Basirhat (WB): TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh, accused of sexual abuse and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after being on the run for 55 days that witnessed violent protests led by local women and a fierce political slugfest. Additional Director-General of Police (South Bengal) Supratim Sarkar said Sheikh was…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld the two-child eligibility criterion of the Rajasthan government for seeking public employment, ruling that it is not discriminatory and does not violate the Constitution. The Rajasthan Various Service (Amendment) Rules, 2001 bar candidates who have more than two children from seeking government jobs. While upholding the two-child norm,…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should spell out what central schemes the state government has “blocked”, and said those it opposed include NEET and the CAA, keeping public welfare in mind. The chief minister was responding to Modi’s claim that there was lack of…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday accused the BJP-ruled Centre of not considering the views of trade unions while amending the Labour Laws. Addressing the Chief Minister’s Face-to-Face programme with workers in Kollam, Vijayan alleged that the new Labour Law amendments would undo many of the gains already made in the labour sector…
New Delhi: Born a day before India became a republic, the Election Commission has evolved a lot in the last 75 years from the period of ballot boxes to the era of electronic voting machines with democracy being the beating heart of this electoral machinery. Since its inception on January 25, 1950, the Commission has…
Kolkata: Absconding TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, accused of alleged sexual atrocities and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, was arrested on Thursday morning after being on the run for 55 days, police said. He was arrested from a house in Minakhan, around 30 km away from the island of Sandeshkhali on the outskirts of Sunderbans,…
Dindori: Fourteen people were killed and 20 others injured when a pick-up vehicle overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district in the wee hours of Thursday, a police official said. The accident took place near Badjhar Ghat at around 1.30 am when the vehicle’s driver lost control over the wheels. As a result, the vehicle overturned,…
Washington: The Biden administration hopes that the four-nation grouping QUAD continues the momentum of its past three years under India’s presidency in 2024, the White House has said. “The president (Joe Biden) is incredibly proud of the progress QUAD has made over the past three years,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at…
Yavatmal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will cross the 400-seat mark in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and said the next five years will see rapid development in the country. Weeks ahead of the crucial polls, the PM repeated his slogan of ‘Abki baar NDA…
Kolkata: Absconding TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, accused of alleged sexual atrocities on women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, was arrested on Thursday morning, police said. He was arrested from a house in Minakhah in North 24 Parganas district where he was hiding, they said. After the arrest, he was taken to the Basirhat…
