New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi Thursday in support of nationwide protests by workers and farmers demanding protection of their rights. He expressed concerns over labor reforms, trade policy and potential changes in the rural employment scheme MGNREGA.“Workers fear that four labor laws will curtail their rights. Farmers fear that trade deals will harm their … Read more
NEW DELHI: A new United Nations Security Council report has accused Jaish-e-Mohammed of carrying out a series of attacks and linked it to a car bombing near New Delhi’s Red Fort in November last year.In the biannual report of the Security Council’s Sanctions Monitoring Group on Al Qaeda and Islamic State, the Security Council said … Read more
New Delhi: More than a dozen central trade unions have called for a nationwide barat bandh Thursday against the government’s “anti-worker” policies. The band has the support of farmers’ organizations and other cross-sector groups.The strike call was announced as a sign of “resistance to the anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-state pro-corporate policies of the central government”.Unions … Read more
New Delhi: Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri He said Wednesday that during the eight years he spent in the United States, he encountered convicted child sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein As a private citizen, he had contact with him as a member of the Independent Commission for Multilateralism delegation after his retirement from the Indian … Read more
New Delhi: delhi policeAn initial investigation into the leak of a preprint of former Army Chief General MM Naravane’s (retd) unpublished memoir “Four Stars of Destiny” revealed that it was not the work of a suspicious whistleblower but a coordinated move to circumvent defense ministry clearance, an official said on Wednesday.The task force has since … Read more
New Delhi: Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, accusing the government of “complete abandonment” of India’s core data, food and energy interests in the trade deal. He claimed that Modi was succumbing to pressure due to India’s influence over him.While taking part … Read more
New Delhi: Brief SC on various situations Assam CM Naimanta Biswa SarmaOver alleged hate speech, including a recent controversial video featuring him, a group of citizens from Assam have urged the SC through a petition to implement its order, which directs that FIRs must be lodged in hate speech cases.Compiling his controversial remarks, the petitioner … Read more
Chennai: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Congress Netas on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of forming a coalition government in the state ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.“Power sharing is not suitable for Tamil Nadu,” the chief minister said at a meeting organized by a media organization in Chennai. “Congress and the Democrats know that power … Read more
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee On the law and order issue in the poll-bound state. Replying to the Lok Sabha debate on the 2026 Union Budget, Sitharaman said that under Mamata’s rule, “bombs, not laws” prevailed.“Bengali mein bob chalta hai, kanun nahi chalta (In … Read more
K Satchidanandan (data photo) Thrissur: The CPM on Tuesday launched a drive to appease pro-Left writer and Sahitya Akademi president K Satchidanandan, who had embarrassed the LDF government ahead of the assembly elections by warning of the dangers of the same political outfit coming to power repeatedly.Party district secretary KV Abdul Khader and Sahitya Akademi … Read more