Bengaluru: Not many politicians may have held positions as Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna — SMK to his friends and the inner circle — did in his political career spanning over five decades. Suave and sophisticated with outstanding academic credentials, Krishna played his part with aplomb as the chief minister in promoting the tech sector in Karnataka…
Mumbai: Five days after assuming office, the Mahayuti alliance government in Maharashtra led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday comfortably won a confidence vote in the state assembly. The trust motion, tabled by Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant and others, was passed by a voice vote on the last day of the three-day special…
Mumbai: Three persons died and more than 20 others were injured after a bus of Mumbai’s civic transport body BEST rammed into pedestrians as well as vehicles on Monday night, police and municipal corporation officials said. It is suspected the accident near the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) L Ward in Kurla took place due to…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said the Inner Line Permit (ILP) granted to the state five years ago is the Centre’s most significant and positive step following the according of statehood in 1972. Singh also said that tax revenues amounting to Rs 13 to 14 crore have been received by the…
New Delhi: “For how long freebies can be given?” the Supreme Court asked on Monday while stressing the need for creating job opportunities and capacity building for migrant workers being given free rations since the Covid pandemic. A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Manmohan was surprised when the Centre informed the court that 81…
New Delhi: No land has been provided by the Central government to the Waqf Board since 2019, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry told Rajya Sabha on Monday. In a written reply to a question about the total area of land provided to the Waqf Board by the Central and state governments from 2019…
Panipat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured that the BJP government in Haryana, in its third term, will work at a faster pace for the development of the state. Addressing a gathering after launching the ‘Bima Sakhi Yojana’ of state-owned LIC, Modi said the central government, in the last 10 years, has taken several…
Kolkata: Taking a dig at a section of Bangladeshi politicians, who said the country has legitimate claims over Bengal, Bihar and Odisha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wondered whether Indians “would have lollipop” when external forces would try to occupy Indian lands. While addressing the West Bengal Assembly, Banerjee, without naming anyone,…
Shambhu (Punjab): Agitating farmers suspended their foot march to Delhi on Sunday after some of them sustained injuries in teargas shelling by Haryana security personnel who thwarted yet another attempt by the protesters to cross the Punjab-Haryana border. Farmer leaders said they would decide the next course of action on Monday. After a group of…
KURUKSHETRA (HRY): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Saturday that India’s ancient culture teaches people that there are occasions when forces inimical to the country need to be crushed and the Bhagavad Gita also says so. He also said that “Viksit Bharat” is no longer a dream, but a target that has to be achieved…
