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Suvendu Adhikari to be first BJP Chief Minister in West Bengal, Amit Shah announces

ANI, Kolkata, West Bengal (India): Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulates BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari after he is elected as the leader of the West Bengal BJP Legislative Party and

West Bengal governor dissolves assembly amid Mamata’s refusal to quit

Int’l Desk: The Governor of India’s West Bengal, RN Ravi, dissolved the state’s legislative assembly on Thursday evening, hours before the house’s term was due to expire around midnight. The

Oil prices drop awaiting Mideast peace progress

TDS Desk: Oil prices fell and global stock markets traded mixed Thursday awaiting an update on a US plan to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of

US, Iran closing in on MoU to end war

Reuters, Islamabad The United States and Iran are closing in on an agreement on a one-page memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end the war in the Gulf, a source from

BJP-led govt to take oath on 9 May in West Bengal

ANI, Kolkata, West Bengal, India: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate after taking a lead during vote counting for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections in Kolkata on 4 May

Won’t resign, poll result a conspiracy, not people’s mandate: Mamata

Int’l Desk: “A black chapter in history has been created,” the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief warns. A day after the BJP swept the West Bengal assembly elections, outgoing chief minister