A ferry, carrying 110 people including crew, en route to Elephanta Island from Mumbai’s iconic Gateway of India, capsized after a navy speedboat rammed into it, leaving 13 dead including 10 civilians and 3 Navy personnelAccording to officials, the search operation is being carried out by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships and rescued 101 people…
NEW DELHI: A Congress worker died during a demonstration near the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday, with the party’s Uttar Pradesh chief Ajay Rai blaming “police brutality” for the death.Meanwhile, in Assam, another Congress worker died after allegedly being exposed to suffocating tear gas smoke during a protest.The Uttar Pradesh incident involved 28-year-old Prabhat Pandey,…
Union home minister Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday responded to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge‘s demand for his resignation, saying if he resigned it would not pull Congress out of the quagmire as the party “is set to remain in the opposition for at least 15 years”.Amit Shah,…
NEW DELHI: One person has died, and 21 passengers have been rescued so far after ferry Neelkamal capsized near Uran and Karanja on Wednesday while en route to Elephanta Island from Mumbai’s iconic Gateway of India.Initial reports suggest the ferry was carrying approximately 60 passengers, though the exact number remains unconfirmed.The videos of the incident…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Admonishing PM Modi for not taking stern action against Union home minister Amit Shah over his remark on Ambedkar, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused both of supporting “each other’s sin”.In a stinging remark, Kharge said: “If someone says wrong about BR Ambedkar, he should be…
NEW DELHI: Congress demanded Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Bharatiya Janata Party to apologize to the nation, and the Union home minister to resign from his position for insulting BR Ambedkar andf the Constitution. In a post on X, Congress listed out a series of events, claiming that insulting the architect of…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that its doors remain open to suggestions or demands from protesting farmers, either directly or through authorized representatives.This comes after the Punjab government informed the court about its ongoing but unsuccessful attempts to mediate with Jagjit Singh Dallewal, a farmer leader on an indefinite hunger strike at…
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami NEW DELHI: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami-led Uttarakhand government will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state in January 2025. The BJP-ruled hill state will become the first state to implement the UCC.The state government said a portal and mobile app have also been prepared as it believes the…
NEW DELHI: NCP veteran politician Chhagan Bhujbal, who is unhappy after being overlooked for a cabinet berth in the newly sworn-in Fadnavis government, appealed to his supporters to express their discontent in a “civil” manner rather than resorting to derogatory actions against deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.The response came after various OBC organisations and activists…
NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh Congress on Wednesday upped the ante against the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government by staging protest led by leader of opposition Umang Singhar, who carried a tea kettle to the Assembly premises. He said that the gesture was intended to highlight rising unemployment and in what he alleged was…
