Piyush Goyal holds meet to bolster farm sector

IANS | May 8, 2026 1:39 PM

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal held a meeting with Dr. MJ Khan, Chairman of the Indian Chamber of Food & Agriculture, and discussed initiatives to further enhance the quality of life of the country’s farmers and sharing India’s farm expertise with African countries as part of the goal to boost development of the Global South.

Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata; new CM name to be finalised today

IANS | May 8, 2026 12:53 PM

Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Friday to choose the new leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Legislative Party in the West Bengal Assembly, who will assume the role of the new Chief Minister of the state following the BJP’s resounding victory in the recently held elections, the results of which were announced on May 4.

West Bengal’s shifting regimes and the politics of colour

Jayanta Bhattacharya | May 8, 2026 12:36 PM

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Colour has long mirrored political change in West Bengal, vividly reflecting shifts in power over the last half-century. From the Left Front’s iconic red to the Trinamool Congress’s blue-and-white, political transitions in the state have often found expression through colour.