Droupadi Murmu and Rahul Gandhi (R) NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention in the ongoing row over the recruitment of teachers in the West Bengal.In his letter, Congress MP highlighted the recent Supreme Court verdict that upheld…
Screengrab from the video shared by A NEW DELHI: BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya on Tuesday shared video of alleged confrontation between two Trinamool Congress MPs engaged in a heated exchange at the Election Commission headquarters on April 4.The incident reportedly took place on April 4, at the Election Commission headquarters, where TMC MPs…
PM Modi interacts with Mudra Yojana beneficiaries NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) on Tuesday morning, marking 10 years of the flagship scheme that supports micro and small businesses across India. He revealed that over Rs 33 lakh crore in collateral-free loans have been sanctioned…
NEW DELHI: BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya on Tuesday flagged an alleged public altercation between Trinamool Congress MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad – a former cricketer – at the Election Commission headquarters on April 4. He also claimed that tensions also spilled over onto a party WhatsApp group, with a cryptic reference to…
On World Health Day public health activists and doctors have expressed concern over the privatization of public health services and the handing over of district hospitals and health centres to private entities. They flagged the handing over of district hospitals to private entities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Karnataka.Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA),…
NEW DELHI: For three decades, lawyers were virtually assured of becoming high court judges once their names were recommended by the HC collegia to the CJI-led three-member Supreme Court collegium. The success rate was 85-90% then, but now it has become much tougher as less than 50% of those recommended were cleared by the SC…
A blast occurred around 1am outside BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia’s residence in Jalandhar. Kalia, who initially mistook it for thunder, later alerted police. A forensic team is inspecting the scene, with CCTV footage under review. “There was a blast at around 1 am…I was sleeping, and I thought that it was the sound of thunder…Later…
NEW DELHI: A botched investigation by police, which also “planted” evidence, and lopsided proceedings by the trial court sent a man to the gallows in a rape-cum murder case of a child in Uttarakhand. After a decade in jail under the shadow of death, Supreme Court not only quashed his sentence but also acquitted him.A…
KOLKATA: A film and television director, allegedly driving in an inebriated state, crashed into a crowded area in Kolkata’s Thakurpukur on Sunday morning, killing one person and critically injuring at least eight others.Enraged locals vandalised the car, dragged out the accused, Siddhant Das (35), and thrashed him till police arrived. He was arrested and later…
NEW DELHI: Two days after Waqf (Amendment) Act came into force, its constitutional validity was challenged before SC Monday by DMK, Maulana Arshad Madani of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, and Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema. The petitions object primarily to the elimination of the ‘waqf by user’ provision and alleged “ouster…
