NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister and Congress veteran passed away at the age of 92 in New Delhi. He was admitted to the emergency department of AIIMS hospital on Thursday evening.He served as India’s Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014. His political career ended earlier this year in April when he retired from Rajya Sabha.Singh,…
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NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Sandeshkhali on December 30, her first since massive and violent protests in the region amid sexual harassment allegations against TMC leaders.Mamata will attend a public distribution program on the island, which is located in the North 24 Parganas district, which borders the Sundarbans.Banerjee confirmed the…
Image credit: Simran Singh’s Instagram NEW DELHI: Simran Singh, a social media influencer and a radio jockey from Jammu and Kashmir died by suicide in Gurugram, the police informed on Thursday.Her body was discovered hanging in her room on Wednesday night. No suicide note was found at the scene, authorities said.The family said that Simran…
NEW DELHI: A new political drama erupted after Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai removed his shoes during a press conference and said he would whip himself six times, observe fast for 48 days and not wear shoes till the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government is toppled. The state BJP president removed his shoes during…
Protests outside Anna University The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday took suo moto cognizance of the brutal sexual assault of a 19-year-old student from renowned Anna University, Chennai. Condemning the act, the commission also expressed solidarity in the ‘victim’s fight for justice’.“The NCW has taken suo moto cognizance of the disturbing sexual assault…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday levelled serious allegations of poll rigging on the Election Commission regarding the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections.Questioning the credibility of the poll body, the Congress MP alleged a massive addition in the voters’ list of Maharashtra after the Lok Sabha elections which was…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said that 2025 would focus on the party’s organisational empowerment. At the Congress Working Committee’s ‘Nav Satyagraha Baithak’ in Karnataka’s Belagavi, he emphasised that “only hard work is not and timely concrete strategy and direction are necessary.” He added that there is a need to give a…
NEW DELHI: A bhajan performance turned political at a BJP-organised event in Bihar’s Patna on Wednesday when folk singer Devi sang Mahatma Gandhi’s version of “Raghupati Raghav”.During the event organised on the occasion of BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary, some members sitting in the audience reportedly showed discontent as soon as Devi began…
Naveen Patnaik on Bharat Ratna recommendation Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik gave a reserved response on Thursday on BJP’s union minister Giriraj Singh‘s proposal for the former Odisha chief minister to be awarded Bharat Ratna.On being questioned by reporters about the recommendation, Patnaik said, “I have no idea why he did that.” The…
