New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday asserted the real issue with the government’s move to bring bills in a special sitting of Parliament this week is delimitation, not women’s reservation, and claimed that the reported delimitation proposal is “extremely dangerous” as well as an “assault on the Constitution itself”. Gandhi stressed…
Mumbai: The last rites of legendary singer Asha Bhosle will be performed at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Monday afternoon with state honours. Bhosle, who not only survived in the shadow of her sister’s greatness but stepped out of it with a genre-defying voice to create her own universe in Hindi playback singing, died on…
Talwandi Sabo: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said the Centre has decided to shift the border fencing closer to the International Border (IB), emphasising that the move will bring major relief to farmers who have long been forced to cultivate under tight BSF restrictions. With surveys now ordered across border districts, the move will…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu reacted to Asha Bhosle’s death. A post on her official X account read, “The passing of Asha Bhosle Ji has created a huge void in the world of music. Her legendary career as an iconic singer has defined an era of music in India. I have fond memories of having…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the time has come for the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Act in its true spirit, and the 2029 Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections will be conducted with the quota for women in place. In a letter to the floor leaders of Lok Sabha and…
Kolkata: More than 3.6 crore electors across 16 districts are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 23, according to Election Commission data. The electoral rolls for the first phase comprise 1.84 crore men, 1.75 crore women and 465 persons of the third gender, the…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that calling Parliament’s special sitting amid state polls reinforces belief that the government is hurrying the implementation of women’s reservation law for “political mileage”. In a letter to PM Modi, Kharge reiterated the demand that an all-party meeting be called to discuss…
Siliguri: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a massive roadshow in Siliguri in northern West Bengal on Saturday evening, drawing huge crowds who lined the streets to greet him. The roadshow, which passed through key stretches of the city, began near the Bagdogra airport. Thousands of people gathered on two sides of the road, waving, raising…
Katiar (Bihar): At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured following a collision involving a bus, a truck, and a pickup van in Bihar’s Katihar district on Saturday evening, a police officer said. The accident took place at 6:30 pm on NH-31 in Kodha block of Katihar, Superintendent of Police Shikhar Choudhary told…
KUSHMANDI (WB): (Apr 11) , Apr 11 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the TMC, accusing it of turning West Bengal into a state run by “syndicates”, while promising action on atrocities against women if the BJP comes to power. Addressing a rally at Kushmandi in Bangladesh-bordering Dakshin Dinajpur…
