Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) West Bengal goes to the polls on Thursday, in the first of the two-phase high-stakes, tightly-policed Assembly election, where about 3.6 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in roughly 44,000 polling booths across 152 constituencies in 16 districts.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 22 (IANS) With Kerala waiting for the vote counting day on May 4, the electoral suspense may be overwhelming, but is marked by an intriguing question -- what happens to the precedents set over a decade by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan?
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Union government said on Wednesday that the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has achieved a historic milestone by surpassing total gross enrolments of nine crore subscribers.
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly elections this time will not be just a “vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)” but a “vote against illegal infiltration, corruption and crime against women”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday to lodge a strong protest against Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘terrorist’ remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and to demand exemplary action to serve as a 'deterrent' for others who try to breach political red lines.
Karnal, April 22 (IANS) A year into one of the worst terrorist attacks on tourists in India, life seems to have stopped there itself for families of the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. Rajesh Narwal, father of slain Navy officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was one of the victims, on Wednesday said that life has never been the same for the family.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Argentina's Ambassador to India, Mariano Caucino on Wednesday paid tribute to the victims of Pahalgam terror attack, expressing his country's support to India in its right to defend itself.
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Wednesday termed reports an arrest warrant being issued against Bengali poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay as "fake news".
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Approximately 10 per cent of districts in the country currently do not have a blood centre, underscoring the need for accelerated expansion of infrastructure, an official statement said on Wednesday.
Srinagar, April 22 (IANS) Solidarity marches were taken out on Wednesday in Karnah and Gurez border towns of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to mark the anniversary of the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack on innocent people by Pakistan-based terrorists in which 26 people were killed.
