Kolkata: Amid claims by the Trinamool Congress and West Bengal Police of potential disruptions, student organisation Chhatra Samaj insisted that its August 27 ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ rally will be peaceful and focused on demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the arrest of those responsible for the alleged rape-murder of a doctor in RG…
New Delhi: Lambasting the West Bengal government for its alleged failure to implement crucial safety measures for women and girls, Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi has said the state has not taken any step to start the remaining 11 fast track special courts in spite of a pendency of 48,600 rape and POCSO…
New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met here on Sunday evening to finalise the party’s candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J P Nadda were joined by other CEC members, including Home Minister Amit Shah, as they deliberated with party leaders from…
New Dehi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that a lot of things are happening in India in the 21st century which are strengthening the foundation for a ‘Viksit Bharat’. In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, he said his Independence Day call for one lakh youth without any political background to join politics…
Tel Aviv: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has declared a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency following the launch of “pre-emptive strikes” by the Israeli military in Lebanon, significantly heightening tensions across the Middle East. The region has been simmering with unease for weeks, particularly after Hezbollah and Iran vowed retaliation for an Israeli airstrike in…
New Delhi: Government employees on Saturday hailed the decision to provide assured pensions to them and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for meeting with them on the issue. Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM), a joint form of government employees’ organisations, said they were invited by the prime minister for the…
Raipur: India will be free from Left Wing Extremism (LWE) by March 2026 and a strong and ruthless strategy is required for the final assault against the menace, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Saturday. The minister stated this during a press conference here after he along with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and…
New Delhi: The BJP-led central government on Saturday launched the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). Central government employees will exercise the right to decide whether to stay in the National Pension Scheme or join the Unified Pension Scheme. Likewise, the state governments can also decide to adopt this new module of UPS. Assured Pension: 50% of the…
Kyiv: In a significant move, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday proposed India among a handful of Global South countries for hosting the second Ukraine peace summit and conveyed his idea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The inaugural peace summit was held at a resort near Lucerne in Switzerland in June that was attended by…
Kyiv: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit India during their talks. Modi paid a nearly nine-hour visit to Kyiv in the first-ever visit to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister since it became independent over three decades back. At a media briefing following the talks between the two…
