As a child, I played a game called ‘Saap Seeri’ (Snakes and Ladders). It was a simple pursuit: except for an occasion or two – having not mastered the “art of throwing dice” – I climbed the ladders of progress only to be swallowed by a snake that pulled me back to the threshold.
With the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) seeking an unprecedented third consecutive term and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) pushing for a comeback, the day promises a decisive verdict in one of India’s most closely watched electoral battles.
Counting of votes for the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal is currently underway.
When King Charles III rose to address the US Congress, the setting suggested a ceremony. The substance suggested something closer to intervention.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results 2026: The counting of votes across all the 234 Assembly constituencies where polling was held on April 23 has begun.
In a village in Odisha, a man arrived at a bank carrying what no institution expects to confront: the skeletal remains of his sister.
The big news from Tokyo is that the Japanese Diet on 21 April sharply eased its arms export rules, allowing in principle the overseas transfer of finished defence equipment, including lethal weapons.
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Responding to the territorial claims of Nepal, MEA Official Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “Such unilateral artificial enlargement of territorial claims is untenable.”
The incident reportedly relates to booth number 29 of the Noapara Assembly segment, where the slips were found in Subhas Nagar under the Ichapur Nilganj Panchayat area.
