Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi with during a meeting in New Delhi. (@PMOIndia/X) Thursday’s meeting marked the first occasion when chief ministers of all 28 states attended the Niti Aayog governing council deliberations with CMs steering clear of any political rancour, marking a sharp departure from boycotts and absences in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the the Economic Advisory Council meeting. NEW DELHI: As govt gears to undertake a delimitation exercise in the coming month, a working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has suggested India should split Lok Sabha’s 170 large constituencies using a “targeted criterion” instead of a uniform…
In Haryana, if a family member is accused of murdering a govt servant, then he/she or their family members are not entitled to any compassionate financial benefit till they are cleared of the criminal case, but they are eligible for compassionate employment in lieu of the deceased employee.Taking exception to this conflict, a bench of…
Calling housewives “nation builders”, Supreme Court for the first time said in case of a homemaker’s death in an accident, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal will calculate the compensation to be paid to her family by assuming her monthly income to be at least Rs 30,000.Pained by the 25-year delay, 22 of which were because…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 67% — or two out of every three people killed on Indian roads in 2024 — were two-wheeler riders or pedestrians, according to the latest report published by the road transport ministry on Thursday. In absolute numbers, a total of 1.28 lakh two-wheeler riders and pedestrians lost their lives in road crashes.This…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday termed the reports claiming any merger with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC “totally baseless”, putting an end to the buzz amid mass exodus from the Trinamool. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of “seat chori” after a huge number of MLAs and MPs rebelled against the TMC…
UP Transformation Dialogues Law and order is often seen as the foundation stone of economic growth, of prosperity, investment, tourism, and of course, stability in any particular state.As Uttar Pradesh positions itself as a major investment destination and aims to become a trillion-dollar economy, questions around public safety, policing reforms, and citizen confidence have taken…
For millions of street vendors across India’s cities and towns, access to affordable credit was once an impossible dream. Moneylenders charged ruinous interest rates, banks turned them away, and a single setback — a bad monsoon, a city crackdown — could wipe out their entire working capital. PM SVANidhi Yojana, launched in June 2020, changed…
NEW DELHI: TMC leader Babul Supriyo on Thursday said that he will continue to back Mamata Banerjee amid the ongoing exodus in the party.In a video shared in a social media post on X, Supriyo refuted speculations over him joining the rebel camp and said that it is “inappropriate to abondon a ship when it…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the chief ministers of Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 11th Niti Aayog Governing Council Meet, in New Delhi.The leaders held talks on a range of topics, including state affairs. Some of them also congratulated…
