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Tricolours, fireworks and gulaal: How Kolkata celebrated Team India’s T20 World Cup win

From Gariahat to Salt Lake, it was Holi and Diwali on the same night for cricket fans in the city

Is feminism still relevant in 2026? Kolkata women say the movement remains essential

Need for balance

West Asia crisis exposes fragile multipolar order and forces India to navigate ties with US, Israel, Iran and Gulf while safeguarding energy security diaspora and trade

NIRUPAMA RAO

New agency

Developing nations expand cooperation and philanthropy networks as Western aid declines while India pushes multi alignment partnerships to narrow development finance gaps

SWATI PRABHU

Urgent reflections

Gandhi would see precarity and cruelty as moral failures. Nehru would read rising inequality as threats to democratic citizenship. Ambedkar would be the most unsparing

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On song

Rastriya Swatantra Party victory reflects youth anger at corruption instability and economic distress while opening space for India and Nepal to rebuild trust and deepen regional cooperation

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Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran supreme leader as clerics approve succession

I took a conscious decision to put in my papers, the reasons of which will remain confidential for now

US copies Iran Shahed drone design to deploy low cost LUCAS weapon in war

Market bloodbath: Sensex tanks 2,345 points, Nifty slides below 23,800 in early session

Ahmedabad curse broken: India ride on Sanju, Bumrah heroics to lift 3rd T20 WC title

Iran war intensifies as US-Israel strikes ignite Tehran fuel depots and Gulf sites

Academic change: NCERT plans to increase number of subjects for Class IX students to ten

Arvid Lindblad looks ‘forward to bringing a bit of India back to the F1 grid’

Inside the Epstein scandal: the deals, the death, the files

Why Iran keeps erupting: Protests, repression and a nation on the edge

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“Don't Seek War But Will Defend Territory”: Iran’s Permanent Representative to UN

“Iran’s Army, Navy, Air Force Wiped Out”: US President Donald Trump

"We Allowed Iranian Ship To Dock in India As It Was Right Thing to Do": Jaishankar

"Have You Mortgaged India to US?": Owaisi Questions Govt Over US' Russian Oil Remark

Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi Says He’s Accepted To Lead Iran After Khamenei’s Death

"Now US is Telling India What to Buy and What Not to Buy": Priyanka Chaturvedi

Mamata Banerjee Starts SIR Protest in Heart of Kolkata

"If We Believe in Freedom of Iranian Women": Spain PM Defends No to War Stand

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As Bengal polls near, ‘under adjudication’ fear rises among minority voters amid SIR row

From absolute clarity to Sachin's tips, how Bumrah & Samson helped India defend WC title

Rahul Gandhi promises five guarantees in Kerala ahead of the Assembly elections

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Orunodoi scheme: Assam govt to transfer Rs 3600 crore to 40 lakh women on March 10

Apocalyptic view: Black smoke engulfs Tehran after Israeli strike ignites fuel depots

Drone scare, four cancellations: Three Kolkatans recount week-long ordeal in Dubai

Tricolours, fireworks and gulaal: How Kolkata celebrated Team India’s T20 World Cup win

Is feminism still relevant in 2026? Kolkata women say the movement remains essential

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Eden Gardens has changed, but not the South African team

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Coronation of dynasty baiter's son: Nishant Kumar joins JDU, enters into politics

Rahul Gandhi promises five guarantees in Kerala ahead of the Assembly elections

Academic change: NCERT plans to increase number of subjects for Class IX students to ten

Violence breaks out in moving train after alleged razor attack on Ashutosh Brahmchari

Rajya Sabha elections: Cross-voting fear looms over BJD, tough test for Naveen Patnaik

Expelled Congress leader Mohammed Moquim to launch new political party on April 8

Abhishek Banerjee challenges Amit Shah to debate BJP-led Centre vs TMC-led Bengal

I took a conscious decision to put in my papers, the reasons of which will remain confidential for now

Row over ‘insult’ to President Droupadi Murmu opens new BJP–TMC front ahead of Bengal Polls

As Bengal polls near, ‘under adjudication’ fear rises among minority voters amid SIR row

Mamata Banerjee brandishes old photo to counter PM Modi over Murmu visit charge

Voter list revision row escalates in Cooch Behar ahead of Assembly polls

West Asia war: Agriculture basket under threat as conflict creates export problems

Beyond technology and business: The rivalry among AI giants turns deeply personal

Oil prices may cross USD 100 as Strait of Hormuz disruption rattles global markets

Alphabet raises Sundar Pichai pay package to USD 692 million with stock incentives

India rolls out relief for exporters as West Asia war disrupts shipping routes

Compensation for victims of digital fraud, RBI and banks to jointly bear payout

Iran promises to stop attacks on neighbours, tells US to take ‘surrender dream to grave’

India allowed Iranian vessel to dock at Kochi days before IRIS Dena massacre: Sources

Pakistani man convicted in Iran-linked plot to assassinate Trump, other US leaders

US, Sri Lanka at odds: Washington urges Colombo not to repatriate crew of Iranian warships

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US embassy in Baghdad targeted, Iraq leaders ordered to distance themselves from Iran

Apocalyptic view: Black smoke engulfs Tehran after Israeli strike ignites fuel depots

US intelligence says Iran uranium stockpile at Isfahan could still be accessed

Indian national dead in Saudi Arabia housing complex strike and 12 others injured

Troubleshooter who fires yorkers at will: Jasprit Bumrah seals India's final spot

X-factor loses spin edge in mindset maze ahead of World Cup final

Black Caps ready to adapt & entertain in World Cup final