Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: Schools and colleges in Manipur’s Imphal Valley and Jiribam district will reopen on Monday, November 25, after being closed for a week. The closures were due to prohibitory orders issued in response to recent violence in the state. The directorate of education – schools issued an order stating,…
The Centre has convened an all-party meeting on Sunday ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament. NEW DELHI: The Opposition on Sunday demanded a parliamentary discussion on bribery charges leveled against the Adani Group by US prosecutors during the customary all-party meeting ahead of the Winter Session, set to commence on Monday. Union minister Kiren…
NEW DELHI: Following the Mahayuti alliance’s sweeping victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections, speculation is rife about who will be the state’s next chief minister. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday hinted at the possibility of Ajit Pawar assuming the top post, emphasising NCP’s strong performance. “Ajit Pawar could also be the…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seems to have found a standard response to electoral losses. The party has suffered humiliating defeat first in Haryana and then in Maharashtra, negating the Lok Sabha gains. However, Rahul’s response to both the defeat has been identical and standard.On Saturday, after loss in Maharashtra, Rahul Gandhi wrote: “The…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation marking National Cadet Corps (NCC) Day reflecting on his personal experience as an NCC cadet. He recalled how his NCC experience had been “invaluable” in inculcating “discipline, leadership and service among the youth.”“Today is a very special day. Today is NCC Day. As soon…
NEW DELHI: The euphoria lasted five and a half months flat.After defying the most polarising election campaign by BJP, and posting a creditable performance in the 2024 LS polls that triggered talks of revival and a change in the national mood, Congress Saturday landed back at square one where it had been for a decade.The…
NEW DELHI: After surprise setbacks in several key constituencies in Maharashtra in Lok Sabha polls this year, BJP found itself at a crossroads, needing to recalibrate its strategy to regain lost ground. Polarisation of Muslim votes against it led to significant losses for BJP in at least seven constituencies in the Lok Sabha polls that…
NEW DELHI: Congress couldn’t have imagined a drubbing like the one it got in Maharashtra, where MVA managed only 46 seats – 10 fewer than INDIA bloc’s tally in Jharkhand, where the assembly is less than one-third the size of the western state. Congress’s weakness in straight fights with BJP has also been highlighted again.Coming…
MUMBAI: For the first time in six decades, there will be no leader of opposition (LoP) in the Maharashtra legislative assembly owing to an inadequate number of opposition members.As per the provisions of the Salaries and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in the State Legislature Act, a leader of opposition can be nominated if the…
PUNE: The passage of time seemed momentarily suspended at Bhigwan Chowk, Baramati‘s political epicentre as the constituency stepped into a new chapter on Saturday, with Tennyson’s words echoing powerfully: “The old order changeth, yielding place to new…”By noon, 65-year-old Ajit Pawar, often referred to as ‘Dada’, cemented his position as Baramati’s political heir, defeating nephew…
