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Puducherry: Puducherry chief minister N Rangasamy (left) interacts with lieutenant governor K Kailashnathan at a ceremony at Kamban Kalaiyarang, in Puducherry. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Puducherry chief minister N Rangasamy on Thursday once again called for statehood for the Union territory, ahead of the assembly elections slated for April.Rangasamy was responding to remarks by opposition…

Representative AI image created by Chatgpt NEW DELHI: Is the Congress decision to go solo in West Bengal a bold political move with the party’s long-term gains in mind? Or is it a move fraught with political risks in a state where the grand-old party has been literally wiped out from the ground? The Congress,…

NEW DELHI: Seeking to tamp down speculation over a leadership change in Karnataka, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said there was no discussion on the chief ministerial post during his meetings with the Congress leadership at the All India Congress Committee.Addressing reporters in the national capital, Shivakumar said the party leadership would take…

President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Arshad Madani (ANI) NEW DELHI: President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Arshad Madani on Thursday strongly criticised the Union Government’s decision to make all six stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ compulsory at schools, colleges, and official functions, saying it reflects “electoral politics and a sectarian agenda.”In a post on X, Madani…

NEW DELHI: Over 10 central trade unions called for a nationwide Bharat Bandh on Thursday against the government’s “anti-worker” policies. The bandh was supported by farmer organisations and other groups across sectors.The strike call was announced as a mark of “resistance to anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the central government.” Bharat Bandh On…

NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday released a video clip that he claimed was recorded by a Congress MP inside the chamber of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.Reiterating earlier allegations, Rijiju accused Congress MPs of barging into the Speaker’s chamber, misbehaving with him and using abusive language.“This is the illegal video…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday backed nationwide protests by workers and farmers demanding protection of their rights. He flagged concerns over labour reforms, trade policies, and potential changes to the rural jobs programme MGNREGA.“Workers fear that the four labour codes will weaken their rights. Farmers are apprehensive that the trade agreement will…

NEW DELHI: A new UN Security Council report has blamed Jaish-e-Mohammed for the carrying out series of attacks, linking it to car bombing near the Red Fort in New Delhi in November last year.In a biannual report from the Security Council’s monitoring team for sanctions on al-Qaeda and Islamic State, the security council said that…

NEW DELHI: Amid mounting unease of SC over the practice of judges inordinately delaying pronouncing verdicts reserved by them, a two-judge bench of apex court has set Thursday as the day to deliver a verdict it reserved a year and two months ago.SC had recently criticised HC judges who reserve verdict and forget to pronounce…

NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi accused the govt Wednesday of “completely surrendering” India’s core data, food and energy interests in the trade deal, in a sharp attack in Lok Sabha on PM Modi who, he alleged, had caved in to pressure due to the leverage that country has over him.Participating in the…