NEW DELHI: In another sign of the growing divide within the Trinamool Congress, several party MLAs attended Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s administrative review meeting on Wednesday, even as the opposition party grappled with its biggest internal crisis since losing power in West Bengal.Among those present at the Nabanna meeting were rebel leaders Ritabrata Banerjee, Javed…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday questioned the Centre over the alleged offloading of some of India’s gold reserve to protect the country’s foreign-currency assets after the rupee continued to depreciate against US dollars. As of filing of this article the Rupee was valued at 95.691 to the US dollar a…
Vijeta Dahiya, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party on Wednesday announced three spokespersons, a day after activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk decided to join what began as one of the country’s biggest internet sensations and has since evolved into a unique political formation.The CJP, which began as a viral online phenomenon…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that a dependent married daughter could not be excluded from the definition of ‘family’ and would be entitled to seek employment or allotment of a ration shop if any of her parents died in harness.A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe faulted a provision of a…
Punjab orthopaedic treatments: Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana records Rs 84 crore in four months The Punjab Government’s flagship Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana has spent more than Rs 84 crore on orthopaedic treatments in 4 months, reflecting a sharp rise in demand for bone and joint care services across the state.A new and expanded version of…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) appeared to be staring at its biggest internal crisis in years on Wednesday after expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee met West Bengal assembly speaker Rathindra Bose, claiming the support of 58 party legislators.The development has lent legitimacy to the rumours that a large section of the TMC legislature party could…
Atishi slams education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over limited bank options on portal (Image credit: ANI) Former Delhi chief minister and current Delhi assembly LoP, Atishi, has criticised the CBSE reevaluation process, alleging that students are facing difficulties due to limited payment options on the board’s reevaluation portal.In a post on X, Atishi claimed that payments…
NEW DELHI: India’s ambassador to Qatar, Vipul, has been appointed the next Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, govt said in an official announcement on Tuesday. An IFS officer of 1998 batch, Vipul is expected to take up the new assignment soon. The appointment is significant as this is the first time that a non-Muslim will…
NEW DELHI: Annamalai Kuppusamy (K Annamalai), who not so long ago was the BJP’s biggest face, and also its biggest hope in Tamil Nadu, has quit the party. The former IPS officer, who joined the BJP in 2020 and made the party visible in the state like never before, is all set to form his…
BJP shares AI video mocking DK Shivakumar ahead of Karnataka swearing-in (Image- BJP Karnataka X) Ahead of Congress leader DK Shivakumar‘s oath-taking ceremony as Karnataka chief minister on Wednesday, the BJP launched a sharp attack on the Congress government through a series of posts on X, criticising and alleging failures in governance.In an AI-generated video…
