Observing that a govt must behave as a ‘model employer’ and lack of funds cannot be a ground to deny its employees their dues, Supreme Court Thursday directed West Bengal govt to pay dearness allowance (DA) to its employees for the 2008-19 period.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra ordered that the…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has held as invalid prohibition on transfer or migration of a medical student from one college to another, and has directed National Medical Commission to formulate a “proper policy” to permit migration.A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia zeroed in on Regulation 18…
Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Railways has estimated its earnings from passenger movement at Rs 87,300 crore in 2026-27, a little over 9% more than the revised estimate (RE) of the current financial year, as it continues to introduce more new-age Vande Bharat chair car & sleeper trains, and Amrit Bharat…
A wall mural by Rouble Nagi Art Foundation in Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai; and (R) educator and artist Rouble Nagi with Global Teacher Prize 2026. MUMBAI: For years, teacher and artist Rouble Nagi has used walls in slums for creation of murals to teach children who seldom make it to classrooms. On Thursday, that work was…
NEW DELHI: In a rare decision, National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Feb 3 withdrew its corporate resolution order awarding a bankrupt company — Alchemist Ltd, promoted by former Trinamool Congress MP KD Singh — to a company that turned out to be a related group entity. The bench observed the “insolvency proceedings were vitiated…
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday told officials any death in the state caused by banned Chinese kite strings (manjha) should be treated as murder.The CM’s directive comes after a sharp rise in Chinese manjha-related deaths in the state. At least eight people lost their lives in…
West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, left, with chief minister Mamata Banerjee, at state Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) KOLKATA: Bucking the trend set by governors of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose avoided a confrontation with the elected govt over his inaugural address of the budget session of…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: A new welfare scheme called ‘Banglar Yuba-Sathi’ for Bengal’s unemployed youth and a 50% hike in the payout to ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ beneficiaries headlined the Mamata Banerjee govt’s last budget — a vote-on-account — before the state goes to polls later this year.Finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Thursday had some…
NEW DELHI: Amid claims by the US that India has agreed to stop purchasing Russian crude, the govt reiterated Thursday that diversifying energy sourcing in line with market conditions and evolving international dynamics is at the core of India’s energy security strategy. In keeping with the same, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) added it…
NEW DELHI: A day after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee appeared in SC to argue against the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in her state, PM Modi on Thursday accused TMC of protecting “ghuspaithiyas (infiltrators)”.“Our colleagues from TMC spoke a lot. But they should introspect. Their merciless govt is creating new records of decline,…