Bengaluru: Strongly defending his government’s move to provide 4 percent reservation for Muslims in public contracts, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, questioning why shouldn’t it be done, said giving strength to anyone who are economically and socially weak, is the mission and commitment of the Congress party. Alleging that he is being labelled as…
Patna: Former Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Monday announced that his Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party was no longer with the BJP-led NDA, which has chosen to back his estranged nephew Chirag Paswan. Paras, whose party came into being in 2021 as a result of the split he engineered in the Lok Janshakti Party, founded…
New Delhi: (Apr 14) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the Modi government of paying only “lip service” to B R Ambedkar’s legacy but doing nothing to fulfill his wishes and claimed the BJP-RSS were “enemies” of the architect of the Constitution. Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his criticism of the…
Nagpur: Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Monday asserted the Modi government has”zero tolerance” towards fugitives like Mehul Choksi and corruption, and said the Centre will work to bring him back soon. Absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies for his involvement…
New Delhi: Absconding diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi has been detained in Belgium following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies for his alleged involvement in the Rs 13,000 crore PNB bank loan ‘fraud’ case, official sources said Monday. The action against the diamantaire was taken on Saturday. Sources said that after the Interpol Red Notice…
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar claimed on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has resolved the long-pending issues faced by 610 families in Munambam, where residents had been struggling for the past six years to protect their properties from claims by the Waqf Board. Speaking at a party meeting held in connection with the…
Kolkata: Paramilitary forces patrolled parts of the Murshidabad district, which witnessed violent protests on Friday and Saturday over the Waqf (Amendment) Act as the situation remained tense but under control while political parties traded charges for aggravating the situation, officials said. West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose said he is holding regular discussions with…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday said that the government will not take any hasty decision regarding the Socio-Economic and Education Survey report, popularly known as the ‘caste census’, that was recently tabled before the state cabinet. He said the cabinet will go through the report and discuss it, and will…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Adani Group director Jeet Adani on Sunday and discussed the investments of Rs 50,000 crore proposed by the conglomerate during the state’s business summit in February. Sarma said the state government was expecting that the proposals given by the Adani Group for investment in various sectors would…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: As the country gears up to celebrate Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s 134th birth anniversary, a centenarian from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar who once gave up a steady job with the railways to briefly serve the Dalit leader shares how that experience continues to define his life. Despite age catching up on him, 103-year-old Laxman Khotkar still…
