Didi races against poll clock on DA sop, pastor and muezzin spending
KOLKATA: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced that her government will pay Rs 10,000 crore in development aid arrears to 900,000 state employees and pensioners from March and increase the monthly honorarium of Hindu priests and…
The NBT Trailblazer Summit honors leaders driving innovation across industries.
Leaders from all walks of life were commended at the meeting NBT Trailblazer Summit. Today, India has reached a stage where it is writing its story on every global platform and making the world listen. Indians have shown their talent and leadership in…
Three major government hospitals in East Delhi to be merged
The Delhi government plans to develop an integrated medical center based on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences by merging three major government hospitals in east Delhi – Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Delhi State Cancer Institute and Rajiv…
‘Reason and coordination’: Jaishankar reveals how India ensured passage of two oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz during Iran war
S Jaishankar (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: India has hailed direct talks with Iran as the “most effective way” to restart shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which affects global supplies, while Tehran allows Indian-flagged ships to pass through…
Two more Haryana government officials arrested in bank fraud case
PANCHKULA: The Anti-Corruption Bureau team probing the Rs 597-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case has arrested two more government officials – Director of Finance and Accounts Randhir Singh, Haryana Rajesh Sangwan, Director Finance and Accounts,…
Bengal polls limited to two phases to stop intimidation: official
NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s two-phase polling, which took just a week to take, making it the state’s most compact in recent years, is aimed at curbing intimidation of voters and polling personnel by unruly elements, allegedly hired and groomed…
Tune into the fourth dimension
The human story emphasizes that truth has more facets than we usually realize. Hypercube: the geometry of truthunveiled through allegory and animation, movement and music, color and meditation, shows that our future survival depends on pure intellect…
Didi Chuxing’s standard measures not breaching polling code: European Commission
New Delhi: election committee Sunday said it is the prerogative of the sitting government (Central or state) to issue announcements and policy decisions before the polls are announced. Announcing the assembly poll schedule for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu,…
April polls to test if BJP can win ‘unfriendly’ territory
NEW DELHI: If the assembly polls since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections reaffirm the dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party and dampen the hopes of its rivals buoyed by the LS polls, a fresh electoral battle will test the party’s mettle and determine…
DR Congo pins hopes on Kerala to end long period of electoral chaos
NEW DELHI: The Congress’s fortunes after 2014 have followed a familiar pattern: a crushing defeat in the national elections, followed by a long wait for a parliamentary victory. After a crushing defeat in the Pulwama-led 2019 Lok Sabha elections,…