New Delhi: Bank unions on Sunday deferred their three-day nationwide strike following assurance from the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) on their demands, including a five-day work week. The strike call beginning Monday was given by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), which coincides with half-yearly closing. With the postponement of the strike, banks would…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the 2016 surgical strikes were India’s decisive response to the pain of terror attacks and presented a bold example of the country’s counter-terrorism policy. Asserting that India follows a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism, he said in his monthly broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’ that the…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday mounted a strong defence of the Election Commission amid the escalating political row over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, blaming former CM Mamata Banerjee for the deletion of 27 lakh names and asserting that neither the BJP nor the poll panel could be held…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will launch the Thaaimaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam, a welfare scheme, on Monday, under which the government will provide a one-gram gold ring to babies born in state-run hospitals. Sources here on Sunday said the CM will arrive in Madurai to launch the scheme at the Government Rajaji…
New Delhi: The Election Commission latee on Saturday said its key decisions on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls had been taken with the “unanimous approval” of all three commissioners, rejecting suggestions of differences within the poll panel over the exercise. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and…
Bhubaneshwar: The Odisha government on Saturday evacuated over 70,000 people living in low-lying areas to safety and housed them in 395 relief camps as all rivers in the state swelled due to heavy rainfall over the past few days, officials said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will conduct an aerial survey of the affected areas…
Kollam (Keralam): Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Friday said women’s empowerment through cooperatives was one of the core objectives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was speaking after inaugurating various initiatives of cooperative societies under the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Limited (NCCF) aimed at strengthening and promoting women’ empowerment in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to former prime minister Manmohan Singh on his birth anniversary and remembered his many years spent in public life, serving the nation with dedication. Singh was born on September 26, 1932 in the Punjab province of undivided India and died in New Delhi on December…
Mumbai: Chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya” and rhythmic beats of traditional dhol-tasha reverberated across Mumbai on Friday as thousands of devotees bid an emotional farewell to Lord Ganesh on the final, 12th day of the festival. As immersion processions wound their way to seashores and artificial ponds, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said 16,154 Ganapati idols…
New Delhi: Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Friday that it is his duty to tell his party (BJP) what he feels about Punjab and that does not mean he is quitting the party. He also said he is going through “difficult times” but did not elaborate further. Singh said he is 84…
