NEW DELHI: A second death was reported in connection with actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally in Salem on Saturday. A man allegedly died after consuming poison near the gathering venue. A 50-year-old man identified as Murugan died at Vijay’s rally. The deceased was a porter from Mettur whose body was discovered directly in…
NEW DELHI: In a major push to expand India’s medical workforce, the Centre has approved the addition of 10,023 new medical seats across government institutions — including 5,000 postgraduate seats and 5,023 MBBS seats — in what is being seen as a significant capacity boost.Informing Parliament, Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said Phase-III of a…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday escalated his attack on the finalised India-US trade deal, claiming that the agreement would harm India’s cotton farmers and textile exporters.In a post on X, Rahul alleged that the government has walked into a “trap” that leaves millions of families staring into an “abyss of unemployment.”“18% Tariff…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday landed at the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh for his day long Assam visit. The Prime Minister was received at the Chabua airfield by Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and senior state government…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to the soldiers, that were killed in the Pulwama attack 7 years ago calling them “brave heroes”.“Remembering the brave heroes who laid down their lives in Pulwama on this day in 2019. Their devotion, resolve and service to the nation remain forever etched in our…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh chief secretary Ashish Kundra on Friday clarified on X that the Feb 4 discussions of the high power committee (HPC) on Ladakh — comprising representatives of the home ministry and Ladakh bodies like Apex Body Leh (ABL) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) — were wholesome and constructive, and that the govt is…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday frowned on Himachal Pradesh HC’s repeated interference in the state govt’s decisions and said it appeared that the high court was not allowing the elected govt to function. SC warned that it would view such interference seriously in future.Despite these oral remarks, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday rejected the criticism over the recent free trade agreements, asserting that few countries were willing to sign FTAs during the UPA dispensation when India was marred by scams and counted among ‘Fragile Five’ economies, while it is now capable of competing with the world.Addressing the ET NOW…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday appointed ex-IPS officer N K Mishra and ex-IRS officer Pratap Singh as special observers for West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, respectively, tasked with overseeing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll as well as the preparedness and conduct of impending assembly poll in the two states.Polls…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday held that telecom companies cannot claim ownership over spectrum allocated to them by govt and the natural resource cannot be subject to insolvency and liquidation process of a bankrupt telecom company.A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar rejected the plea of banks, which submitted that…
