Congress MP Deepender Hooda. Photo credit: ANI Senior Haryana Congress leader Kuldeep Sharma on Sunday urged party president Mallikarjun Kharge to remove Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda from the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Sharma accused Hooda of praising former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, whose death has reignited a political row over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.Sharma, a…
BJP national president and MP Nitin Nabin, front second left, with party leaders Tarun Chugh, second right, Rekha Verma, left, Harsh Malhotra, behind centre, and others NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Sunday held a meeting with the party’s newly appointed office-bearers to discuss its strategy for the 2027 assembly elections in seven states,…
Sanjay Raut takes jibe at PM Modi, Amit Shah over Vande Mataram row NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah amid the ongoing controversy over the recitation of the national song “Vande Mataram”, challenging them to come forward…
Devendra Fadnavis attacked Rahul Gandhi for “taking contradictory position” Women’s Reservation Bill. NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of taking a contradictory position on women’s empowerment, saying his criticism of patriarchy does not match his stand on the Women’s Reservation Bill.Fadnavis also attacked the Congress, accusing the party of…
What changes for you and what doesn’t under UCC The phrase Uniform Civil Code sounds deceptively simple. One country. One civil code. One set of rules for everyone, irrespective of religion.But India’s experiment with the UCC reveals a more complicated reality.A Hindu woman in Uttarakhand does not necessarily experience the UCC in the same way…
People often imagine that life will truly begin once they reach a particular destination, achieve a goal or resolve a problem. Seneca, the Roman Stoic philosopher, warned against this habit more than two thousand years ago. In his essay On the Shortness of Life, he wrote that “the greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which…
Protesters blocked major roads and intersections, burned tyres and clashed with K-Electric personnel over prolonged blackouts (ANI photo) Power protests erupted across several parts of Karachi as residents took to the streets over prolonged and unannounced outages, blocking major roads and burning tyres while demanding restoration of electricity.Demonstrations were reported in Pak Colony, Liaquatabad, Gharibabad,…
Congress MP Deepender Hooda (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Deepender Hooda on Sunday denied calling Sajjan Kumar a “role model” following the ex-Congress leader’s death on August 20.Kumar was serving two life sentences in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and died at the age of 80.When reporters asked Hooda if he had called…
The Clear Lake City Water Authority decided to buy the golf course and use the land to increase the area’s ability to hold stormwater. (NOAA photo) When Hurricane Harvey brought historic rainfall to the Houston area, residents of Clear Lake City, Texas, feared the worst. For Spyros Varsos, who had lived in the community for…
The idea came about when Peter and his younger sister Elisa were using the Magic Media AI tool by Canva. (Images: istock and Society for Science) Peter Fernández Dulay’s younger sister asked an AI tool to draw a scientist and hoped to see someone who looked like the scientists she might be one day. The…