Chennai: The EC has allotted ‘whistle’ as the symbol for actor-politician Vijay’s TVK and enthusiastic party workers have launched efforts to popularise it across the state, senior leader CTR Nirmal Kumar said on Thursday. The whistle symbol was the ‘priority’ one as preferred by Vijay from a choice of 10 symbols proposed, Kumar, joint general…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the Modi government’s objectives are the same in repealing MGNREGA as they were in bringing the “three black farm laws”, as he urged poor people to unite against the move to bring the VB G RAM G Act. Addressing the National MGNREGA Workers’ Convention organised…
Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday sought a report from the West Bengal chief secretary within 72 hours on action taken against four state government officials accused of illegally adding names to voter lists in two districts, a senior official of the poll body said. The EC had earlier recommended that Electoral Registration Officers…
New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley was a leader who valued institutions deeply, former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday, and stressed that political parties must not denigrate constitutional bodies for their own ambitions. He was speaking at the launch of the book ‘The Life and Legacy of Arun Jaitley’, written by…
New Delhi: The first ‘Made in India’ C-295 military aircraft is expected to roll out of a factory before September, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday as he underlined New Delhi’s commitment to build resilient manufacturing capabilities. In his remarks at a meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, Jaishankar asserted that…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday asserted that it will form its government in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu for the first time by defeating the ruling TMC and the DMK, respectively in the upcoming assembly polls. In a statement, the saffron party said based on the ground reports presented by the party’s state units…
Prayagraj: A two-seater, ultra-light trainee aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed into a pond near the KP College ground in Prayagraj on Wednesday, officials said. The incident took place in the area under the jurisdiction of the Georgetown police station. A quick emergency response followed soon after the aircraft went down. According to ANI,…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved continuation of government’s flagship Atal Pension Yojana (APY) up to financial year 2030-31, along with extension of funding support for promotional and developmental activities and gap funding. APY was launched on May 9, 2015 to provide old-age income security to workers in the unorganised sector. As of…
Chennai: Months after walking out of the NDA, TTV Dhinakaran-led AMMK on Wednesday returned to the AIADMK-led bloc in Tamil Nadu. Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) founder-leader Dhinakaran met senior BJP leader and Union Minister Piyush Goyal and was formally re-inducted into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami, whose party leads…
New Delhi: Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini has embarked on a 10-month transoceanic expedition, during which the vessel will traverse 22,000 nautical miles, and visit 18 ports in 13 countries, officials said. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Southern Naval Command (SNC), Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, flagged off INS Sudarshini from the Kochi naval base,…
