Is there any dearth of Bengalis?: BJP targets TMC over fielding cricketers in Lok Sabha polls

Is there any dearth of Bengalis?: BJP targets TMC over fielding cricketers in Lok Sabha polls

State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar raised questions on the Trinamool Congress’s choice of cricketers.  | Photo Credit: PTI Trinamool Congress campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is built on the slogan of “Bahirgata and Bangla Birodhi (outsiders and those opposed to Bengal)”. For the past several months the Trinamool Congress leadership has targeted the Bharatiya Janata … Read more

Lok Sabha polls battle between good and evil like Mahabharat: Naqvi

Lok Sabha polls battle between good and evil like Mahabharat: Naqvi

BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi campaigned for the party ahead of Lok Sabha polls, in Murshidabad, West Bengal, on March 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on March 11 drew parallels between the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and Mahabharat, saying the elections will be a battle between the “good … Read more

Baba Siddique joins Ajit Pawar’s NCP in Maharashtra days after quitting Congress

Baba Siddique joins Ajit Pawar’s NCP in Maharashtra days after quitting Congress

Former Maharashtra Minister and Congress MLA Baba Siddique joins Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Ajit Pawar’s faction) in the presence of party chief and State Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, party MP Praful Patel and others, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: ANI Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, on Saturday joined the Nationalist Congress Party, a major boost … Read more

First match of BJP vs INDIA: Raghav Chadha after Congress-AAP tie up for Chandigarh mayoral election

First match of BJP vs INDIA: Raghav Chadha after Congress-AAP tie up for Chandigarh mayoral election

After the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party decided to jointly contest the Chandigarh Mayor elections on January 18, AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday said that this election will change the picture and direction of politics, adding “This will be the first match of BJP vs INDIA bloc.” Addressing a press conference, Raghav Chadha said … Read more

Budget 2024: Will the government revise taxes on employee stock ownership plans? Here's what experts say

Budget 2024: Will the government revise taxes on employee stock ownership plans? Here's what experts say

Although Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Interim Budget ahead of the scheduled Lok Sabha elections in May, startups and experts feel that the government should offer clarity on ESOP taxation to benefit start-up employees. ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) are employee incentives that companies use to attract, reward, and retain talent. … Read more

Mayawati’s ‘political successor’ Akash Anand issues phone no. for people to connect to him

Mayawati’s ‘political successor’ Akash Anand issues phone no. for people to connect to him

Lucknow: Taking centre stage after being declared as her political successor by BSP president Mayawati, Akash Anand reached out to people on Thursday, asking them to give a missed call on a phone number to get directly connected to him. In a post on X, Anand, the national coordinator of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), … Read more

'Not concerned': BJP on possibility of Mallikarjun Kharge as INDIA bloc's PM face

'Not concerned': BJP on possibility of Mallikarjun Kharge as INDIA bloc's PM face

INDIA bloc leaders Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday proposed Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge as the alliance’s Prime Ministerial candidate. However, Kharge has said that the focus should be on winning the 2024 general elections and then discussions on the PM face would follow. When asked about the possibility of Kharge being the INDIA … Read more

Morning Digest | Air India flight from Israel arrives in Delhi; India reiterates call for ‘sovereign, independent, viable state of Palestine’, and more

Morning Digest | Air India flight from Israel arrives in Delhi; India reiterates call for ‘sovereign, independent, viable state of Palestine’, and more

Indian nationals wait to board Air India flight to return India, at Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The Air India flight is bringing back stranded Indian nationals from Israel under operation Ajay. | Photo Credit: PTI Israel-Hamas war, day 7 updates: Air India flight from Tel Aviv lands in Delhi An Air India flight … Read more

Babul Supriyo, the roller coaster man, comes back with a Ballygunge win

Babul Supriyo, the roller coaster man, comes back with a Ballygunge win

Singer-turned politician Babul Supriyo‘s life has been one roller coaster ride – from a city banker who rose to be a BJP Minister at the centre after a chance meeting with Baba Ramdev, he suddenly found himself out in the cold after losing an assembly election from Tollygunge last year by a huge margin of … Read more