Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has asserted his government is focusing on welfare schemes like ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’ to enrich the lives of women and said he intends to increase the monthly aid under the scheme. Ahead of the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, Shinde on Sunday also targeted the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi…
New Delhi: The winter session of Parliament is expected to kick off on November 25, running through December 20. High on the legislative agenda are the One Nation One Election and Waqf bills, which are likely to spark debate in the House. The outcomes of the Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly elections on November 23 are…
Thane: NCP (SP) leader Jitendra Awhad has claimed that Nitish Kumar of JD(U) and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu would withdraw their support from the BJP-led Centre if MVA is voted to power in Maharashtra. The sitting MLA from the Mumbra-Kalwa assembly constituency, who has been renominated by his party, targeted the Ekanath Shinde government…
Ranchi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the JMM-led government in Jharkhand, accusing it of “patronising Bangladeshi infiltrators for vote bank politics” and asserted that if the BJP was voted to power in the state, it will enact stringent legislation to prevent the transfer of tribal land to illegal…
Ranchi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced that the BJP will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Jharkhand if voted to power in the state, but would keep tribals out of its ambit. Shah, while releasing the saffron party’s manifesto ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand, announced that a Displacement…
Mumbai: The Mumbai police have arrested a 24-year-old woman for allegedly giving a death threat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The woman, identified as Fatima Khan, who has done BSc in Information Technology, resided in Ulhasnagar area of the neighbouring Thane district of Maharashtra with her family members. The woman is well qualified…
Ranchi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced that the BJP will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Jharkhand if voted to power in the state, but would keep tribals out of its ambit. Shah, while releasing the saffron party’s manifesto ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand, announced that a…
Trivandrum: The Inspired India Foundation (IIF) awarded the prestigious Inspiring Indian Award in Journalism to P N V Nair, former editor of Deccan Chronicle, during the 6th Guru Kalam Memorial Lecture held on Saturday. Dr. S Somanath, Chairman of ISRO, presented the award. The ceremony featured notable dignitaries, including Air Marshal (Retd) S R K…
Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would attend a meeting to be organised by the party’s Telangana unit here on November 5 on the caste survey initiated by the state government. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B Mahesh Kumar Goud said the state unit would hold the meeting to take suggestions from stakeholders on the…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said friendships are “not exclusive”, particularly in a multi-polar world. In his address at a book launch here, the minister also said India is today positioning itself as a “Vishwa Mitra” and “we seek to be friends with as many as possible”. This obviously generates goodwill…
