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NEW DELHI: Suvendu Adhikari’s rise as BJP’s choice for chief minister in West Bengal comes after years of positioning himself as the party’s most formidable anti-Mamata Banerjee face in the state. From defeating the Trinamool Congress supremo in her own den to leading the BJP’s aggressive Hindutva-driven campaign, Adhikari steadily emerged as the saffron party’s…

The United States Department of War has released a first tranche of declassified government files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAP, making them freely accessible to the public for the first time in history. The files, which include videos, photographs, and original source documents, are now live at war.gov/ufo. No security clearance is needed to…

On a humid Sunday afternoon in July last year, a small Christian gathering inside a modest home in India’s Uttar Pradesh state was interrupted by a mob. “At least 50 to 60 people associated with a Hindu right-wing organization came when people were receiving a religious message,” said Jaynendra (name changed), the pastor leading the…

Vodafone Group is considering transferring ​part of its 19% stake in Vodafone Idea to ‌the Indian unit to hold in treasury, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, in a move to boost its capital after the Indian government cut a ​bill for outstanding spectrum fees. Source link

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on authorities in India to investigate a violent attack against two journalists while covering the Health Minister’s visit to the eastern state of Jharkhand and to ensure that all perpetrators are held accountable. The reported attack took place on April 28, 2026, when Indian journalists Ashish…

Schools have to been directed  to build gender-segregated toilets and to keep stocks of menstrual hygiene products by India’s Supreme Court . In January, India’s Supreme Court has ruled that menstrual health is a fundamental right, directing states and schools to take measures to facilitate menstrual health and sanitation. The laws of the world’s most…

Rangasamy meets LG, stakes claim to form government in Puducherry NEW DELHI: All India NR Congress (AINRC) founder N Rangasamy on Friday evening met Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kuniyil Kailashnathan and staked claim to form the government in the Union Territory days after emerging victorious in the recently held assembly polls.Rangasamy, who has been the longest-serving…

Xi Jinping and Shehbaz Sharif NEW DELHI: China has for the first time publicly acknowledged providing on-ground technical assistance to Pakistan during India’s Operation Sindoor last year.Beijing’s South China Morning Post on Friday reported that state broadcaster CCTV aired interviews with engineers from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s (AVIC) Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research…