Manufacturing hubs playing key role in India's big push to economic growth

IANS | April 28, 2026 1:18 PM

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) As India works towards transforming from a $3.7 trillion economy to a $30–35 trillion economy by 2047, manufacturing is expected to play a central role, with its share in GDP rising to at least 25 per cent from the current level of 16 to 17 per cent, an official fact-sheet said on Tuesday.

People of Bengal in distress under Trinamool govt: Bihar BJP chief

IANS | April 28, 2026 1:04 PM

Patna, April 28 (IANS) As the second phase of the highly anticipated West Bengal Assembly elections approaches, BJP Bihar President Sanjay Saraogi on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks, stating that the state is facing a difficult situation and that people are in distress under the Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee.

Bengal phase 2 polls: 2nd supplementary list of Appellate Tribunals published; 1,468 names added, six deleted

IANS | April 28, 2026 12:46 PM

Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) With the Election Commission of India (ECI) having published the second supplementary list of voters in West Bengal disposed of through the Appellate Tribunals judging the 27 lakh cases found excludable in the earlier judicial adjudication process on Tuesday morning, that is just a day before the second phase of the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in the state, only 1,468 names were cleared.