NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar shrugged off the legislative council election results after the Samajwadi Party defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Varanasi Graduates’ constituency, saying the election reflected the mandate of educated voters rather than the general electorate.Speaking to reporters, Rajbhar said the MLC elections had no connection with the…
Akhilesh also claimed that the BJP had lost in Varanasi during both the initial counting and the subsequent recounting. He alleged that the results reflected public anger against the BJP’s policies on teachers, students and education, as well as the concerns of unemployed graduates. NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday called the…
NEW DELHI: Cracks within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti alliance came out in the open on Thursday after a Shiv Sena leader advocated for deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde to be elevated to the post of chief minister.Speaking to reporters after the MLC election results, former MLA Ravindra Dhangekar said the outcome reflected people’s views of the…
Uttar Pradesh has barred candidates linked to organisations advocating violent regime change from state government jobs, while introducing permanent disqualification for certain serious offences and safeguards against recruitment delays. JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman mocked Defence Minister Khawaja Asif over Field Marshal Asim Munir’s participation in Tehran security talks. Asif denied that a defence pact was…
The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, David McAllister, has said that the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be signed by mid-December 2026, with PM Narendra Modi anticipated to travel to Brussels for the official signing ceremony.The “mother of all deals” will still undergo rigorous scrutiny by the European Parliament, but McAllister…
BJP’s big win in MLC elections comes with setbacks in Nagpur and Varanasi The MLC elections across four states brought both shock and cheer for the BJP and Congress. While the Congress suffered a humiliating defeat in Karnataka, where it is in power but failed to win a single seat, the BJP faltered in two…
TMC MP Mahua Moitra approached the Supreme Court seeking public disclosure of the ultimate beneficial owners of AIFs and FPIs, but the Court dismissed her plea, citing the absence of a legal framework mandating such disclosure. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s plea seeking public disclosure of…
Stampede at Kolkata pandal during Durga Puja claimed 19 lives. NEW DELHI: It begins with a rumour, feeds on panic and ends in tragedy. A stampede can turn a celebration into chaos within minutes, leaving thousands gathered in joy struggling to find a way out. In a tightly packed crowd, even a small disturbance can…
SC questioned the Centre over pharma companies pricing medicines at over 1,000% of cost, saying the industry can’t “run amok” in the name of free market. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said banks must be held accountable for compensating victims of digital fraud, stressing that they should act as a “protective umbrella” for…
In October 1929, billions of dollars in wealth evaporated from the American stock market, setting off an economic catastrophe that would reach far beyond Wall Street.Years of speculative buying, easy credit and inflated share prices had created a market built on the expectation that stocks would keep rising. When confidence collapsed, investors rushed to sell….
