Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday warned of massive agitations bringing Tamil Nadu to a standstill and “protests with full force,” if anything was done harming the state or if the political power of northern states was disproportionately increased in delimitation. Reiterating his allegation that secrecy shrouds the proposed delimitation process, Stalin in…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday recommended dissolution of his cabinet before meeting Governor Syed Ata Hasnain to submit his resignation from the CM post, state minister Ram Kripal Yadav said. Kumar, the state’s longest-serving chief minister, informed his cabinet colleagues about his decision to dissolve the council of ministers, a constitutional requirement…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday spoke to his counterparts from Kuwait and Singapore, focusing on the West Asia crisis as the US blockade of Iranian ports takes effect. In his conversation with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Jaishankar also discussed the “well-being of the Indian community” in the…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the next round of Iran-US negotiations was expected soon. The 21-hour talks between the US and Iran on Saturday were the first of their kind since 1979 due to the involvement of top-level officials from both sides. The two sides, however, failed to secure a lasting…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that Indian democracy will be become stronger and vibrant if elections to Lok Sabha and various assemblies in 2029 are held with the women’s reservation fully in place. In a letter to the women of the country, Modi also said that with women excelling in several…
Jafrabad (WB): The iron gate is new. So are the CCTV cameras tied to electric poles outside the two-storey house at the edge of Jafrabad in West Bengal. But the fear is old. A year after the arson during the protests over the Waqf law in Murshidabad, the house of Harogobindo Das and his son…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid his tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary and said his life and work continue to inspire generations to build a just and progressive society. Modi said that Ambedkar’s personality and contributions will continue to remain a source of inspiration for nation-building. “Tributes…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Labour Minister Anil Rajbhar on Monday termed the violence during workers’ protests in Noida a “well-planned conspiracy” and said a possible Pakistan link was also being probed in the wake of recent terror-related arrests in the region. “The incident appears to have been carried out with the intention of disrupting the development…
New Delhi: In a major action weeks ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested Vinesh Chandel, a director and co-founder of political consultancy firm I-PAC, in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in the poll-bound state. An official said Chandel was taken into custody under…
New Delhi: India and France on Monday carried out a comprehensive review of their bilateral ties in areas of civil nuclear energy, defence, space, and digital cooperation against the backdrop of the West Asia conflict. In their talks in Paris, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Secretary-General of the French Foreign Ministry Martin Briens also exchanged…
