Bad weather cuts short PM Modi's Bengal tour; reassures Matua, Namasudra families on CAA

Bad weather cuts short PM Modi's Bengal tour; reassures Matua, Namasudra families on CAA

In his social media statement, PM Modi first addressed what he described as the Trinamool Congress' sustained propaganda that members of the Matua community -- socially backward refugees who migrated to West Bengal from the neighbouring Bangladesh -- would be adversely affected by the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Dec 20, 2025
Bad weather disrupts PM Modi's Taherpur visit, chopper returns to Kolkata

Four killed, two injured after train hits group en route to PM Modi rally in West Bengal

The incident occurred near Taherpur station. It is learned that 40 people had arrived from Murshidabad on Friday night to attend PM Modi's rally. All of them are reportedly from Sabaldah village in the Burwan area. Some of them went to the railway tracks to relieve themselves in the early morning. At that time, they were hit by an approaching train, and four of them were thrown onto the tracks. The injuries were so severe that they died on the spot. Two persons were admitted to the local Shaktinagar Hospital in a critical condition. According to hospital sources, one person's condition is serious. Dec 20, 2025
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J&K's Ratle Hydel Project Security Alert: Police Flag 29 Workers Over Terror Links

A confidential letter from the Kishtwar SSP has flagged 29 workers at the strategically crucial Ratle Hydroelectric Project for alleged terror links and criminal records, raising serious national security concerns. The disclosure has intensified political sparring, with BJP MLA Shagun Parihar claiming vindication and CM Omar Abdullah demanding a probe into alleged political interference. Dec 20, 2025
India has seen transformational economic change in last 11 years, PM Modi tells diaspora in Oman

'India soon to become world's third-largest economy,' say BJP leaders, hailing PM Modi's leadership

Bihar BJP State President Sanjay Saraogi highlighted India's current progress, stating, "Certainly, under the leadership of the Prime Minister, we are now the fourth-largest economy in the world. This fourth-largest economy is above the British, to whom we were once enslaved. Today, the British are below us, and we are ahead of England. Our ancestors could not have even imagined this. Under the esteemed Prime Minister's leadership, India is set to become the third-largest economy." Dec 19, 2025