Rahul Gandhi targets Centre over IndiGo flights chaos, calls it result of ‘monopoly model’

IANS | December 5, 2025 11:10 AM

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Amid the ongoing chaos at several airports across the country, triggered by IndiGo flights cancellations, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi trained guns at the Centre, holding it accountable for the unprecedented crisis. He said that chaos at airports is the consequence of Modi government's monopoly-driven economic model.

Bengal SIR: 99 pc digitisation of enumeration forms completed; nearly 53 lakh to be excluded

IANS | December 5, 2025 10:24 AM

Kolkata, Dec 5 (IANS) With almost 99 per cent of digitisation of enumeration forms collected from the voters by the booth-level officers (BLOs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal being already completed, the number of voters enlisted in the current voters’ list found to be suitable for exclusion stands at around 53 lakh.

Eye on upcoming polls, Trinamool for state-centric issues rather than allying with pan-India protest formats

IANS | December 4, 2025 11:15 PM

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Members of Parliament from the Trinamool Congress may appear to be largely ploughing a lonely furrow with an occasional voice raised in unison with other Opposition leaders, but it is all about a directive from above to assert an independent identity, especially ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election expected to he held next year.

How Pakistani military is rewriting nation's democracy (IANS Analysis)

IANS | December 4, 2025 9:52 PM

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Pakistan is living through a quiet constitutional gerrymandering whose ramifications are not loud street protests. Rather, there is a slow and a methodical shift being orchestrated by an increasingly assertive military establishment, which is duly enabled by pliant political parties eager to comply.

MEA Secretary attends Finland's National Day reception, highlights multifaceted relationship

IANS | December 4, 2025 8:51 PM

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sibi George, attended Finland's National Day reception as the Chief Guest in New Delhi on Thursday and highlighted the multifaceted relationship between two nations guided by high-level engagements and covering diverse sectors like trade, investment, digitalisation, sustainability, culture and mobility.