UP Transformation Dialogues Law and order is often seen as the foundation stone of economic growth, of prosperity, investment, tourism, and of course, stability in any particular state.As Uttar Pradesh positions itself as a major investment destination and aims to become a trillion-dollar economy, questions around public safety, policing reforms, and citizen confidence have taken…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Thursday registered protest against repeated strikes on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz amid the renewed US-Iran-Israel war. This came after recent attack on Palau-flagged MT Settebello while transiting the Gulf of Oman which left 3 Indians dead.“There have been several incidents involving Indian seafarers in West…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday termed the reports claiming any merger with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC “totally baseless”, putting an end to the buzz amid mass exodus from the Trinamool. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of “seat chori” after a huge number of MLAs and MPs rebelled against the TMC…
Spanish police have arrested a 32-year-old Tunisian man accused of sexually assaulting three British tourists at a hotel in Valencia, including two young women aged 18 and 19.Authorities detained the suspect on Tuesday afternoon after two of the alleged victims reported a series of incidents at the hotel. The man is alleged to have posed…
NEW DELHI: As the exodus continue in the party, TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said that he will not leave Mamata Banerjee in her difficult time.“I will not leave Mamata Banerjee in her difficult time. TMC chief Mamata Banerjee stood by me in my difficult time,” Sinha said.This comes after Shatrughan Sinha’s name reportedly…
NEW DELHI: In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday recognised homemakers as ‘nation builders’ and ruled that the loss of domestic care services provided by them should be treated as a separate head of compensation in motor accident claims.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh held that the contribution of…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP and Mamata Banerjee loyalist Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday gave an ultimatum to the party supremo claiming that she “will have to choose if she is with her nephew Abhishek Banerjee or a senior party workers like me.““I am with Mamata Banerjee, but Didi will have to decide if she is…
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Thursday granted interim protection from coercive action to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in connection with a case involving the alleged forgery of signatures of newly elected TMC MLAs after the recent assembly elections.While granting interim relief, the court directed Banerjee to appear before the investigating agency at 6…
US President Donald Trump. (AP photo) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that the United States had secretly facilitated the movement of millions of barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz without Iran’s knowledge, describing it as a covert operation that Tehran was learning about only now.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office,…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday performed a special pooja at Rajinder Nagar to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister.On June 10, Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, surpassing the 4,398 days of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to achieve the milestone.“History has…