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India's FY26-27 IAF plan: Rafale, transport aircraft deals lined up

India, March 23 -- India is likely to conclude several big contracts in the financial year 2026-27 to sharpen the air force's combat edge, including contracts for buying 114 Rafale fighter jets, up to... Read More


US Supreme Court to take up case on whether late-arriving mail ballots should be counted

New Delhi, March 23 -- The US Supreme Court on Monday (March 23) will begin hearing arguments over whether states can count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive afterward. Th... Read More


Orange Line Metro: SC questions state for delay

Kolkata, March 23 -- The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the West Bengal government for holding up work on Kolkata's Orange Line Metro corridor, calling its conduct an "obstinate attitude" that sta... Read More


Another death in RG Kar Hosp creates row, forensic probe deepens in lift tragedy case

Kolkata, March 23 -- A 61-year-old patient, Biswajit Samanta, died after collapsing at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Monday, creating a fresh row at the hospital. The family members of the de... Read More


Transport dept hikes vehicle hiring charges for Assembly polls

Kolkata, March 23 -- The state Transport department has hiked hiring charges of buses, minibuses, small passenger cars etc which will be engaged for the ensuing elections in the state to be held in tw... Read More


Prepare for AI future or fall behind: Governor Ravi at CU convocation

Kolkata, March 23 -- A call for artificial intelligence literacy and a return to questioning as the core of learning dominated the convocation at Calcutta University on Monday, with Governor-Chancello... Read More


Haryana: Centre uprooting terrorism, Naxalism, says Saini

Chandigarh, March 23 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said that in the past 11 years, the Union government has steadily moved towards uprooting terrorism and Naxalism even as inci... Read More


HC questions PIL on Singur agitation in textbook

Kolkata, March 23 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday indicated reluctance to entertain a public interest litigation challenging the portrayal of the Singur agitation in a state board history textboo... Read More


Assembly polls: Trinamool vows to double Bengal exports in five years

Kolkata, March 23 -- The Trinamool Congress has pledged to double West Bengal's exports over the next five years through the implementation of the West Bengal Export Promotion Policy and the West Beng... Read More


SC stays fresh trial ordered by Delhi HC in divorce case decided under 'non-existent' provision

New Delhi, March 23 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Delhi High Court's direction for a fresh trial in a matrimonial dispute where a family court had granted divorce by relying on a statutory... Read More