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TMC goons go berserk after party’s victory in West Bengal, engage in violence, vandalism and arson

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's convoy was also attacked by TMC goons in Haldia.

TMC goons go on a rampage in Nandigram after Mamata Banerjee loses to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari. Read details

The media also came under violent attack as police acted as mere spectators after Mamata lost Nandigram to Suvendu Adhikari

Rajasthan: 1,500 ventilators received under PM CARES Fund lying unopened since 10 months, says report

As per doctors, Rajasthan is currently in need of 1,000 more ventilators.

Assam voters reject anti-CAA agenda: 3 new parties formed against the amendment fail to make a mark in elections, win only 1 seat

Three new parties Asom Jatiya Parishad, Raijor Dal and Anchalik Gana Morcha were formed in Assam on anti-CAA agenda

West Bengal Elections: BJP wins Naxalbari where the Maoist movement began

In Naxalbari, which gave rise to the Maoist movement, the BJP has won comfortably with a margin of over 70,000 votes.

TMC MP Derek O’Brien continues to hit below the belt, refers to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as mosquitoes using wordplay

TMC's Derek O'Brien referred to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as MO-SHA, which means mosquito in Bengali

Bengal election results: BJP candidate Chandana Bauri, wife of a daily wage earner, wins from Saltora constituency

Chandana Bauri won by defeating TMC candidate Santosh Kumar Mondal by 4,145 votes in Saltora constituency in Bankura district

Congress celebrates as it concedes 16 seats to BJP, 27 to TMC in West Bengal and scores a big fat zero

While the Congress party was celebrating the win of TMC, it forgot to realise that it itself suffered the loss most due to TMC only

Mamata Banerjee seen back on her feet, ditches wheelchair right after TMC won by a landslide in West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee walked to her party office after winning West Bengal to urge TMC workers to not carry victory rallies.

West Bengal elections: Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram by a narrow margin

Suvendu Adhikari has defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 by a narrow margin.

‘Neutral journalists’ celebrate as election trends show TMC victory in West Bengal: Here is what they said

The cabal of so-called 'neutral journalists', who had been eyeing the opportunity for a long time, took to Twitter to mock the BJP and express glee over its defeat.

As Mamata Banerjee appears set to win big, here are 6 things that went wrong for the BJP

Mamata Banerjee is well on her way to registering a thumping victory for the Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Elections 2021.

Himanta Biswa Sarma wins by over 1 lakh votes from Jalukbari constituency, Assam Congress president Ripun Bora loses from Gohpur

Himanta Biswa Sarma campaigned in Jalukbari constituency for himself for only one day, on the last day of the campaigning

BJP office in Arambagh burnt to ashes by suspected TMC goons, violence erupts in Beliaghata as trends show TMC landslide

Trends that have come in so far in the counting process shows a decisive victory for TMC. TMC was ahead in 208 seats

Exclusive: Oxygen refilling station owner harassed by Delhi govt, says officials sealed station, seized cylinders and detained employees

Owner of a oxygen cylinder refilling station in Delhi alleged that government officials sealed his station and harassed his staff

After trends show TMC victory, party workers and Islamists resort to name-calling, threaten BJP supporters with violence

TMC workers and Islamists resorted to threatening, name-calling BJP supporters after trends showed TMC victory in West Bengal

Prashant Kishor announces he is quitting his career as political strategist, expresses desire to pursue an alternate career

Prashant Kishor in an interview to NDTV said he will be handing over I-PAC to his colleagues to pursue something else in life.

As trends show TMC victorious, opposition leaders congratulate Mamata, Congress celebrates its own defeat

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut have congratulated Mamata Banerjee.

Demography is destiny indeed, but Assam shows the way: What Bengal BJP can learn from Assam

Hindi consolidation happened in Assam but not in West Bengal, thereby resulting in a devastating defeat for the BJP.

As trends show TMC victory in Bengal, workers gherao BJP office in Kolkata, burst cracker in front of police in Asansol when asked to...

As per initial trends, TMC is ahead in the state of West Bengal in at least 200 seats and BJP, that claimed they would win 200, are trailing

As initial trends show TMC winning West Bengal, party workers celebrate and violate COVID-19 protocol: Watch

TMC workers hit streets to celebrate the victory of the party in complete violation of Coronavirus protocols and social distancing guidelines

Not one input predicted the intensity and ferocity of the Covid-19 second wave, says Science & Technology secretary

DST Secretary Ashutosh Sharma said that election rallies and Kumbh are not the main reasons for the second wave of Covid-19 in India

Rajdeep Sardesai explains why TMC needs to treat Congress with Rasogullah if it wins Bengal, Rahul Kanwal shuts him down

Sardesai wanted to give credit for TMC's performance in election to Congress, but Rahul Kanwal shut his arguments down

UP Panchayat Elections: Police lathi charge polling agents in Firozabad, counting begins late in many places

The Police in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh were forced to lathi charge polling agents during the counting of the Panchayat Elections.

New Zealand embassy apologises after being questioned for appealing to Congress for oxygen, right after party’s Philippines embassy stunt: Details

New Zealand embassy has reached out for help to Youth Congress National President Srinivas BV, after party pulled off Philippines stunt

37 seats were won by less than a margin of 5000 votes, 8 among them won by less than 1000 votes in the 2016...

Out of total 294 seats in West Bengal, as many as 37 seats were won by a margin of less than 5000 votes during the 2016 polls

Adar Poonawalla’s factory was gheraod by Shiv Sena goons demanding that they be given the vaccine first: Rahul Kanwal

CEO of the Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla has temporarily moved out after facing threats from the most powerful men in India

SP leader Azam Khan may be shifted out of Sitapur jail after testing positive for Covid-19, his son also tests positive for the virus...

RT-PCR test of Azam Khan was done after his antigen report came positive on Thursday, which also came positive on Friday

How Congress ‘delivered’ Oxygen to Philippines embassy when they had no COVID-19 cases: Jairam Ramesh debunked by S Jaishankar

S Jaishankar informed that the MEA verified the matter with the Philippines embassy and found that they had no cases of COVID-19

Adar Poonawalla says Covishied production is in full swing, will return to India in a few days after meeting in UK

Adar Poonawalla shared the latest update on his meeting with the stakeholders in the UK and production of Covishield.

As Arvind Kejriwal plays politics, doctors of Batra Hospital, where 12 died due to lack of oxygen, question Delhi govt: Read details

Another disaster struck Delhi earlier today when at least 12 people lost their lives in Batra Hospital in Mehrauli

2.4 lakh doses of Covaxin abandoned in a truck for 12 hours safe as refrigerator was running, transport company arranges replacement driver

A truck carrying 2.4 doses of Covaxin was found abandoned for more than 12 hours at a roadside in Madhya Pradesh, driver still missing

Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha justifies Sharjeel Usmani’s hateful rant following Rohit Sardana’s death

Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha on Saturday justified Sharjeel Usmani celebrating the death of Rohit Sardana.

While India battles the second wave of Coronavirus, here is a list of 10 covidiots who mocked India’s vaccination drive

While many left-liberals demanding free covid-19 vaccine, many of they were seen spreading anti-vaccine propaganda 2 months ago

AAP’s Sanjay Singh tries to teach Islamists true Islam, gets schooled by Islamist

Sanjay Singh tried hard to pretend that he knew and understood Islam better than the Islamic fundamentalists.

Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla hints at starting vaccine production outside India, says he temporarily moved to UK due to threats from the powerful

Adar Poonawalla said Serum Institute will start vaccine production in other countries as it struggles to meet supply commitments

Donald Trump mocks Twitter after stocks stumble 15%, slams them for silencing free speech: Details

Donald Trump said that this was the price the social media giant Twitter was probably having to pay for stifling free speech

‘Send tankers, will send 20 MT oxygen daily to Delhi’: Himanta Biswa Sarma to AAP founder who tried to find holes in Assam’s oxygen...

AAP convenor claims Assam only has PSA oxygen plants in hospitals, Himanta Biswa Sarma informs the state has industrial plants too

NIA refuses to entertain petition by Urban Naxal Rona Wilson based on ‘forensic report’ which was picked up by WaPo to exonerate him

Rona Wilson had referred to the dubious 'forensic report' by Arsenal Consulting to seek innocence in Bombay HC

Netizens trend #JusticeForRohitSardana, claim ‘medical negligence’ behind his death, BJP leaders demand investigation

BJP leader Richa Rajpoot lamented how a physically and mentally fit individual such as Rohit Sardana died within hours of hospitalisation.

“We mean business. You will arrange everything now”: Delhi HC threatens contempt proceedings against centre if Delhi does not get allocated oxygen

Delhi high court said that 490 MT oxygen was allocated by centre only, and they should ensure that this quantity is delivered to Delhi

Times of India passes off an anti-Modi paid article as a news item, removes the story when called out: Details

The advertisement which was passed off as a news article was an opinion piece written by Devlina Chakravarty in the Times of India

‘Liberals’ always dehumanise their opponents: Did it surprise you that liberals celebrated the passing of Rohit Sardana?

Yesterday, 'liberal' Twitter erupted in cheers as news of the death of journalist Rohit Sardana spread everywhere

IIT Professor responds after Economic Times misquoted him to insinuate that the Indian government ignored warning signs of Covid 2nd wave

"It is perhaps a paraphrase but sounds like an accusation, which was never made by me," the Professor said on Economic Times report.

West Bengal woman protestor dies of Covid at Tikri border as ‘farmers’ continue to agitate amid second wave

Sandeep Singh has confirmed that Basu's death is the first confirmed case of death due to the COVID-19 at the Tikri border.

As others play politics, Yogi Adityanath gets to work: Says UP has received 1 crore Covid-19 vaccines for 18 to 45 age group

UP govt had ordered 50 lakh doses each of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines to start the vaccination of people in 18-45 age group

Reliance Industries becomes India’s largest producer of medical oxygen, provides 1,000 MT of the gas free of cost daily to fight COVID-19

Reliance Industries has so far provided 15,000 MT of medicinal grade liquid oxygen free of cost, helping nearly 15 lakh patients

Islamists celebrating death of Rohit Sardana were not fringe, prove themselves to be mainstream as #StandWithSharjeelUsmani trends

Sharjeel Usmani is not a fringe element. He is entirely a creation of liberal media and its band of 'intellectuals'.

Gujarat CM announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kins of 18 people who died in the fire at Bharuch Hospital

A fire broke out at Patel Welfare COVID Hospital in Bharuch, Gujarat on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday