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New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday announced the launch of a movement to safeguard Bengali language from the “severe assault it is facing,” at the Trinamool Congress’s annual Martyrs’ Day rally—signaling an aggressive political campaign against the BJP centred around cultural pride in the run-up to the 2026 state elections. If TMC’s campaign around this theme crystallises, it will effectively reprise its 2021 Assembly poll strategy, which had a similar focus, branding BJP as a party of “outsiders”, alien to Bengali identity and ethos. An influential section of the Bengali intelligentsia had rallied behind Banerjee at the…

Three nursing students of the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) who were on a picnic drowned in the backwaters of the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) dam in Meenakshipura in Karnataka’s Mandya district on Sunday. The police identified the deceased as Prashanth, 22, Krishna, 21, and Siddesh, 22. Prashanth was from Periyapatna taluk in Mysuru district, Krishna from Haveri district, and Siddesh from Chamarajanagar district. The incident took place around 1.30 pm, when all three students entered the water unaware of its depth, which had increased following rain in Kodagu and the Cauvery basin. And the students did not know how…

KolkataJul 21, 2025 17:53 IST First published on: Jul 21, 2025 at 17:51 IST Share On July 21 every year, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its chief Mamata Banerjee mark “Shaheed Diwas” (Martyrs’ Day), holding a mega rally in the heart of Kolkata, which outlines their roadmap for the coming months. This time, while addressing the Martyrs’ Day rally Monday, Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister, has set the tone for the Assembly polls slated for early 2026. She accused the BJP of allegedly unleashing “linguistic terrorism” against Bengalis, asserting that the fight for identity and language will continue till…

Patna, Jul 21 (PTI) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday called on Bihar Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav and requested that the House take up for discussion the controversial special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. The leader of the opposition in the assembly spoke to journalists after meeting the Speaker inside the latter’s chamber, on the inaugural day of the monsoon session. “We requested that the matter be taken up for discussion in the House tomorrow. The assembly is the largest temple of democracy in Bihar… democracy is under attack in the state. An attempt is…

Well, well, well! Look who decided to wake up and smell the coffee! Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) just delivered one heck of an earnings beat this morning, and the stock is absolutely loving it. As of this writing, shares are jumping over 4% in premarket trading to around $42.58 after the telecom giant not only beat expectations but also raised their full-year guidance. Now that’s what I’m talking about! The Numbers That Matter Let’s cut to the chase here, folks. Verizon just showed Wall Street what happens when a company executes properly. The company raised full-year EBITDA and EPS guidance…

The biotech sector just got a massive jolt of excitement, and SAB Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: SABS) is leading the charge! As of this writing, SAB BIO shares are absolutely rocketing in pre-market trading, surging over 54% after the company announced an oversubscribed $175 million private placement that has Wall Street talking. When you see a stock move like this before the opening bell, you know something big is happening. The Big Money is Paying Attention Here’s what’s got everyone fired up: SAB BIO didn’t just raise money – they raised it from some serious heavy hitters. We’re talking about Sanofi, one…

New Delhi: Speaking for the first time in Parliament on the Keezhadi excavation report controversy, the Modi government Monday informed the house that there was no question of rejecting any report, and due process was being followed on the findings at the site of the 8th Century BCE settlement. “The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is fully committed to follow the law and due scientific process for releasing the accurate findings based on the excavation at Keezhadi,” Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat informed the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament. The Keezhadi excavation…

New Delhi: Speaking for the first time in Parliament on the Keezhadi excavation report controversy, the Modi government Monday informed the house that there was no question of rejecting any report, and due process was being followed on the findings at the site of the 8th Century BCE settlement. “The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is fully committed to follow the law and due scientific process for releasing the accurate findings based on the excavation at Keezhadi,” Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat informed the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament. The Keezhadi excavation…

Market opened strong today with HSDT trading at $16.56, up 86% in pre-market trading as of this writing Holy cow! If you weren’t watching Helius Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: HSDT) this morning, you missed one heck of a rocket ship! This little neurotech company is absolutely exploding higher—up a jaw-dropping 86% in pre-market trading as of this writing—and folks, this isn’t some meme stock nonsense. This is the real deal. The Big News That’s Moving Markets Helius just announced that their Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS) stroke program hit a grand slam with the FDA. We’re talking about a “double-blind randomized clinical…

New Delhi: The Monsoon Session of Parliament began on a fiery note Monday, with the Opposition launching a two-front attack on the BJP-led NDA government. In the Rajya Sabha, Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said US President Donald Trump’s claims of mediating the India-Pakistan ceasefire in the immediate aftermath of Operation Sindoor were “humiliating” for the country. Kharge also sought clarification on why terrorists involved in the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack had not been captured yet. Meanwhile, Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Opposition was being gagged and not allowed to speak. Show…