NEW DELHI: Prime Narendra Modi on Wednesday ate Jhalmuri served by West Bengal chief minister at the NDA meeting in New Delhi.The PM shared a video on social media, saying, “Sharing Jhalmuri with fellow NDA leaders at the NDA meeting today.” In the clip, PM can be seen enjoying and laughing while tasting the Jhalmuri….
Malviya nagar fire incident (Image source: ANI) A Delhi court on Wednesday sent two accused in the Malviya Nagar fire tragedy, hotel owner Lavkesh Bajaj and hotel accountant Jay Mishra, to 12 days of judicial custody.The order was passed by Judge Bhanu Pratap Singh following a request by the Delhi Police, which is investigating the…
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government has directed education authorities across the state to ensure that schools do not compel parents to buy books from private publishers or designated vendors in violation of RTE Act. The action followed after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), acting on a complaint filed by Anubha Shrivastava Sahai, president…
Trinamool Congress, born from the grassroots in 1998, is seeing the ground slip from beneath its feet, with rebels asserting themselves in the assembly and Parliament.In 2011, Mamata Banerjee‘s party ended 34 years of Left rule in West Bengal, making her the state’s first woman chief minister and ushering in a 15-year stint in power….
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 11th Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog on Thursday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi.The meeting will be held under the theme “Inclusive Human Development for Viksit Bharat @2047” and is expected to bring together chief ministers, lieutenant governors, Union ministers, and senior…
Swapan Dasgupta (File photo) NEW DELHI: Newly sworn-in West Bengal ministers were allocated portfolios on Wednesday, with Swapan Dasgupta placed in charge of the finance department and Tapas Roy appointed as industries minister.Dasgupta was elected from the Rashbehari assembly constituency and is a former Rajya Sabha member.The allocation covered 13 Cabinet ministers and 22 ministers…
Congress on Wednesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to immediately reverse the rejection of its Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination from Madhya Pradesh, calling the poll body’s decision ‘egregious’ and ‘blatantly unlawful’.A delegation of senior Congress leaders, including KC Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, Deepa Dasmunshi, Vivek Tankha and Abhishek Singhvi, met Election Commission…
NEW DELHI: Hours after exiting the Trinamool Congress and resigning from the Rajya Sabha, Sushmita Dev on Wednesday said she chose to leave the party because she did not want to be “in two boats at the same time.”Speaking to reporters Sushmita said, “I have left Trinamool Congress. It is a long story why I…
PM Modi with Italian counterpart Meloni in Rome (File photo) NEW DELHI: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru‘s record to become India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister.PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, overtaking Nehru’s tenure as an elected prime minister. He has served…
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Raising concerns over recurring electrical accidents, fires and electrocutions across the country, former power sector regulator D Radhakrishna has urged the Centre to introduce sweeping electrical safety reforms, arguing that stronger oversight is essential to protect consumers and prevent avoidable tragedies.In a letter dated June 9 to NITI Aayog member Prof Abhay Karandikar,…
