Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday alleged that the BJP regime silenced those who exposed graft, rights violations, and its “majoritarian agenda.” In a social media post, Stalin said: “India has plunged to 151 in the Global Press Freedom Index. Why? Because the BJP regime fears questions. It raids newsrooms, jails reporters,…
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to uphold ‘Rajdharma’ by not visiting Manipur even once in the last two years. In a post on X, he said Manipur continues to be troubled for two years without the Prime Minister setting foot on its soil. Kharge said…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party over the caste census, accusing it of forgetting its “dark history” of “denying” Dalits and OBCs their constitutional rights, including reservation. The BJP, she said, is no less and has had to cave in to public pressure on…
Guwahati: A voter turnout of 70.2 per cent was recorded in the first phase of the panchayat polls in Assam, officials said on Saturday. The first phase of polling was held on Friday at 12,916 booths in 14 districts, and 89.59 lakh people were eligible to cast their votes, they said. Voting began at 7.30…
Chennai: BJP national president and Union Minister J P Nadda on Saturday reviewed the preparedness of the Tamil Nadu unit of the party in facing the 2026 Assembly election. Nadda, who participated in the state core group meeting held here during his one-day visit to the city, advised the party senior functionaries to commence the…
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that an inquiry will be conducted into the temple stampede in North Goa, in which six people lost their lives in the wee hours of the day, and said the probe report will be made public. Sawant visited the stampede site at Sree Lairai Devi Temple in Shirgao…
Panaji: The BJP’s Goa unit president, Damodar Naik, on Saturday said the Prime Minister’s Office is personally monitoring the situation post the stampede at a temple, in which six people lost their lives. The opposition Congress condoled the incident, while the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) demanded that the government order a probe to fix…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday expressed her grief at stampede deaths in Goa and prayed for a quick recovery of the injured. At least six persons were killed, and 30 sustained injuries after a stampede broke out during a temple festival at a village in North Goa early Saturday. The incident occurred around…
Panaji: At least six persons were killed, and several sustained injuries after a stampede broke out during a temple festival in North Goa, officials said on Saturday. The incident occurred at Sree Lairai Devi temple in Shirgao village in the wee hours of the day, a senior police officer said. Thousands of devotees from Goa,…
New Delhi: The European Union (EU) on Friday called on New Delhi and Islamabad to show “restraint” and pursue dialogue to defuse tensions amid speculation about India’s possible retaliation against Pakistan in view of the cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam terror attack. Following separate phone conversations with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan’s Deputy…
