Kathmandu, Dec 31 (IANS) When 2025 began, Nepal had a strong government with a near two-thirds majority, represented by the country's two largest political parties — the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), or CPN (UML).
New York, Dec 31 (IANS) The year began with expectations as President Donald Trump stepped up to lead the US. He, however, ended 2025 knotted in chaos and controversies.
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) A political alliance based on religious tenets, as called by former Trinamool Congress MLA and builder of a Babri Masjid replica in West Bengal, Humayun Kabir, may cost West Bengal's ruling party dearly in Muslim-dominated Assembly seats next year – as Bihar’s Seemanchal experience shows.
Bhubaneswar, Dec 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of using inflammatory language and issuing veiled threats against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his recent visit to the state.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha on Wednesday extended support to the nationwide strike by gig workers associated with leading delivery and e-commerce platforms, asserting that their voices and demands deserve to be heard as they are "humans, not robots or bonded labour".
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the construction of a 6-lane greenfield access-controlled Nashik-Solapur-Akkalkot corridor in Maharashtra on BOT (Toll) Mode across a length of 374 km with a total capital cost of Rs.19,142 crore.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the widening and strengthening of the existing 2-lane to 2-lane with paved shoulder in Odisha -- from "km 68.600 km to km 311.700 of NH-326" -- on an EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) mode with Rs 1,526.21 crore outlay.
Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) A day after the Republican Party of India (A) announced its decision to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections independently, the Shiv Sena(UBT) on Wednesday said that Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale should have understood by now that there is "no ally the BJP has not betrayed".
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday highlighted a video showing some miscreants brutally beating up a woman and her family members with bamboo sticks at Basanti block under Canning sub-division in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) As the eventful 2025 draws to an end and the New Year arrives, triggering spirited celebrations across the world, the Modi Archive – a popular social media handle on X, has shared a collection of 'life lessons' from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which could serve the youth well in navigating through their lives.
