Ranjan Bhattacharya

The Calcutta High Court today dismissed petitions seeking that the 2023 West Bengal panchayat election be declared void because of non-compliance with the basic principles of the Constitution and the statute to ensure free and fair polls.

A senior CPM leader was attacked by alleged Trinamool supporters today when he went to Goghat, about 100 kilometres from Kolkata, to meet villagers protesting land acquisition for a railway project.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union has decided to oppose disciplinary action taken against students who have been sent show-cause notices to explain their alleged role in the February 9 event.

Activists and environmentalists on Tuesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and urged him to take immediate steps to save and revive river Yamuna.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed over the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour to the family members of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, an official statement said.

From the moment Air Force One, US President Barack Obama's special aircraft, enters Indian airspace, a set of unprecedented security measures will be activated. He will land in Delhi on Sunday on a three-day visit during which he will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.

When President Barack Obama visits Agra to tour the Taj Mahal, he may stop at the five-star hotel where Pervez Musharraf stayed when he travelled to the city as Pakistan's president in 2001 for the summit with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

The Delhi Police has filed a murder case in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress lawmaker and Shashi Tharoor. Mr Tharoor has said he is "stunned" and has assured the police of his "full co-operation."

The plane used by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had to be pushed off a runway in Madhya Pradesh today by a group of workers.

A wishlist sent out to ministries by the Prime Minister's Office on celebrating "good governance day" on December 25 suggests it could be a working Christmas for many in the government. Sources said a detailed plan and directive from the government could follow.

In scathing comments directed at Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked the neighbouring nation if its spy agency Inter Services Intelligence or ISI was also a "non-state actor".

There are no more people inside the sprawling 12-acre ashram of Rampal, a self-styled "godman" in Haryana, and it has been sealed and handed over to the CRPF.

Controversial guru Rampal was arrested from his Satlok Ashram at Hisar's Haryana at 9.21 pm on Wednesday. The 63-year-old, who is facing charges of sedition or waging war against the nation, did not surrender.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh made a series of unannounced visits this morning - at Delhi's main railway station and one police station nearby - to check on whether the public spaces were clean.

India's new Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has promised a "transparent and fast" weapons acquisition process and is bullish about "Make in India" in the sector.

The Calcutta High Court today dismissed petitions seeking that the 2023 West Bengal panchayat election be declared void because of non-compliance with the basic principles of the Constitution and the statute to ensure free and fair polls.

A senior CPM leader was attacked by alleged Trinamool supporters today when he went to Goghat, about 100 kilometres from Kolkata, to meet villagers protesting land acquisition for a railway project.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union has decided to oppose disciplinary action taken against students who have been sent show-cause notices to explain their alleged role in the February 9 event.

Activists and environmentalists on Tuesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and urged him to take immediate steps to save and revive river Yamuna.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed over the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour to the family members of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, an official statement said.

From the moment Air Force One, US President Barack Obama's special aircraft, enters Indian airspace, a set of unprecedented security measures will be activated. He will land in Delhi on Sunday on a three-day visit during which he will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.

When President Barack Obama visits Agra to tour the Taj Mahal, he may stop at the five-star hotel where Pervez Musharraf stayed when he travelled to the city as Pakistan's president in 2001 for the summit with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

The Delhi Police has filed a murder case in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress lawmaker and Shashi Tharoor. Mr Tharoor has said he is "stunned" and has assured the police of his "full co-operation."

The plane used by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had to be pushed off a runway in Madhya Pradesh today by a group of workers.

A wishlist sent out to ministries by the Prime Minister's Office on celebrating "good governance day" on December 25 suggests it could be a working Christmas for many in the government. Sources said a detailed plan and directive from the government could follow.

In scathing comments directed at Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked the neighbouring nation if its spy agency Inter Services Intelligence or ISI was also a "non-state actor".

There are no more people inside the sprawling 12-acre ashram of Rampal, a self-styled "godman" in Haryana, and it has been sealed and handed over to the CRPF.

Controversial guru Rampal was arrested from his Satlok Ashram at Hisar's Haryana at 9.21 pm on Wednesday. The 63-year-old, who is facing charges of sedition or waging war against the nation, did not surrender.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh made a series of unannounced visits this morning - at Delhi's main railway station and one police station nearby - to check on whether the public spaces were clean.

India's new Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has promised a "transparent and fast" weapons acquisition process and is bullish about "Make in India" in the sector.