NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government has directed education authorities across the state to ensure that schools do not compel parents to buy books from private publishers or designated vendors in violation of RTE Act. The action followed after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), acting on a complaint filed by Anubha Shrivastava Sahai, president…
Amid NDA’s celebration of PM Modi’s 12 years tenure in office, the Congress has launched a sharp attack on the central government, accusing them of undermining democratic institutions and attempting to erase India’s political history.Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah alleged that BJP’s celebration of PM Modi‘s long tenure was “the biggest insult to democracy.”Citing the rejection…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday refuted the reports of a possible merger with Congress after speculation intensified following an INDIA bloc huddle and a subsequent meeting between Mamata Banerjee and Sonia Gandhi.According to highly placed sources aware of the matters discussed at the meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Abhishek Banerjee, there was no discussion…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 11th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on Thursday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi.The meeting will be held under the theme “Inclusive Human Development for Viksit Bharat @2047” and is expected to bring together chief ministers, lieutenant governors, Union ministers, and senior…
Swapan Dasgupta (File photo) NEW DELHI: Newly sworn-in West Bengal ministers were allocated portfolios on Wednesday, with Swapan Dasgupta placed in charge of the finance department and Tapas Roy appointed as industries minister.Dasgupta was elected from the Rashbehari assembly constituency and is a former Rajya Sabha member.The allocation covered 13 Cabinet ministers and 22 ministers…
Congress on Wednesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to immediately reverse the rejection of its Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination from Madhya Pradesh, calling the poll body’s decision ‘egregious’ and ‘blatantly unlawful’.A delegation of senior Congress leaders, including KC Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, Deepa Dasmunshi, Vivek Tankha and Abhishek Singhvi, met Election Commission…
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Raising concerns over recurring electrical accidents, fires and electrocutions across the country, former power sector regulator D Radhakrishna has urged the Centre to introduce sweeping electrical safety reforms, arguing that stronger oversight is essential to protect consumers and prevent avoidable tragedies.In a letter dated June 9 to NITI Aayog member Prof Abhay Karandikar,…
Narendra Modi is now India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister. ‘Modi hai to Mumkin hai’, a popular catchphrase that has become synonymous with the BJP-led NDA government over the years. Indeed, this idea of “achieving the impossible” has often been projected as a hallmark of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s 12-year-long tenure at the helm. But even…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday surpassed the record of country’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to become the country’s longest-serving elected PM in uninterrupted tenure.As PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, leaders from India and around the world congratulated him on the milestone and…
Two policemen, including a police outpost in-charge, were injured after a police team was attacked by villagers during a clash between two groups in Muzaffarnagar district’s Joli village, officials said on Wednesday.The injured policemen were outpost in-charge Sub-Inspector Sumit Chaudhary and constable Dharmendra.The incident took place on Tuesday when a police team rushed to the…
