- India
Bengal: Split in minority votes fuels BJP surge in Muslim-majority districts
Kolkata: In an election that has upended West Bengal’s entrenched political arithmetic, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sweeping victory has drawn its decisive momentum not merely from traditional strongholds but from unexpected…
- India
UP: Man, wife die by suicide together; probe underway
Jalaun: A 22-year-old man and his wife allegedly died by suicide by hanging themselves in Biria Khurd village under the Jalaun Kotwali police station area, officials said on Tuesday, May 5. The…
- India
Assam elections results: Delimitation key factor for NDA’s landslide win
Guwahati: The delimitation of constituencies to reduce the impact of minority candidates in their earlier strongholds is one among the many factors that led to the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) stupendous performance…
- India
Will of people supreme, says Mahua Moitra after BJP’s victory in Bengal
Kolkata: A day after the Trinamool Congress faced a drubbing by the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections, TMC MP Mohua Moitra on Tuesday, May 5, said her party respects the…
- Pakistan
Pakistan resumes alcohol exports after 50 years
Karachi: Pakistan’s only locally-owned brewery has started exporting alcohol, a product that continues to remain banned for the country’s majority Muslim population for nearly five decades now. Murree Brewery has started exporting…
- India
Indian journalists win Pulitzer for exposing cyber fraud
New York: Indian journalists Anand RK and Suparna Sharma have won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for their work highlighting digital surveillance and cyber fraud. Anand and Sharma won the award, announced on…
- Pakistan
Pak Navy aids crew of Indian vessel stranded in Arabian Sea
Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy provided humanitarian assistance to the crew of an Indian offshore tug and supply vessel stranded in the Arabian Sea, according to a media report. The navy was assisted…
- India
Strict action against anyone forcibly occupying others’ land: Yogi Adityanath
Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, May 5, assured people that his government would ensure effective resolution of all their problems, as he interacted with citizens during a ‘janata…
- India
Minor boy electrocuted in Thane; locals stage protest against power company
Thane: A six-year-old boy died after accidentally coming in contact with a live wire in Maharashtra’s Thane city, police said on Tuesday, May 5. The incident occurred in Srinagar locality on Monday…
- Business
Stock markets drop in early trade on renewed geopolitical concerns
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday, May 5, amid fresh tensions in the Strait of Hormuz region. The rupee falling to all-time low of 95.40…
- India
Many TMC offices vandalised across West Bengal
Kolkata: Stray incidents of arson and vandalism at offices of the Trinamool Congress were reported across West Bengal on Monday, May 4 as BJP workers celebrated their landslide victory in the state.…
- India
9-yr-old mauled by stray dogs in Rajasthan; Om Birla offers condolences
Kota: A nine-year-old girl was attacked and mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs after she left her home to defecate in the fields near a village in Rajasthan’s Bundi…
- India
CBI brings wanted criminal to India after UAE extradition
New Delhi: The CBI has successfully secured the extradition of a fugitive and Interpol Red Notice subject Mohammad Navas Kakkat Ismail from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials said. Ismail was wanted…
- World
US attempt to reopen Strait of Hormuz draws Iran warning, risks ceasefire
Dubai: The ceasefire in the Iran war abruptly faced its most perilous moment on Monday after the United States began trying to open the Strait of Hormuz to allow hundreds of stranded…
- World
Russia announces Victory Day ceasefire, warns Kyiv of retaliation
Moscow: Russia’s Defence Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but it threatened…
