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Mallikarjun Kharge (PTI image) NEW DELHI: The Opposition has mounted a sharp attack on the Centre over its move to repeal and replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Several leaders have questioned the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from one of India’s largest welfare programmes.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday…

A Quick Look The Centre plans to replace MGNREGA with the VB–G RAM G Bill, 2025, offering 125 days of work and focusing on rural, climate, and digital issues. PM Modi reached Jordan beginning his three nation tour, next is Ethiopia to strengthen relations, and Oman to boost strategic and economic partnerships. A father-son duo,…

NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies are alarmed and closely monitoring the expansion of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Satellite imagery and photographs reveal the construction of a new “dual-use facility” in the Neelum Valley district.Since November, LeT accelerated the infrastructure build-up of the new centre, named “Jamia Masjid Ibn Taymiyah wa Markaz,” being erected in…

NEW DELHI: Elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), will be held on January 15, the Maharashtra State Election Commission said on Tuesday.Counting of votes and declaration of results will take place on January 16, the commission added.The announcement comes after a prolonged delay in civic elections across the…

PM Modi with Jordanian counterpart Jafar Hassan (Photo: Screengrab/DD news) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Amman, the capital of Jordan, as part of his three-nation tour, which also includes Ethiopia and Oman.Jordanian Prime Minister Jafar Hassan received PM Modi at the airport. The visit to Jordan coincides with the 75th anniversary of…

Ram Vilas Vedanti (File photo) NEW DELHI: Ram Janmabhoomi movement leader and former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ram Vilas Vedanti died of a heart attack in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, on Monday at the age of 67, an official told news agency PTI. Vedanti had been admitted to the Superspecialty Hospital attached to Shyam Shah Medical…

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday distanced himself from the “vote chori” issue raised by the Congress, asserting that the “INDIA bloc has got nothing to do with it”.His remarks came a day after senior Congress leaders attacked the BJP and election commissioners at…

NEW DELHI: Centre is set to introduce a new rural employment law in the Lok Sabha, proposing to repeal the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with another legislation, titled the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Bill, 2025.The bill seeks to replace the MGNREGA with…

NEW DELHI: Centre is set to introduce a new rural employment law in the Lok Sabha, proposing to repeal the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with another legislation, titled the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Bill, 2025.The bill seeks to replace the MGNREGA with…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday reposted a thread which compared his ideological tendencies with that of Rahul Gandhi‘s. The thread called the leader of opposition’s rural policies “devastating”, while that of Tharoor’s more aligned with the “background, political language, and audience.”Tharoor called the analysis “fair, and reflective of a certain perception of…