NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated DK Shivakumar for taking oath as the chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday. He assured that the Centre would work closely with the state government for people’s welfare.“Congratulations to Shri DK Shivakumar for taking the oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Best wishes for his tenure. The…
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah whisked National Conference (NC) MLAs and MPs to Dachigam national park on Srinagar’s outskirts for a day-long strategy session Wednesday that ended with a political call to arms — a protest in New Delhi on opening day of Parliament’s monsoon session demanding restoration of J&K’s statehood.Party legislators had first gathered…
SRINAGAR: Ladakh Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the first model border village at Chumur, located at an altitude of 16,700 feet along the India-China border.Officials said the first-of-its-kind project in the region will focus on infrastructure development, employment and livelihood generation, all-weather connectivity and greater civilian-defence integration. The initiative…
NEW DELHI: As TMC faces its biggest crisis in West Bengal, there is growing speculation over the future of its contingent of MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the impact developments in Bengal will have on the heft of the second largest opposition party within INDIA bloc and its overall ramifications on Opposition’s capacity…
LONDON/KOLKATA: Anisha Chakraborty texted her brother Raktim in the US from Birmingham last Friday to say she had good news to share. The 28-year-old from Kolkata’s Mukundapur had been job-hunting after completing her master’s with distinction at Aston University and had just made it to the final round of an interview.Raktim, who is based in…
NEW DELHI: Stepping up efforts to address the problem of passengers struggling to book confirmed tickets, IRCTC has deactivated more than three crore suspicious user IDs and also placed another six crore under verification of authenticity to prevent misuse.The railways’ catering and ticketing arm has also expanded its AI-based kitchen monitoring system across its network…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed condolences over the loss of lives, including foreign nationals, in the devastating fire at a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar and said the ministry of external affairs (MEA) is coordinating with embassies and extending all necessary assistance.The massive blaze broke out at the Flourish…
NEW DELHI: Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodriguez arrived in India on Wednesday on a five-day visit to expand energy cooperation, as New Delhi seeks to diversify its crude oil procurement amid supply disruptions from the West Asia crisis.Besides energy, the two sides are also set to explore ways to shore up cooperation in areas of…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann (File photo) Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said fee hike by private schools will be capped at 5% per annum.He said a law will be introduced in the next assembly session.Addressing the media in Chandigarh, Mann said private schools will not be allowed to increase their fees by more…
Mamata Banerjee addresses the first protest rally since losing the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections at Esplanade, Kolkata NEW DELHI: Trinamool means “grassroots” — a name chosen by Mamata Banerjee when she founded the party in 1998 to project it as a movement powered from the ground up. But on Wednesday, the castle that Mamata…
