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‘No software control, no deal’: India warns it may quit $43 billion Rafale purchase as France refuses source code access

Why India suddenly wants 250 stealth fighters – The bigger plan behind it

Vote or eat? How this Howrah sweet shop turns West Bengal elections into a dessert menu

From profiling to attack: Inside Mumbai stabbing horror and disturbing pattern | DNA decodes

West Bengal elections: Can a ‘third option’ break TMC-BJP stronghold? What’s driving the new election push

Why did BRICS failed to agree on West Asia conflict? Here’s what members disagreed on

The 18 jets India returned to Russia in 2007 – Why they matter again now

Bengal polls: Explosives found in multiple areas before phase 2 voting | DNA decodes

Arvind Kejriwal refuses to appear before Justice Swarana Kanta, who refused to recuse in excise case

Gujarat local body polls: Official turnout at 49.02 pc in municipal corporations, re-poll ordered in Surendranagar

NIA begins probe on suspected terror angle in Bengal crude bomb recovery case

Breaking | Delhi-Zurich SWISS flight faces engine problem during takeoff, 6 passengers injured

Gujarat local body elections 2026: Polling underway; HM Amit Shah, CM Patel to vote in Ahmedabad

IMD issues heatwave guidance as temperatures rise across regions

K Kavitha launches new party `Telangana Rashtra Sena` seven months after quitting BRS

How Raghav Chaddha’s move to BJP may sidestep the Defection Law; Why number 7 matters

Row after students forced to remove ‘Janeu’ during CET exam in Bengaluru

Ashok Lahiri set to become NITI Aayog vice-chairman; Gobardhan Das to join as member​

Nari Shakti scripts history: Women outvote men to smash all-time records in Bengal and Tamil Nadu

The 92% mystery: DNA decodes how pruning 91 lakh names impacted Bengal’s voting surge