Stalin ridicules NDA's double-engine slogan, calls it ‘dabba' engine

IANS | April 2, 2026 1:48 PM

Erode, April 2 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K. Stalin on Thursday intensified his criticism of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), accusing it of failing to safeguard the interests of key sectors such as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and traditional weavers.

RS: BJP MP attacks Soren govt over sacrificial killing of girl in Jharkhand

IANS | April 2, 2026 1:39 PM

New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) BJP's Rajya Sabha member from Jharkhand, Aditya Prasad, on Thursday termed the 'ritualistic' murder of a 13-year-old girl in Hazaribagh district as a deeply “unfortunate” and shocking incident that exposes the dangerous persistence of superstition and black magic in the state.

LDF bets on jobs, welfare push in poll manifesto

IANS | April 2, 2026 1:16 PM

Kozhikode, April 2 (IANS) The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive, two-volume election manifesto, positioning employment generation and welfare expansion at the core of its electoral pitch in Kerala.

Bengal SIR: 7 judicial officers held hostage, later rescued in Malda; ECI seeks report

IANS | April 2, 2026 8:40 AM

Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the Director General of West Bengal Police on the incident of seven judicial officers, including three women, who were involved in the ongoing judicial adjudication of voters’ classified under the “logical discrepancy” category being gheraoed and held hostage at Kaliachak in Malda district by a group of voters whose names had been deleted in the process.