Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray and other legislators during a special three-day session of Maharashtra Assembly, in Mumbai (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have boycotted the oath-taking ceremony on the first day of the Maharashtra assembly special session. Talking about the opposition’s decision to skip the…
NEW DELHI: A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her willingness to take up responsibility as the leader of the INDIA bloc, a flurry of responses from alliance partners poured in. While the Congress played down her capability to assume a national role, Shiv Sena (UBT) adopted a different stance by accommodating…
Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis (C), Ajit Pawar (R) NEW DELHI: The three-day special session of the Maharashtra Assembly began on Saturday with the swearing-in of newly elected MLAs, and the election of a new Speaker is scheduled as part of agenda.This session, which sets the stage for the upcoming winter session in Nagpur from December…
EX-SC judge RF Nariman (File photo from SC website) NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court judge and noted jurist Justice R F Nariman has expressed disappointment over the top court’s verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case and said it did not do justice to the principle of secularism. He also said the Places of Worship…
KOZHIKODE/THRISSUR: Home minister Amit Shah criticised Kerala government for an alleged delay in submitting the assessment memo on the Wayanad landslide, in a note sent in response to the representation made by MPs from the state, led by Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday.They had requested Centre to expedite release of funds for rehabilitation…
Mamata Banerjee (File photo) KOLKATA: Bangladesh has been left “leaderless” by a “mafia” that thrives under a “weak” administration, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said in a TV interview aired Friday. She said Bengal, which shares the longest land border with Bangladesh, wasn’t the only state at risk from the continued political and social instability…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Three men fatally stabbed a 28-year-old software engineer as he tried to prevent them from beating up a waiter at an eatery at Jhalta Phata in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar rural over payment for a bottle of soft drink around 3.30am on Friday.Police said the trio attacked Santosh Raju Petti, who was accompanied by his…
Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan NEW DELHI: Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday assured that all (marketable surplus) produce of farmers will be purchased at minimum support price (MSP) – an indication that the procurement of all farm produce, whose MSPs are announced, would happen with further increasing its footprints beyond popular crops, including…
NEW DELHI: Centre Friday told Lok Sabha that 519 Indian nationals were deported from US, for being declared “unauthorised to stay” by American authorities, within a year’s time, reports Replying to questions by TMC member Mala Roy on deportation of Indians from USA, minister of state for external affairs Kirti Vardhan Azad told the Lower…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday sought Union govt’s response on a PIL alleging that members of internal complaints committee (ICC) face vindictive action if they rule against the top brass of a private company while deciding a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace.To discharge their duties freely to provide a safe environment for women employees…
