NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday attacked Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of betraying the promises he made to the people.Addressing a public meeting at Hauz Qazi Chowk in old Delhi, Rahul called out Kejriwal’s political journey, saying he started in a humble…
Election Commission of India (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday issued notification to prohibit the conduct, publication, or publicising exit polls between 7am and 6:30pm on February 5 as voters cast their ballots for the Delhi assembly elections and bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.In a notification issued on January 22,…
PRAYAGRAJ: Authorities implemented a “zero-error” approach to ensure safety and smooth crowd management as the sacred bathing ritual of Basant Panchami got under way at Maha Kumbh. The tithi for the third major holy dip began at 9.14am Sunday and will continue until 6.52pm Monday.Nearly 90 lakh devotees had already taken a dip at Sangam…
CHATRA/NAGPUR: Maoists killed a villager in Jharkhand’s Chatra Sunday morning and another in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli Saturday night, on suspicion of their being police informers, report Visvendu Jaipuriar and Soumitra Bose.Within 48 hours of a police station being opened in Nelgunda at foothills of Maoist stronghold Abujmarh in Gadchiroli, ex-panchayat samiti chairman Sukhram Madavi was killed…
A day after offering the largest tax relief ever in absolute terms, FM Nirmala Sitharaman explained the macroeconomic context of her Budget to TOI’s Diwakar & Surojit Gupta. In an exclusive interview, she rejected the criticism that the concessions would further shrink the tax base, while asserting that strong fundamentals would help the economy weather…
NEW DELHI: With the Budget presented, Parliament is set to witness a fiery start when it reconvenes on Monday with the Joint Parliamentary Committee report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill to be tabled in the Lok Sabha and the opposition making its intent known to raise issues such as the recent stampede at Maha Kumbh.After…
NEW DELHI: Exuding confidence about BJP‘s prospects in Delhi polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Union Budget presented a day earlier “the most pro-middle class in India’s history”, highlighted measures announced by the finance minister and wooed govt employees by pointing to the announcement of the new Pay Commission.“See you at the victory celebrations…
LONDON: Two Indian students in their 20s have been killed and two others remain in hospital with serious injuries after the car they were travelling in struck a tree in County Carlow, southern Ireland, according to the Irish police.Cherekuri Suresh Chowdary and Chithoori Bhargav were pronounced dead at the scene of the fatal road collision…
NEW DELHI: July 8, 2024. It was unusually rainy, hot and humid that night in Bacolod City, Philippines. The Bureau of Immigration assembled a crack team of select agents from their Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) to hunt down a high-value suspect. The target was an “Indian-Nepalese” national, the subject of a red-corner notice, located by…
NEW DELHI: ‘Gender budget‘ allocation has seen a more than 37% increase in the 2025-26 Union Budget, reaching Rs 4.5 lakh crore from the Rs 3.3 lakh crore in the financial year 2024-25, according to the women and child development (WCD) ministry.The share of gender budget allocation in the total Union Budget – presented on…
