NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the West Bengal government over its objection to the maintainability of the Enforcement Directorate’s plea alleging obstruction by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a January 8 raid at I-PAC, asking what remedy ED officers would have if their rights were allegedly violated.As per news agency PTI, a…
AIADMK general secretary and leader of opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly NEW DELHI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday released the party’s Tamil Nadu Assembly election manifesto, unveiling 297 promises ahead of the April 23 polls.The manifesto put welfare measures at the centre of the party’s campaign, including a monthly assistance of…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the evolving situation in the Middle East, with both leaders emphasising the strategic importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open.US Ambassador to India and Special Envoy to South and Central Asia, Sergio Gor in a post on X…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for comparing the current fuel crisis sitution to that of Covid-19 in his Parliamentary address on Monday. The Congress leader remarked that the PM has “forgotten what had happened then, how many people had died and what kind of tragedies…
Image: IANS, PTI As political campaigning intensifies ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, an analysis of candidates’ self‑declared assets reveals a striking concentration of wealth among the state’s political class.According to data compiled from election affidavits and published by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), several sitting Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) contesting…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said that India’s foreign policy was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “personal” policy and called it a “universal joke”. He further accused that the prime minister was “compromised”, adding that he was acting upon US President Donald Trump‘s directions.“Our foreign policy is PM Modi‘s personal foreign…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking to quash a CBI FIR in the alleged land-for-jobs case, holding that the petition was “devoid of merit”. The order was passed by justice Ravinder Dudeja, effectively allowing the investigation and related proceedings…
N Rangasamy (left) and V Vaithilingam NEW DELHI: Puducherry’s Thattanchavady constituency will see Congress MP and former chief minister V Vaithilingam take on incumbent CM N Rangasamy, marking the most high-profile contest in the upcoming assembly election.Rangasamy is also the current Thattanchavady MLA.The Union territory will hold assembly polls on April 9. The counting of…
LJP MP Shambhavi Choudhary (PTI) NEW DELHI: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP Shambhavi Choudhary took a swipe at the opposition in the Lok Sabha, using a couplet from an old “qawwali” that was remixed in last year’s blockbuster Dhurandhar.Participating in the discussion on the Finance Bill, 2026, she accused the opposition of indulging only…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a person who professes a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism cannot be recognised as a member of a Scheduled Caste. The top court observed that conversion to any other religion results in the loss of such status.A bench of Justices PK Mishra and NV…