NEW DELHI: Congress leaders, including Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party general secretary KC Venugopal and several other MPs, staged a protest at Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi on Tuesday, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.The demonstration comes amid the ongoing political…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged opposition parties in West Bengal to bury their differences and unite against the Bharatiya Janata Party.Addressing the annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally organised near Birla Planetarium, Mamata also termed the leaders who defected from the TMC as “traitors”, saying they would never be allowed…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over the police action against student protesters, calling it “un-Indian”.His remarks came a day after a protest led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday saw roads blocked with demonstrators in the national capital. Police…
Mahua Moitra takes aim at Dharmendra Pradhan during NEET protests. NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra took a dig at education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday, saying he probably does not know how to write a letter of resignation. The comment comes amid ongoing protests organised by Cockroach Janta Party demanding his resignation over…
PM Modi, according to Rijiju, also said that “security and future of youth” is the government’s priority. NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said PM Narendra Modi, during the NDA’s parliamentary party meeting, reiterated government’s stance to ensure “stringent punishment” for those involved in the NEET paper leak.Rijiju, who is the minister of parliamentary…
Four Indian nationals were killed after a commercial vessel, MV Golden Leo, came under attac. NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday summoned Russian diplomat over the killing of four Indians on board a merchant vessel off the coast of Ukraine, reported news agency PTI citing sources.Four Indian nationals were killed after a commercial vessel, MV Golden…
CJP alleges police brutality during Parliament march NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the pressure group leading the ongoing protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, on Tuesday levelled serious allegations of police brutality during its march to Parliament a day earlier, claiming that several protesters, including well-known public figures, were assaulted.The internet-sensation-turned-pressure group alleged that…
UK PM Andy Burnham and PM Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Andy Burnham on assuming office as UK PM and expressed confidence that India-UK ties would continue to deepen across key sectors.In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Warmest congratulations to Mr Andy Burnham on assuming office…
Ambulance and Fire tenders rush to the spot following Samardung tunnel collapse (ANI) NEW DELHI: At least seven people have died while several workers are feared trapped inside an under-construction tunnel in Sikkim’s Namchi district after a landslide blocked the entrance and triggered a suspected gas leak on Monday. The incident occurred inside an under-construction…
NEW DELHI: Taking over supervision of Ayodhya Ram Mandir fund embezzlement scam investigations, the Supreme Court on Monday ousted local police from probing the charges by entrusting it to a SIT led by a senior IPS officer and directed Shri Ram Teerth Kshetra Trust to preserve receipts of donations it received since commencement of construction…