Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi on vandalism of Tagore's ancestral property in B'desh

IANS | June 12, 2025 11:46 PM

Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting the latter to take up the matter with the Muhammad Yunus-led government over the issue of reported vandalisation of the ancestral house of Rabindranath Tagore in the neighbouring Bangladesh's Sirajganj.

Curfew, shutdown cripple normal life in Manipur

IANS | June 9, 2025 5:22 PM

Imphal, June 9 (IANS) Normal life was badly affected in five valley districts of Manipur on Monday due to the indefinite curfew and 10-day shutdown, called by the Meitei radical outfit Arambai Tenggol.

BJP irked over Operation Sindoor's omission in draft motion to be placed in Bengal Assembly

IANS | June 8, 2025 9:33 PM

Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit, on Sunday, criticised the omission of the term 'Operation Sindoor' in the draft motion to be moved for discussion in the Assembly this week "to condemn the killing of 26 tourists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22" and to "commend the coordinated efforts of the different wings of the Indian Armed Forces" as a retaliatory action.

Manipur govt suspends Net services in five districts after tension erupts

IANS | June 8, 2025 8:18 AM

Imphal, June 8 (IANS) The Manipur government has suspended Internet and mobile data services in the territorial jurisdiction of five valley districts for five days after widespread protests in Imphal East and Imphal West districts following the reported arrest of a leader of the Meitei radical outfit ‘Arambai Tenggol’, officials have said.