Kolata: With the West Bengal Assembly elections just months away, senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday sharpened his political pitch, urging Hindus to “unite” and warning that the community “cannot afford to be divided by language and caste”. Addressing a BJP rally later in the day at Englishbazar town in Muslim-majority Malda district, Adhikari,…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will take up a debate on the 150th anniversary of National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ on Monday and on electoral reforms on Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said. The decision was taken after an all-party meeting and a Business Advisory Committee (BAC) chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, signalling…
New Delhi: Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases, the first between April and September 2026 and the second in February 2027, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Giving details of the exercise in response to a question by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the…
New Delhi: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said the Sanchar Saathi app, a fraud reporting app the government wants pre-installed on all devices, can be deleted by users. Users can decide to keep the Sanchar Saathi app or delete it, Scindia told reporters on Tuesday. The Department of Telecom has directed manufacturers and importers…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has summoned a meeting of party leaders on Tuesday to break the deadlock in the House over the Opposition demand for a discussion on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Speaker’s meeting comes in the wake of repeated disruptions in the Lok Sabha over the…
Bengaluru: In an apparent display of unity, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday visited his deputy D K Shivakumar’s residence for breakfast, just days after the two broke bread in the wake of a raging power tussle. Siddaramaiah drove down to the Deputy CM’s Sadashivanagar residence here, where he was received by Shivakumar and his…
Mumbai: Voting was underway on Tuesday across 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the first phase of the local body elections in Maharashtra, where 6,042 seats and 264 posts of council presidents are up for grabs. The polling began at 7.30 am and will conclude at 5.30 pm. Votes will be counted on December…
New Delhi: The Congress has rejected the directions of the Department of Telecommunications on pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app in new mobile handsets as unconstitutional, and demanded its immediate rollback. Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said that the right to privacy is an intrinsic part of the fundamental right to life and liberty….
Pune: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said world leaders listen carefully when Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks, and this is happening because India’s strength is getting manifested and the country is finding its rightful place. Speaking at an event organised in Pune on Monday to mark 100 years of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bhagwat…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and assured him of continued support in the rehabilitation efforts across all regions impacted by Cyclone Ditwah. In a telephone conversation, Modi expressed condolences for the loss of lives and devastation in Sri Lanka, and said the people of…
