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Netaji kin Chandra Bose joins TMC ahead of Bengal polls

Kolkata, Apr 12 (PTI) Chandra Bose, grandnephew of Subhas Chandra Bose and a former BJP leader, joined the Trinamool Congress on Sunday, days ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections. Bose joined the ruling party in the presence of state minister Bratya Basu and TMC MP Kirti Azad, and alleged that the BJP indulges in “divisive politics” and does not follow the legendary freedom fighter’s ideals. “It is not possible to follow Netaji’s ideals while being in the BJP,” Chandra Bose asserted. “Today, we are seeing that the BJP indulges in divisive politics and spreads communal hatred. We must now

Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately

April 12 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. ​Navy would immediately start blockading the ‌Strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid ​a toll to Iran. Trump made his ​remarks in a Truth Social post ⁠hours after U.S-.Iran peace talks ended without a ​deal. Trump said the meeting “went well, most ​points were agreed,” but added the two sides had not agreed on Iran’s nuclear program. “Effective immediately, the ​United States Navy, the Finest in ​the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING ‌any ⁠and all Ships trying to

Does marriage prevent cancer? Who benefits most?

Marriage, it turns out, may come with a side‑effect no one puts in the vows: people who have been married seem less likely to develop cancer than those who have never married at all. That is the provocative finding from a large new study that has raised interesting questions about what really keeps us healthy over a lifetime. If marriage shows up in the data as “protective”, is it love that matters, the piece of paper, or something much bigger hiding in the background? In this analysis, researchers looked at cancer diagnoses in more than 4 million adults across 12

Iran war diverts US military and attention from Asia

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2026 (AP) — In 2011, President Barack Obama declared it was time for America to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter the rise of China. Fifteen years later, the U.S. finds itself still at war in the Middle East and has pulled military assets from the Asia-Pacific as it aims to eliminate the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. The demands of the Iran war also caused President Donald Trump to delay by several weeks his highly anticipated trip to China, deepening worries that the U.S. is

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