Spread the love Lotus blooms in West Bengal Khela hobe …For the last 5 years, this was the slogan Mamata Banerjee used to taunt her rivals. But this time, ‘khela hoye geche’ and not in the way the Trinamool Congress (TMC) imagined. The unthinkable has happened, and “Lotus has bloomed in West Bengal.”The result has redrawn Bengal’s political map, ending...
As TVK’s Vijay eyes Tamil Nadu CM seat, a look at how his parents engineered the rise despite early reluctance
Spread the love Proving most political analyses and exit polls wrong, actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the single largest party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026. Despite it being their debut polls, Vijay and TVK earned a landslide victory in the state, and when the final results are out, the party is likely to secure...
West Bengal election results 2026: BJP sweeps Mamata’s citadel – who’s in CM race?
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130807731,imgsize-983969,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/bjp-candidates-for-next-bengal-cm.jpg" alt="West Bengal election results 2026: BJP sweeps Mamata's citadel – who's in CM race?" title=" . ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> NEW DELHI: The BJP appears set to form the next government in West Bengal after leading on 207 of the state’s 294 assembly seats, leaving the Trinamool Congress trailing at 80. With this decisive mandate, attention...
Bhabanipur chooses Dada over Didi: Suvendu Adhikari emerges giant slayer again
Spread the love Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: The back and forth at high-stakes Bhabanipur assembly constituency ended up with historic mandate in favour of BJP‘s heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated chief minister Mamata Banerjee by 15,105 votes.Mamata’s defeat in Bhabanipur, considered to be her bastion with deep hold of TMC’s cadre, resonnates with the larger picture of...
Tamil Nadu election results 2026: Why BJP’s push faltered as Vijay seized the prize
Spread the love NEW DELHI: After dominating almost all the Hindi-speaking states in the north, the Bharatiya Janata Party wanted to test southern waters — a region where the party has historically struggled to gain ground.It planned expansion in Tamil Nadu, which has been under the control of two Dravidian giants for decades — the DMK and the AIADMK.However, as...
‘To deal with the gang of criminals…’: Senior oncologist shares interesting analogy for understanding cancer ‘grade’ vs ‘stage’
Spread the love 5 min readNew DelhiMay 4, 2026 09:00 PM IST A cancer diagnosis often comes with multiple terms that can feel overwhelming, especially when reports mention both ‘grade’ and ‘stage.’ While they may sound similar, they describe very different aspects of the disease. To simplify the concept, Dr Jayesh Sharma, a senior cancer surgeon, recently broke it down...
Who is TVK’s VS Babu? King slayer who defeated DMK’s Stalin in Tamil Nadu’s Kolathur
Spread the love Photo credit: PTI In a major political development in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026, chief minister M K Stalin has lost his Kolathur constituency, his long-time political stronghold, to V S Babu of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), with the party heading towards its maiden electoral performance.According to Election Commission data after the 22nd round of...
Left with no govt: Kerala’s pendulum swings away from LDF after a decade
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Kerala’s compass dial has swung again, after a decade, away from the Left Democratic Front. This has left the Left with no fortress standing in the country. This is the first time in several decades that India has no communist government in any state. UDF has won over 95 seats, according to the Election Commission’s...
PM Modi dons traditional Bengali panjabi and dhuti as BJP marks historic West Bengal win
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose symbolism as much as celebration when he arrived at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Monday, hours after the party’s sweeping victory in West Bengal.Known for using attire to signal political messages, the Prime Minister appeared in a traditional Bengali ensemble, aligning his appearance with the state that had...
‘Lotus now blooms from Gangotri to Ganga Sagar’: PM Modi lauds historic BJP win in Bengal
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic victory in West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry.While addressing a huge crowd of workers at BJP headquarters in Delhi, PM Modi congratulated party workers and said that “they have made the lotus bloom.”Here are the top quotes from his speech Today, I respectfully bow to...
