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KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday asked supporters to stop raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans at Jorasanko Thakurbari, saying that as CM he now “belongs to everyone”.“Eta political kochkochir somoy na (this is not the time for political bickering),” Adhikari said at the ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore, which he visited minutes after being...

MUMBAI: Discussions across medical forums in recent weeks have centred around “problems” with the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act after two court interventions put gynaecologists under scrutiny.“Why are doctors being made scapegoats?” asked senior Mumbai gynaecologist Dr Sudhir Naik, reflecting the anger in medical circles.In one case, an FIR was filed against a gynaecologist...

KOLKATA: Forty-eight hours after he was relieved by the EC as the special observer on May 7, retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday appointed adviser to chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. The appointment order came within hours after Adhikari took oath as CM at a ceremony at Brigade Parade Grounds.The state also appointed IAS...

Gujarat Titans’ skipper Shubman Gill (ANI Photo) Shubman Gill struck a calm and reflective tone after leading Gujarat Titans to a dominant 77-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, even as his side produced one of their most complete performances of the season. Gill, who scored a superb 84 off 44 balls and shared a...

A trespasser was killed after being struck by a Frontier Airlines aircraft during takeoff at Denver International Airport late Friday night, with the incident also leaving 17 people injured, airport authorities said.According to a statement issued by Denver International Airport, the individual breached airport security by jumping the perimeter fence and running onto the runway...

In 2027, most Indian cities will show a decline in crime rate. That is a safe prediction to make. Historical precedent suggests crime rates in large Indian cities fall sharply in a Census year.This is not because of better policing, but because of a mathematical glitch — one that the National Crime Records Bureau mentions...

Ravindra Jadeja (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Ravindra Jadeja’s iconic sword celebration is well known whenever the veteran all-rounder reaches a milestone like a fifty or century. However, during Saturday’s IPL 2026 clash between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jadeja came up with a fresh and unexpected celebration.Playing for Rajasthan...

NEW DELHI: PM Modi touching the feet of a nonagenarian BJP member and then kneeling down in gratitude to the surging crowd at Brigade Ground, an image of Goddess Durga as the backdrop on the dais, and CM Suvendu Adhikari dressed in a gerua (saffron) kurta — the oath-taking of BJP’s first govt in West...

KOLKATA: BJP began its first stint in office in Bengal on Saturday with Suvendu Adhikari being sworn in as the state’s first saffron chief minister along with five cabinet ministers, as PM Narendra Modi joined a lakh-plus crowd at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata to witness a former Left and then centrist bastion take a...

KOLKATA/SILIGURI: For decades, at the break of dawn, Makhanlal Sarkar would leave his modest home in Surya Sen Park Colony in Siliguri in ‘khadi’ shorts, RSS belt and boots for organisational work. At 97, the lifelong swayamsevak and grassroots political worker has received what many in his locality dub as the recognition of a lifetime...