New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday discussed with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands how India’s digital public infrastructure-led revolution is making financial services more accessible and affordable. Modi also said that India remains committed to sharing its experience on the subject with partner countries. The prime minister said this when Queen Maxima met…
Bengaluru: The BJP on Thursday urged the ECI to immediately intervene and direct the SEC of Karnataka to halt its “parallel” SIR process for the GBA wards, alleging that such a concurrent exercise would dilute the purity and legal finality of the electoral process. In a letter to Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar, Leader of…
Ayodhya: An FIR was lodged here on Thursday over allegations of embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple, officials said. The FIR comes amid an ongoing probe into the matter by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which submitted a preliminary report of its findings to the Uttar Pradesh government two days ago. A police official…
New Delhi: A raging controversy erupted Thursday on the passport-citizenship issue with the government asserting that no new decision has been taken on the travel document in the past 12 years and the opposition alleging that groundwork is being done to “arbitrarily deny” citizenship rights to those who “disagree” with the ruling dispensation. Citing the…
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will bring out department-wise white papers detailing alleged irregularities, unfinished projects, and financial mismanagement under the previous TMC dispensation, Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta announced in the Assembly on Thursday. Replying to the discussion on the state budget, Dasgupta said the government has decided to place before the public details of…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here amid the buzz over a reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers. The president’s office shared a picture of the meeting in a post on X. “Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Emergency was a direct assault on the Constitution as the period witnessed the suspension of civil liberties, curbs on freedom of expression, and an assault on institutions that are the bedrock of Indian democracy. Paying homage to all those who steadfastly defended democratic values during…
Kolkata: Five workers perished and around 20 others were rescued and hospitalised after a three-storey under-construction warehouse collapsed in Kolkata’s Taratala area on Wednesday, prompting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to order a halt to all construction projects approved under the erstwhile TMC regime within the city’s civic body area till July 31. About 15 more…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh authorities on Wednesday intensified inspections of coaching centres, libraries and other educational institutions across the state in the wake of the Aliganj fire tragedy in Lucknow that claimed 15 lives earlier this week. In Lucknow, teams of the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), the fire department and the electricity department continued inspections of…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said a probe has been ordered into an alleged sexual harassment at a Spanish multinational operating in Maharashtra’s Pune district. He was responding to questions in the legislative council. Shiv Sena member Manisha Kayande said that a female employee of a Spanish multinational operating in Pune district…
