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‘Indo-Bangla border must be fenced’

Senior TMC leader and Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia speaks with Manas R Bannerjee about the current unrest in Bangladesh and its implications for Indian national security, particularly on the sensitive IndoBangladesh border.

‘NDA bound to crumble’

Ujjwal Raman Singh is credited with ending the 40- year-long political drought of the Congress in the Allahabad Lok Sabha seat in the Lok Sabha polls held this year.

Art should spark discourse’

Padma Shri Geeta Chandran is synonymous with Bharatanatyam, the classical dance she has practised for decades since her journey began at the age of five under the tutelage of her first guru, Swarna Saraswati.

‘Sentiments positive for MVA’

Priyanka Chaturvedi is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. She is the deputy leader and spokesperson of Shiv Sena (UBT).

BJD has always been fighting for the rights of Odisha: V K Pandian

Mr V K Pandian, bureaucrat turned BJD leader and close confidant of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday claimed that the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections in the state are one-sided and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will be a clear winner. In an interview with The Statesman, he said he considers Mr Patnaik as his "Guru" while responding to questions on a range of issues.

‘Vote for someone who is passionate about causes’

As the 18th Parliamentary Elections head towards the seventh and last phase in West Bengal, the Kolkata South constituency, often touted as “Mini India”, gears up to exercise its right to adult franchise on 1 June