Trinamool’s former MLA from Barrackpore, filmmaker Raj Chakraborty, announced on Thursday that he is quitting politics. KOLKATA: Trinamool’s former MLA from Barrackpore, filmmaker Raj Chakraborty, announced on Thursday that he is quitting politics.Chakraborty’s statement comes in the wake of former ministers and TMC functionaries publicly turning on the leadership, blaming organisational arrogance and grassroots disconnect…

On May 7, 2026, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully carried out the maiden flight trial of the Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) weapon off Odisha’s coast. TARA, released from a Jaguar aircraft, is India’s first indigenous glide weapon system designed to convert unguided warheads into precision-guided…

NEW DELHi: The race to form the next government in Tamil Nadu intensified on Friday as political parties scrambled for support after the assembly elections delivered a fractured mandate. With no party crossing the halfway mark, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay continued his push to gather allies, even after securing a historic mandate.Vijay, whose…

Health authorities are racing to trace dozens of people who recently disembarked from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius after a hantavirus outbreak onboard left three people dead and several others infected.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), five of eight suspected cases have been confirmed. Among the dead is a 69-year-old Dutch woman who…