Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP came down heavily on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the implementation of 33% reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies, terming it a clear attempt to stall a historic reform. State BJP Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge Subash said Revanth Reddy’s sudden obsession…
Sydney: Four years after Shane Warne’s death left the cricketing world in shock, his son Jackson has asserted that the spin legend’s demise was probably caused by the “three or four” COVID vaccines that he was “forced to take for work.” Speaking on ‘2 Worlds Collide podcast’, Jackson, however, also acknowledged that his father had…
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary was elected the BJP legislature party leader on Tuesday, Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. The BJP, the single largest party in the 243-strong assembly with 89 MLAs, elected Choudhary as its legislature party leader soon after Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U) and became a Rajya Sabha…
Beijing: China on Tuesday said its policy to improve relations with India has not changed as it defended its move to publish new names for various regions in Arunachal Pradesh. India on Sunday categorically rejected China’s efforts to assign “fictitious names” to Indian territory, asserting that such attempts to create “baseless narratives” cannot alter “undeniable…
New Delhi: State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Limited on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 3,800 crore in setting up 700 MW of solar power capacity across Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, as part of its push towards clean energy and net-zero goals. In a statement, the firm said it will develop a 600-MW solar project…
Mumbai: Amid concerns over attrition, India Inc expects hiring to remain focused on mid-level roles, with salary hikes likely to stay moderate at around 5-10 per cent in 2026-27, a report said on Tuesday. Hiring demand is expected to be concentrated at the mid-level, with 49 per cent of respondents identifying mid-level professionals as the…
Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Delhi-Dehradun economic corridor, which will cut travel time between the two cities to nearly half. The 213 km-long six-lane access-controlled Delhi-Dehradun economic corridor has been built at a cost of over Rs 12,000 crore. The corridor traverses through the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand,…
Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday warned of massive agitations bringing Tamil Nadu to a standstill and “protests with full force,” if anything was done harming the state or if the political power of northern states was disproportionately increased in delimitation. Reiterating his allegation that secrecy shrouds the proposed delimitation process, Stalin in…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday recommended dissolution of his cabinet before meeting Governor Syed Ata Hasnain to submit his resignation from the CM post, state minister Ram Kripal Yadav said. Kumar, the state’s longest-serving chief minister, informed his cabinet colleagues about his decision to dissolve the council of ministers, a constitutional requirement…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday spoke to his counterparts from Kuwait and Singapore, focusing on the West Asia crisis as the US blockade of Iranian ports takes effect. In his conversation with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Jaishankar also discussed the “well-being of the Indian community” in the…
