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New Delhi: Congress leader and senior advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Wednesday accused the Chief Election Commissioner of running the Election Commission as a personal fiefdom, turning fellow commissioners into “ornamental dummies” and partnering an “external bulldozer” of the government in what he termed a grave assault on India’s constitutional health. Addressing the media at the AICC office at 24 Akbar Road, Singhvi said the BJP had opened “an office for the murder of democracy” with the CEC on one side and the…

By Suresh Unnithan In September 2021 the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence pulled 2,988.21 kg of Afghan heroin out of two containers at Mundra Port — India’s largest single seizure, valued by agencies at up to ₹21,000 crore. The Prime Minister’s “Nasha Mukt Bharat” drive has since been loud, repeated and politically central. The Mundra file has not. Five years later the country is entitled to two plain questions: what happened to that case in open view, and where did the haul itself go? The powder is the easier…

Bengaluru: As India gets ready for Flipkart's Big Billion Days, the brand is taking the excitement to the streets of Kolkata with 'Kothaye Jaabe Dada?', an activation that turns one of the city's most recognisable everyday associations with "BBD" into a celebration of Big Billion Days. The campaign draws on the cultural familiarity of BBD Bagh, formerly known as Dalhousie Square, one of Kolkata's busiest hubs, and the countless city buses that have BBD Bagh as their destination. By bringing Flipkart's BBD message onto these…

Sayaji Kolhapur is all set to bring the world's most celebrated folk festival to the city with Oktoberfest at Moon Tree Café, running from 19th September to 4th October 2026. Promising an authentic Bavarian experience, the festival invites guests to raise a toast to good food, great music, and warm camaraderie during the dinner session. Originating in Munich, Germany, in 1810 as a celebration of Crown Prince Ludwig's marriage to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen, Oktoberfest has grown into a global symbol of…

Navi Mumbai: A five-year-old boy from Ranchi who had been placed on palliative care after his leukemia returned is now in remission, following treatment at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Navi Mumbai. Led by Consultant Haemato-oncologist Dr. Kunal Goyal, the child's care combined targeted immunotherapy with a haploidentical (half-matched) bone marrow transplant to bring his cancer under control. The child was first diagnosed at age five, after his parents noticed bruising on his legs and swelling in his neck. Blood…

Chennai: Jaipur BookMark (JBM), South Asia’s leading B2B publishing platform, will return for its 14th edition from 14-18 January 2027 at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur, alongside the Jaipur Literature Festival. The 2027 edition will bring together publishers, editors, literary agents, authors, translators, booksellers, illustrators, designers, rights managers and publishing professionals from India and across the world, with a focus on Gujarati literature, translation, emerging forms of storytelling, publishing innovation, and…

Wellbeing Nutrition, India's leading science-led health and wellness brand, announced its expansion into technology-enabled personalised wellness with BloodView, a biomarker intelligence tool that empowers consumers to better understand their health and make informed nutrition decisions based on their unique biomarker profile. Designed to bridge the gap between health data and everyday wellness decisions, BloodView analyses an individual's blood biomarkers alongside a comprehensive health questionnaire to generate…