NEW DELHI: The Congress has once again crushed dissidence with an “iron hand.” The expulsion of Odisha leader and former MLA Mohammed Moquim, after he went public about a letter he had written to Sonia Gandhi against the party leadership, was a given. The fact that the Congress justified its action and accused Moquim of…
NEW DELHI: The winter session of the Parliament marked a chaotic end with 15 sittings that saw multiple bills being passed and debates around various issues. Meanwhile, the questions around Karnataka power tussle rose once again amid CM Siddaramaiah’s dismiss of a two-and-a-half-year “power-sharing arrangement” claim.Bangladesh is roiling in chaos once again amid violent protests…
A day after the enforcement of BS-VI compliance and mandatory pollution-under-control certificates at Delhi’s border points and petrol pumps, awareness among commuters appeared to have increased on Friday, with many people voluntarily producing documents before refuelling.Nischal Singhania, president of the Delhi Petrol Dealers’ Association, told PTI that queues at pollution-under-control (PUC) certification centres remained unchanged,…
Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Friday announced that air purifiers will be installed in 10,000 classrooms to ensure clean air for the students. Addressing a press conference, Sood said that the government is committed towards tackling the problem of pollution through long-term administrative reforms and policy measures. “We are not those who flaunt IIT…
NEW DELHI: India’s effort to keep unsafe medicines out of the market is facing a staff crunch, even as enforcement against fake and substandard drugs has increased, the health ministry told Parliament. At the central level, 249 drug inspector posts are vacant — a concern because inspectors play a critical role in checking drug factories,…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its probe into the ‘donkey’ or ‘dunki’ route found Thursday that a key operator based in Haryana allegedly collected property papers from aspirants as security to guarantee payments for arranging illegal travel to the US through Mexico.‘Dunki’ route is a network used to send Indians illegally to the…
NEW DELHI: India has issued over 500 visas to Afghan nationals in the last four months, including more than 200 medical visas, signalling a calibrated humanitarian push to ensure uninterrupted access to treatment for Afghan patients amid severe constraints in the country’s healthcare system.The visas have been issued since the rollout of a new Afghan…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday dismissed claims of a two-and-a-half-year “power-sharing arrangement” within the state government. Facing repeated questions from the Opposition over his tenure on the last day of the Legislative Assembly session in Belagavi, Siddaramaiah said there was no such agreement in place and made it clear…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to dominate social media engagement in India, emerging as the most influential political voice on X both in terms of followers and public response.X recently rolled out a feature that shows the most-liked tweets in a country over the past 30 days. For India, eight of the top…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day after Parliament passed the VB-G RAM G Bill, which seeks to replace the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, alleging that the Prime Minister is suffering from a “case of acute acronym-itis”. Winter Session Closes As Lok…