NEW DELHI: With the rebel TMC faction claiming to have secured the signatures of 19 Lok Sabha MPs pledging support to BJP-led NDA govt , the governing alliance is looking to further boost its numbers to get closer to the two-third mark in Lok Sabha by drawing support from members of more parties in the…
Rebels claim 19 MPs in ‘real TMC’ fight, set to meet Speaker NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Rebel TMC LS members plan to meet Speaker Om Birla Monday to seek recognition as the “real TMC” parliamentary group, dissident Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Basunia said Friday, prompting strong reactions from the faction led by party chief Mamata Banerjee.“The…
NEW DELHI: ED Friday arrested Gautam Doshi and Satish Seth, former top executives in Reliance Telecom and close associates of Anil Ambani, in its ongoing money laundering probe against Ambani’s Reliance group entities.Doshi and Seth were arrested in Mumbai. While Doshi was brought to Delhi to be presented before a special PMLA court; Seth, after…
NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday announced a set of candidate-friendly changes for the June 21 NEET-UG 2026 retest, extending the overall examination window from 180 minutes to 195 minutes and increasing the number of rough-work pages in the question booklet.The retest comes after cancellation of the May 3 exam following paper leak,…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to convey India’s strong objections to US Navy attacks in the Gulf that resulted in the deaths of three Indian mariners.Describing the incidents as unacceptable, Jaishankar said commercial shipping should not be subjected to such actions.In a post…
Top US diplomat summoned again as anger mounts over vessel attacks NEW DELHI: India summoned US charge d’affaires Jason Meeks for the second time in three days to lodge a strong protest against attacks on commercial vessels carrying Indian mariners in the Gulf of Oman that have resulted, as the government said, in the tragic…
NEW DELHI: Standard helmets and seatbelts could have saved thousands of lives in 2024. Over 40% of the 81,780 two-wheeler riders killed in road crashes could have survived had they worn good-quality helmets, while seat belts could have prevented about half of the 21,988 deaths among car occupants.The number of fatalities have been released by…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday highlighted the anti-poverty initiatives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that during his tenure, over 25 crore people were lifted out of poverty.Addressing a gathering, CM Dhami said, “During his tenure, PM Modi has worked to lift 25 crore people out of poverty. Under the Congress…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron will jointly inaugurate Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice on June 14, aimed at deepening India-France collaboration in deep technology, innovation and start-up ecosystems. Ahead of the event, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday released two strategic documents profiling the selected start-ups and research projects…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal leader of opposition Ritabrata Banerjee on Friday claimed the support of 64 of the Trinamool Congress‘s 80 MLAs in the state assembly, amounting to more than two-thirds of the party’s legislative strength. He said the names had been submitted to the Speaker and asserted that his majority would be proven if…