Pune: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has criticised political parties for opposing the move to make Hindi a mandatory third language for students in classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools across the state. He said those opposing the decision are raking up “unnecessary disputes for lack of real issues”. “Marathi is our…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday voiced concern over the recent demolition of a Jain temple in Mumbai, accusing the BJP government of systematically targeting the peaceful Jain community across India. He was responding to reports in a section of the media that a Jain temple had been demolished in Mumbai. In a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Elon Musk and talked about “various issues, including the topics we covered during our meeting in Washington DC earlier this year,” he said in a post on X on Friday, without saying when the conversation took place. Modi said that they discussed the immense potential for collaboration…
Kolkata: Despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting him to postpone his visit to the violence-hit Murshidabad district, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday left for Malda, where he is likely to meet the victims of the riot who fled there. “I am going to the field,” Bose told reporters while leaving for…
Indore: BJP MLA and former Madhya Pradesh minister Usha Thakur has slammed those voting on the basis of money, liquor and gifts and asserted that such persons who sell democracy will be reborn as camels, sheep, goats, dogs and cats. A video of her purported remarks, made at a meeting on Wednesday in Hasalpur village…
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said the Supreme Court, which gave the basic structure doctrine, demolished its impregnability during the Emergency. Dhankhar was addressing Rajya Sabha interns here. Referring to the recent remarks of former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman at an event on the basic structure doctrine, the vice president said…
Kolkata: National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said that she and other members of the panel will visit riot-hit Murshidabad district in the next few days and meet the affected women. The panel has already taken suo motu cognizance of the violence against innocents at some places of Murshidabad on April 11 and…
New Delhi: India on Thursday said its decision to withdraw the transhipment facility for Bangladeshi exports to third countries was in response to certain measures initiated by Dhaka that impacted bilateral trade. Though New Delhi did not elaborate on the steps by Dhaka, it is learnt that the decision by Bangladesh’s interim government to halt…
New Delhi: India on Thursday said it is “very positive” that the upcoming visit of US Vice President J D Vance will give a “further boost” to the India-US bilateral ties and “all relevant issues” will be on the table. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal made the comments while indicating that issues…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday alleged that the “anti-poor” Modi government is bent on “oppressing” MGNREGA workers and reiterated the party’s demands that their minimum wage per day be fixed at Rs 400 and that they be provided at least 150 days of work in a year. Kharge shared on X a…
