Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suspend the implementation of the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RamG) Act, warning that the new law fundamentally weakens the employment guarantee framework and undermines cooperative federalism. In a detailed letter to Modi on Tuesday, the Chief Minister…
Bengaluru: Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday flagged off the inaugural flight of the next-generation civil helicopter Dhruv NG, designed and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, to meet the requirements of the civil aviation market. Before take-off from HAL here, the minister joined the pilot in the cockpit to gain firsthand insight into the…
Mumbai: The BJP and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will go solo in the January 15 polls to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Pune municipal corporations, as seat-sharing talks between the two parties have fallen through. Leaders from both parties, who are allies in the ruling Mahayuti, are now indulging in a blame game over…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was abetting the infiltration of Bangladeshis, which has “dangerously altered” the state’s demography over the past few years. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, Shah said people of West Bengal were anxious over infiltration, which the BJP would…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed deep sadness over the death of his former Bangladesh counterpart Khaleda Zia, saying her contributions towards the development of the neighbouring country, as well as India-Bangladesh relations, will always be remembered. “Deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson…
Mumbai: Four people, including three women, died and nine were injured after a reversing bus of Mumbai’s civic-run transport undertaking BEST knocked down pedestrians on Monday night, a police official said. The incident took place around 10 pm at the busy Station Road in suburban Bhandup (West). Four people, including three women, died, while nine…
New Delhi: In an effort to ensure the punctuality of trains during foggy weather conditions, the Railway Ministry on Monday advised various zones and divisions to monitor train movements on a real-time basis along with passenger amenities. Officials said that necessary instructions in this regard have been issued to general managers of Northern Railway, North…
Mumbai: Ruling allies BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will contest 137 and 90 seats, respectively, in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls. A seat-sharing pact was revealed by Mumbai BJP president Amit Satam on Monday, following hectic parleys a day before the deadline for filing nomination papers closes on December 30. Both parties will allocate…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday held a meeting at the BJP office in Salt Lake here to take stock of the party’s organisational preparedness for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections in 2026 after landing here on a three-day visit to the state. The meeting was held for more than two hours, where…
Visakhapatnam: One person was killed after two compartments of the Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express caught fire at Yalamanchili, about 66 km from here, police said on Monday. The police received information about the fire at 12:45 am. A police official told reporters that there were 82 passengers in one of the affected coaches and 76 in another…
