New Delhi: A day after its lone MLA in West Bengal joined the TMC, the Congress on Tuesday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee-led party, saying such “poaching” is not designed to strengthen Opposition unity and only serves the BJP’s objectives. The Congress lost its lone MLA in the state assembly, Bayron Biswas, as he crossed…
Jammu: Ten Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims, most of them from Bihar, were killed and 57 others were injured on Tuesday as their double-decker bus fell into a gorge after skidding off the road and ramming into the railing of a bridge in Jammu district, officials said Tuesday. The death toll may go up as Government Medical…
Jammu: Eight persons were killed and 20 injured when a bus skidded off a bridge and fell into a gorge in Jammu district, officials said Tuesday. The bus, which was on its way to Katra, met with the accident in Jajjar Kotli area, they said. The bus was reported to have been carrying pilgrims to…
New Delhi: Congress leaders from Delhi and Punjab met the party leadership here on Monday and suggested not supporting the Aam Aadmi Party on the Delhi services ordinance issue, sources said. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had convened separate meetings of leaders from the two states for seeking their opinion on the matter. Former Congress president Rahul…
Ranchi: Union Minister of State General (Retd.) V K Singh on Monday claimed that job opportunities have been created in many fields in the last nine years due to the all-round development of the country. Singh, who was in Ranchi to highlight development and social welfare work done under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said, “The government…
New Delhi: The unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 6.8 per cent during January-March 2023 from 8.2 per cent a year ago, the National Sample Survey Survey (NSSO) showed. Joblessness or unemployment rate is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons in the labour force. Joblessness was high…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday asked visiting British Minister Lord Tariq Ahmad to ensure security of India’s diplomatic missions in the UK and prevent misuse of democratic freedoms. Jaishankar’s assertions during a meeting with Lord Ahmad, the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, came against the backdrop of…
Chennai: Wrestlers who have charged Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) former chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment have only made allegations and not furnished evidence and there is a process of law to be followed after complaints are made, TN BJP president K Annamalai said on Monday. Annamalai, a former IPS…
New Delhi: Amid infighting in the Rajasthan Congress, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said the party high command is strong and it will never offer any position to any leader or worker to pacify him. His remarks came ahead of a strategy meeting with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on the upcoming polls in the…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday exuded confidence that the party will bag 150 seats in the upcoming assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh. Speaking to the media after the party’s poll preparedness meeting at the AICC headquarters here, he said the party would continue its winning streak in Madhya Pradesh after emerging victorious…
