PM Modi and President Ramaphosa set to bolster India-South Africa partnership during G20 Summit: Envoy

IANS | November 15, 2025 8:05 PM

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have an extensive agenda lined up for their bilateral meeting next week that will take place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, Anil Sooklal, the High Commissioner of South Africa to India, revealed to IANS in an exclusive chat on Saturday.

Congress’s abysmal show in Bihar raises questions on seat-sharing pact for 2026 Bengal polls

IANS | November 15, 2025 7:58 PM

Kolkata, Nov 15 (IANS) Objections within the CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal, on Saturday, about continuing the seat-sharing arrangement with Congress for the next year's state Assembly polls have started becoming stronger, following the disastrous results of the Mahagathbandhan (MGB), and more specially the Congress, in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly polls, the results of which were announced a day before.

ECI reports 95 pc enumeration forms distribution in Phase-II of SIR

IANS | November 15, 2025 4:41 PM

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced significant progress in Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with 95.44 per cent of elector-specific Enumeration Forms (EFs) already distributed across 12 States and Union Territories, the ECI said on Saturday.