United Nations: India has voiced its willingness to share with the world its experiences of using digital public infrastructure to bridge the gender digital divide, as top UN leaders lauded measures taken by the country towards scaling digital financial inclusion. “India is moving ahead with women-led development, building a country where women lead the way…
Thiruvananthapuram: A national convention on the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft regulations, 2025, organized by the Kerala government, concluded with a strong call for federal fairness in higher education. Attended by ministers from three other non-BJP ruled southern states, the convention passed a 15-point resolution urging the withdrawal of regulations that diminish the role of…
Guwahati/Aizwl: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will embark on a three-day visit to Assam and Mizoram beginning March 14 during which he will address the annual conference of the All Bodo Students’ Union in Kokrajhar and grace a function for shifting of Assam Rifles establishments from Aizawl to Zokhawsang. Shah will also review the implementation…
Bengaluru: Protests by the opposition BJP and JD(S) MLAs against the appointment of Congress workers to the committees overseeing the implementation of the government’s five guarantee schemes, disrupted proceedings of the Karnataka Assembly for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. Accusing the government of “curtailing” the powers of the legislators by forming parallel committees with…
Chandigarh: The BJP’s mayoral candidates registered emphatic victories in seven municipal corporations in Haryana on Wednesday while its nominees were leading in two other civic bodies in the recently held elections. The Congress, which was looking to turn around its electoral fortunes after suffering a defeat in the 2024 Assembly polls, had to bite the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to the participants of the Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930, describing it as a defining chapter in India’s freedom struggle. Gandhi had launched the march on this day from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi to protest the British tax on salt. “Today,…
Srinagar: In a decisive move to safeguard national security, the Centre on Tuesday banned two Jammu and Kashmir-based organizations—Awami Action Committee (AAC) led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) led by Masroor Abbas Ansari—for five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday lashed out at the DMK over the language row as she accused it of hypocrisy, saying the “elderly person” they worship used to describe Tamil as a “barbaric” language which cannot even help beggars get alms. In a fiery speech in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said DMK…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy on Tuesday suspended senior Congress legislator Taraprasad Bahinipati for seven days, hours after a scuffle between members of the ruling BJP and opposition MLAs in the House. Bahinipati has been suspended for his alleged “misconduct and unruly behaviour”. A notice for the motion in this regard was moved by…
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leaders met the Election Commission on Tuesday over the issue of duplicate voter ID numbers and alleged that Aadhaar cards were being cloned which may lead to the possibility of these being used for fake voter registration. The party demanded that the EC issue a separate list of voter deletions, new…
