Maha: Verbal duel broke out between Fadnavis and Sanjay Raut

IANS | December 22, 2025 7:06 PM

Mumbai/Nagpur, Dec 22 (IANS) A fierce war of words has erupted between the ruling MahaYuti and the opposition following the landslide victory of the BJP-led alliance in the Maharashtra Nagar Parishad and Nagar Panchayat elections.

NCDC, WHO meet to strengthen influenza preparedness

IANS | December 22, 2025 6:04 PM

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) India, on Monday launched a two-day meeting to strengthen influenza preparedness in the country.

Another religious 'secular' political entity rises in the East

Jayanta Bhattacharya | December 22, 2025 5:49 PM

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) West Bengal's IPS officer-turned-politician Humayun Kabir may not be the first leader to eye a favourable mandate from more than 30 per cent Muslim population in the state, but perhaps the leader holding an extra edge in capturing religious sentiments with his intent of building a "Babri Masjid" in Murshidabad district.

'Constitution put in freezer by Yunus regime in Bangladesh'

IANS | December 22, 2025 5:38 PM

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty on Monday stated that India has consistently expressed its stance on the political situation in Bangladesh, stressing the need to hold free, fair, inclusive and credible elections and transfer power to the winning party.