Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar, wife of late NCP chief Ajit Pawar, taking oath as Maharashtra’s first woman deputy chief minister at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai. Maharashtra politics has rarely been short of convulsions, but even by the state’s turbulent standards, the untimely demise of deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit…
NEW DELHI: Sunetra Pawar took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra from the NCP quota on Saturday, days after her husband Ajit Pawar was killed in a plane crash.Sunetra was clad in a white saree as she took the oath to replace her husband amid the chants of “Ajit dada amar rahe.” Maharashtra…
Sonam Wangchuk (File photo) NEW DELHI: Jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk was taken to AIIMS Jodhpur for a medical examination on Saturday after the Supreme Court sought his medical report by February 2.The 59-year-old former educationist was examined for about 90 minutes before being escorted back to prison. He has reportedly been suffering from stomach-related ailments…
NEW DELHI: 2026 may see the Congress win another state. If the local body election results in Kerala are an indication to go by, the state may turn to Congress-led UDF after 10 years. So far so good. But what after that? Will Kerala go the Karnataka way for the Congress? Will the victory, if…
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab on February 1 (Sunday).As per the offical release, at around 3:45 PM, the Prime Minister will visit Adampur airport, where he will unveil the new name of the Airport as ‘Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Airport, Adampur. He will also inaugurate the Terminal…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday alleged that the deadly Anandapur blaze near Kolkata was “not an accident” but the “result of the Trinamool Congress government’s corruption,” sharpening his attack on chief minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of upcoming elections. “The fire in Anandpur is not an accident. 25 people have lost their…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 188 million children and adolescents worldwide are living with obesity, the World Health Organization (World Health Organization) has warned, calling childhood obesity one of the fastest-growing public health crises driven by unhealthy diets, aggressive food marketing and environments that push junk food over nutritious meals.In its latest global guidelines on preventing obesity,…
NEW DELHI: To make food safer and more traceable, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed new rules that would require food manufacturers to record what they produce and what raw materials they use every day, according to a draft notification issued in the Gazette.The proposed changes aim to improve hygiene,…
KUALA LUMPUR: The stage is set for PM Narendra Modi to once again showcase India’s soft power on the global stage. This time round it’s Malaysia, on Feb 7, as thousands of Indian diaspora members will be waiting to see and hear Modi.Adding to the excitement is the murmur of Malaysia’s prime minister Anwar Ibrahim…
File photo: Sharad Pawar (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he had no information about reports suggesting that Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar is set to be sworn in as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, asserting that any such decision must have been taken by her party leadership and…