NEW DELHI: Rejecting an attempt by SpiceJet and its promoter Ajay Singh to cite the ongoing West Asia crisis as a ground to seek review of an earlier court order to deposit Rs 144 crore in connection with its legal dispute with media baron Kalanithi Maran and Kal Airways, Delhi high court Monday dismissed the…
NEW DELHI: Reversing two cardinal principles of the criminal justice system for acid attack cases, Supreme Court on Monday said once an acid attack survivor names the accused, the onus will be on him to prove innocence, and those convicted should face the harshest punishment.In the criminal justice system, SC has zealously implemented two major…
Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee‘s residence in Kolkata’s Kalighat and her office in Nabanna were placed under an unprecedented security lockdown on Monday, even as Bengal’s chief secretary Dushyant Nariala instructed all departmental heads to ensure no official documents are removed, damaged or copied without authorisation.Long before the final results of the assembly polls were…
KOLKATA: Bhowanipore eventually turned its back Monday on Mamata Banerjee after three terms as the Bengal CM was sliced out of her Kolkata home turf in a knife-edge contest that saw her protege-turned-foe Suvendu Adhikari vanquish her by 15,105 votes.Mamata struggled to accept the outcome, claiming she and her TMC had been defeated “by force”,…
JAMMU: A 21-year-old married woman from Gujarat’s Surat district was found dead under suspicious circumstances in the basement of an under-construction hotel in Jammu’s Satwari area on Monday. Police launched a probe.“The deceased, Kiran Kumari, was a native of Haldhru in Kamrej, Surat. She was found unresponsive on the basement floor of the under-construction building…
SRINAGAR/SHIMLA/DEHRADUN: After a warm Sunday, temperatures dropped sharply across Kashmir Valley, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as snowfall and rains lashed many parts of the northern hill states on Monday.Snowfall was reported from Sonamarg in north Kashmir and Sadna Pass in Kupwara district, while Srinagar saw a heavy downpour in the afternoon. Heavy snowfall at Pir…
In West Bengal’s Natabari consituency, BJP’s Girija Shankar Ray defeated TMC’s Sailen Barma by 34,613 votes. Ray got 1,26,911 votes while Barma got 92,298 votes.Natabari is a general (unreserved) constituency in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. In 2026, the candidates include Sailen Barma of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Girija Shankar Ray of the Bharatiya…
In the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election for Entally (163), Sandipan Saha of the All India Trinamool Congress secured victory with 94,427 votes, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dr. Priyanka Tibrewal, who polled 60,421 votes. TMC won by a margin of 34,006 votes in the constituency. CPI(M)’s Abdul Rauf finished third with 4,904 votes, while…
Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency is located in Erode district of Tamil Nadu and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste category. In 2026 assembly polls, VP Tamilselvi emerged as the winner, with 72,391 votes, beating A Bannari of AIADMK with a margin of 4,569 votes. Bannari stood second in the contest with 67,822 votes…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu appears to be witnessing a dramatic political churn as counting trends from the 2026 Assembly elections point towards a breakthrough performance by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, led by actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay. Early leads across multiple constituencies suggest that the party, making its electoral debut, is not just competing but potentially reshaping…