KEDARNATH: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday attended the ceremonial opening of the sacred Kedarnath Dham, offering prayers and reviewing arrangements as thousands of devotees thronged the Himalayan shrine on the auspicious occasion. Accompanied by his wife, Geeta Dhami, the chief minister participated in the rituals and offered special prayers to Lord Nandi…
NEW DELHI: A paid holiday has been announced for residents of Tamil Nadu living in Kerala on Thursday, the day of polling in Tamil Nadu, according to the CEO Office.The high-intensity election campaign in Tamil Nadu, which continued for over a month, concluded on Tuesday. The campaign was marked by sharp exchanges over issues such…
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday held that a second maternity leave cannot be denied merely because it is sought within two years of the first, observing that statutory rights under the law override provisions of the financial handbook. The order was passed by Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the high court’s Lucknow bench…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid his tribute to the victims of Pahalgam terror attack on the first anniversary of the incident.In a social media post on X, said that India “will never forget” their sacrifice and “will never forgive” those responsible.“The memory of those innocent lives brutally…
Will prioritise resolving Gorkha issue, withdraw cases against leaders after winning Bengal: Amit Shah KOLKATA/SUKNA/SALBONI/KULTI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday promised a “solution” to the longstanding concerns of the Gorkha community within six months if the BJP assumed office in West Bengal, while also vowing to revive the stalled Jindal Group steel project…
Vijay; MK Stalin; Edappadi K Palaniswami NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections has concluded ahead of Thursday’s single-phase polling across all 234 assembly constituencies.The election is largely expected to be a direct contest between the DMK-led ruling Secular Progressive Alliance and the National Democratic Alliance, of which AIADMK is the largest constituent…
MUMBAI: Citing heavy deployment of security personnel in Bengal ahead of polls, Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday slammed the BJP-led Centre and backed CM Mamata Banerjee, saying, “A lone woman is fighting like a tigress; she is bound to win.”“To defeat this single woman, 2,00,000 CRPF personnel have been deployed. When Manipur was…
“Some boundaries should never be crossed.”A year on, the Army’s words no longer stand alone. They echo as memory and warning — marking the day that altered how Pahalgam is seen, felt and remembered. It was a moment when the valley’s calm fractured without warning.Birdsong gave way to gunfire. Routine turned to panic. Twenty-six lives…
KOLKATA: Police have denied permission for Rahul Gandhi’s rallies in Kolkata and Serampore, scheduled on April 23, Bengal Congress secretary Roahan Mitra said Tuesday.Congress planned three rallies for Gandhi. For the Kolkata rallies, permission had been sought for Ramlila Park or Park Circus ground, and Metiabruz. A separate permission was sought for holding a rally…
At Palani Chettipatti, a panchayat town in Theni district, the early morning quiet is broken by drumbeats and the blare of DMK propaganda songs. Scores of men and women gather on the main road, holding up posters of chief minister M K Stalin and O Panneerselvam, or OPS, his new party associate.For OPS, a three-time…