New Delhi: Just 26 years of age, Nitin Nabin was fielded by the BJP from Patna West assembly seat in 2006 after it fell vacant due to the death of his father and veteran party leader Navin Kishore Sinha. In nearly two decades since then, Nabin, now 45, has been a five-term MLA after consecutive…
Kozhikode(Kerala): (Dec 14) Violence erupted overnight at various places across Kerala, particularly in northern districts, following the announcement of local body election results, police said. In Eramala in Kozhikode district, tension prevailed throughout the night after the Indira Gandhi Bhavan, a Congress office, was allegedly attacked by CPI(M) workers. According to an FIR registered at…
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose was “denied” entry into the Salt Lake Stadium, after chaos and crowd trouble at the venue marred an event featuring football legend Lionel Messi. Bose described the denial of entry on Saturday evening as an affront to the constitutional position of the governor and sought a reply…
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday wrote to Governor C V Ananda Bose, seeking an independent judicial inquiry into “administrative incompetence” and “public humiliation of citizens” at the Salt Lake Stadium here during an event featuring football legend Lionel Messi. In his letter, Adhikari alleged that the stadium, built…
Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Naxalism does not benefit anyone – neither those who take up arms nor the security personnel, and asserted that only peace can pave the way for development. Reiterating the Narendra Modi government’s resolve to end Naxalism by March 31, 2026, he said the Centre has decided…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday expressed regret that the system in the past “failed” the victims of terrorism by ignoring their pain and by not giving their cases the priority they deserved, but asserted that his administration is now working on empowering such people. The LG made these remarks after…
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday slammed the Congress and Akali Dal over their “high-handedness” allegation against the AAP government in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti polls, saying they have accepted their defeat in the elections. Congress leader and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi alleged that the AAP government in the…
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday said it is perhaps not very surprising that India is not part of a US-led strategic initiative to build a secure silicon supply chain, given the “sharp downturn” in the Trump-Modi ties, and asserted that it would have been to “our advantage if we had been part of this…
New Delhi: India on Friday said it is “very optimistic” about finalising an ambitious trade deal with Oman during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Gulf nation next week. Modi will undertake a four-day visit to Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman beginning Monday to shore up bilateral ties with the three countries, especially in areas…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday met representatives of labour unions from across the country at the Parliament House complex and promised to raise their voices and concerns over the new labour codes. “Today, I met with representatives of labour unions from across the country at the Jan Sansad, where I had a…
