Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to skip the Niti Aayog meeting slated to be held in New Delhi on May 27, a senior official at the state secretariat said on Wednesday. The decision came a day after the TMC, of which Banerjee is the chief, announced that it will boycott the inauguration…
New Delhi: Asserting that Parliament is not built by “bricks of ego” but through constitutional values, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said not letting President Droupadi Murmu inaugurate the new Parliament building as well as not inviting her to the ceremony is an “insult” to the country’s highest constitutional post. Besides Gandhi, several Congress leaders…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday held discussions for resolving an interstate dispute in the remaining six of the 12 locations. After the meeting in Guwahati, Sarma announced at a press conference that he along with Sangma will visit the disputed areas in Assam’s Karbi Anglong…
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday lauded the decision to install the sacred Sengol in the new Parliament building as a “historic moment” and said this emphasises the emotional and spiritual integration of India from north to south. “Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s decision to install the sacred Sengol in the New…
Mumbai: India captain Rohit Sharma believes T20 cricket has changed and there is no role for anchors left in the format, adding that he has been exploring what he can achieve more as a batter even though his change in approach has brought about failures. The Indian captain across formats, Rohit says as a batter…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday met top officials of various firms in Singapore and invited them to invest in the southern state, while highlighting the conducive environment for starting new ventures. Six Memoranda of Understanding were signed between Tamil Nadu and Singapore entities. The Chief Minister is on a two-nation official…
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal will attend the inauguration of the new Parliament building in Delhi on May 28, party leader Daljit Singh Cheema said on Wednesday, amid 19 Opposition parties announcing a boycott of the event. The country is getting a new Parliament building and it is a moment of pride,…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday highlighted the steps taken by the state in upholding the rights of workers and claimed that it has one of the best records in the global south in this regard. Inaugurating the International Labour Conclave here, Vijayan said Kerala has been exceptional in protecting and advancing workers’…
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mumbai unit chief and MLA Ashish Shelar on Wednesday called on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar at the latter’s residence in south Mumbai. What transpired at the meeting, however, could not be known. The meeting between the two leaders assumes significance as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to…
New Delhi: The Delhi University will start a multi-disciplinary centre on tribal studies to educate students about the contribution of tribal leaders to society during various eras of Indian history, a senior varsity official said on Wednesday. The proposal in this regard will be presented at a meeting of the Academic Council on Friday, the official…
