File photo of PM Modi (Pic credit: ANI) KOZHIKODE: A detailed note from CPM to its state units explaining why its draft political resolution for the 24th party congress does not say “Modi govt is fascist or neo-fascist” or characterise “the Indian state as a neo-fascist state” has accentuated fault lines in Left Front, with…
New CEC to chair meet on modern poll management NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is set to reflect on issues related to modern election management, including an enabling IT architecture and enhancement of its social media outreach, at a conference with chief electoral officers (CEOs) of all states and UTs here from March 4-5.This is…
BAREILLY: A drunk groom‘s misstep at his own wedding in UP – in which he mistakenly garlanded his bride’s best friend – set off a series of mishaps, ending with his arrest and the bride calling off the marriage.It started as Indian weddings often do – with a delay. The groom, Ravindra Kumar, 26, was…
KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a slew of benefits for doctors, while outlining her administration’s expectations from them, at her first conclave with health professionals since the August 2024 rape-murder of an RG Kar junior doctor.Banerjee, who addressed around 4,000 healthcare workers at the Dhanadhanya Auditorium, announced significant hikes – ranging from Rs…
PM Modi’s Monday: Breakfast in MP, lunch in Bihar and dinner in Assam (Pic credit: ANI) The weeks following Delhi polls were supposed to be a lean season politically, with no Parliament session and no electoral battles looming. But not so for PM Narendra Modi who swung by three states on Monday – having breakfast…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Monday nominated 10 persons from different walks of life, including J&K CM Omar Abdullah, businessman Anand Mahindra and actor Mohanlal, to help fight obesity, a day after he exhorted people to take measures to curb the health menace.“I would like to nominate the following to help strengthen the fight against…
BHAGALPUR/PATNA: Reaffirming his commitment to farmers’ welfare, Prime Minister Narendra Modi disbursed on Monday financial assistance of over Rs 22,000 crore to farmers across the country while releasing the 19th instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme at the Kisan Samman Ceremony in Bhagalpur. He also launched several development projects.“There are around 75…
Commonwealth Games medal winner and Congress MLA Vinesh Phogat (Pic credit: PTI) JIND: BJP Rajya Sabha MP and former National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma on Monday claimed that Commonwealth Games medal winner and Congress MLA Vinesh Phogat lied about certain things to enter politics.Without naming anyone against whom Phogat levelled the allegations, Sharma…
NEW DELHI: India has conveyed to Thailand that PM Modi will travel to the country for the Bimstec summit on April 3-4, said official sources on Monday. Apart from India and Thailand, the inter-regional Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation includes as member states Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan…
NEW DELHI: The day is not far when nobody in Jammu and Kashmir will possess a weapon, dispensing with the need for armed forces to be deployed within the Union Territory and ensuring that their role is limited to guarding the frontiers, home minister Amit Shah on Monday told young children from Jammu and Kashmir…
