Rahul said he had personally met some of the injured protesters and alleged that videos of the police action had been widely circulated. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju after he defended the handling of recent student protests by Delhi police. Rijiju had praised the…
Pakistan SC directs govt to move Imran Khan, while a grenade blast near Kabul school injures around 50 children. Meanwhile, Bihar transfers 17 IPS officers amid row over student protest (Photo: AP/IANS) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has directed the government to move imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan to a hospital amid concerns over his health….
Ritabrata Banerjee to continue as the LoP in the West Bengal Assembly. NEW DELHI: Ritabrata Banerjee will continue as the leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly for now as the Calcutta high court division bench on Tuesday declined to disturb his appointment at the current stage.The bench of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay…
Mallikarjun Kharge also referred to Congress’s historical role in deciding which national songs would be adopted. NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday defended the version of Vande Mataram sung at the party’s Independence Day programme, saying it was the same version historically sung by Congress leaders including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar…
File photo: MGNREGA workers at a work site (Picture credit: PTI) MGNREGA, which served as rural India’s job safety net for two decades, was repealed on July 1, 2026. In its place is the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G, which raises the guaranteed employment from 100 to 125…
NEW DELHI: P for Pichde (backwards) … P for Pidit (oppressed) … and now P for Pandit. Is Akhilesh Yadav playing smart with his acronym politics? Or is the SP chief just desperate not to miss any support group as he expands his PDA politics for the 2027 assembly elections?When Akhilesh Yadav coined the term…
On allegations that police personnel used lathis fitted with nails, the affidavit said the videos showed only one such incident, but claimed that the object was in the hands of a protester and not a police officer. NEW DELHI: The Delhi police on Tuesday replied to the allegations raised about having officers present in civilian…
The constable, Abhishek Kumar, has been suspended and faces departmental proceedings NEW DELHI: Bihar government on Tuesday transferred 17 IPS officers, including the superintendents of police in Bhojpur and Siwan, where police action during recent student protests had sparked controversy.The development comes as the state government told the Supreme Court that a constable fired four…
The final balance stood at Rs 8,452 crore on March 31. NEW DELHI: The PM CARES Fund, established to deal with emergency situations like Covid pandemic in 2020, recorded total receipts of Rs 8,452.95 crore in the financial year 2024-25, up from Rs 7,188.63 crore in the previous financial year, according to its audit report….
The Teesta begins in the Himalayas and flows through Sikkim and West Bengal before entering Bangladesh. Bangladesh does not want its relations with India to suffer because of the long-running dispute over sharing the waters of the Teesta river, country’s water resources minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said.Speaking at a seminar in Dhaka on Sunday, Anee…