Kolkata on June 2 as the Trinamool Congress seeks to turn alleged attacks on two of its senior MPs into a wider campaign against political violence after its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly election. The...
Mamata Banerjee’s effort to steady the Trinamool Congress after its Assembly election setback ran into fresh turbulence after a legislative party meeting at her Kalighat residence was called off when only about 20 of the party’s 80 MLAs turned up. The poor attendance has intensified questions over discipline, morale...
Hundreds of undocumented Bangladeshi migrants have gathered near Hakimpur and other border points in West Bengal, seeking passage back to Bangladesh as the BJP government accelerates its “detect, delete and deport” campaign and expands holding centres for foreign nationals awaiting removal. The rush at the Bithari-Hakimpur crossing in North...
Abhishek Banerjee’s assault in Sonarpur has sharpened West Bengal’s post-election tensions, drawing condemnation from opposition leaders and intensifying Trinamool Congress allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to protect political rivals from intimidation and violence. Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha MP from Diamond Harbour,...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed border administrations to remove unauthorised structures within the 0-15 km belt along international borders and place suspected radicalisation hubs under close watch, sharpening a security push that links infiltration, narcotics, smuggling, demographic shifts and financial crime. The directions place district magistrates at...
Varanasi and Mira Road faced separate flashpoints around Eid al-Adha preparations after civic and policing decisions over sacrificial goats triggered protests, political intervention and heightened security in two crowded urban neighbourhoods. The closure of the Benia Bagh goat market in Varanasi and the dispute over goats kept inside a...
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department for questioning on Monday, June 1, in a forged-signature probe that has sharpened the party’s crisis after its crushing defeat in the state Assembly election. The notice was served at Banerjee’s Kalighat Road...
RSS leader Sunil Ambekar has said the debate around the Cockroach Janta Party should be treated as part of normal democratic engagement, signalling a calibrated response to a viral online movement that has drawn intense attention from young social media users, political commentators and government critics. Ambekar, the Rashtriya...
Abhijit Majumdar has resigned as Trinamool Congress chief in Assam, accusing the Mamata Banerjee-led party of narrowing its political focus to the Muslim community in Assam and West Bengal, in a sharp escalation of the internal turbulence that has followed the party’s heavy defeat in the 2026 West Bengal...
Amit Shah has offered an exit window to Bangladeshis living illegally in Bengal, saying those who return voluntarily will not face prosecution, as the new Suvendu Adhikari government moves to accelerate border fencing and migration enforcement. The Union Home Minister’s remarks have pushed illegal immigration, border security and citizenship...
Iranian state media said air defences had destroyed a hostile aircraft in Bushehr province, a claim swiftly rejected by the US military as exchanges between Tehran and Washington widened across the Gulf. The report, carried by Iran’s state television and attributed to local officials in Jam County, said the...
Kolkata marked Eid-ul-Adha under a changed administrative template as the city’s largest congregation moved from Red Road to Brigade Parade Ground, while tighter rules on public prayers and animal slaughter reshaped the festival’s logistics across West Bengal. The shift ended a decades-old practice under which Red Road, one of...
Kolkata’s airport expansion plans have moved into a decisive phase, with the Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government backing efforts to relocate a decades-old mosque from the operational zone of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport after years of administrative deadlock. The proposed shift of the 136-year-old Bankra mosque, situated...
Rahul Gandhi sharpened his attack on Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday, accusing him of evading accountability over the NEET-UG and CBSE evaluation controversies by resorting to personal criticism rather than answering questions raised by students and parents. Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha,...
Delhi’s Saket court has issued notice to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Delhi Police on a petition seeking registration of an FIR over alleged provocative remarks concerning “Miya Muslims”, widening judicial scrutiny of campaign-era political speech in Assam. Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri issued the notice while...
Washington moved closer to a wider strategic understanding in West Asia after Vice President JD Vance said the United States was nearing an agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, restrain Iran’s military posture and create room for a tougher settlement on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Vance said the...