LUCKNOW: What began as an awareness interaction under Mission Shakti at a prominent school in Lucknow’s Jankipuram took a serious turn when a student broke down and narrated her alleged ordeal of sexual abuse at home, leading to the registration of an FIR against her father.A team from Mission Shakti visited the school Saturday to…
NEW DELHI: Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Saturday said that the Centre was working hard to achieve a trade deal with the US and that it was just a matter of time before a breakthrough is achieved. Speaking at an event, the Vice President said that the US was the largest consumer of apparel and…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Saturday officially renamed its flagship 100-day employment scheme, ‘Karmashree’, to ‘Mahatmashree’ in honour of Mahatma Gandhi.The notification follows West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s announcement two days earlier, amid the row over the central government renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Saturday issued a letter expressing its “strongest condemnation” of the recent incident in Bihar in which CM Nitish Kumar pulled down the hijab of a woman doctor during a public ceremony.The incident, which occurred on December 15 at the chief minister’s secretariat in Patna during the…
NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old woman was stabbed several times by her lover in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area after an argument over her forced abortion. Police arrested the accused, who has been sent to judicial custody, officials said Saturday.The attack took place on Tuesday at a Neha’s rented house in the Om Vihar locality. Police said…
S Jaishankar (file photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday said he merely carries out the “vision” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likening his role to that of Lord Hanuman carrying out Lord Ram’s mission.At an event in Maharashtra’s Pune, Jaishankar, a former diplomat, was asked if only “one Jaishankar” is enough…
Gaurav Bhatia (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had joined hands with “anti-India forces” during his visit to Germany.Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia asserted that the Congress MP was part of a larger conspiracy against the country. The BJP also linked Gandhi to US billionaire…
NEW DELHI: The external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the global economic and political hierarchy has undergone a “very significant change,” suggesting that India has gained a key advantage in human resources at a time when several developed nations are grappling with stagnation and demographic challenges. Addressing the convocation of an institute in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually addressed a public rally in West Bengal’s Nadia district after low visibility due to fog prevented his helicopter from landing. Pitching the BJP as the engine of development for the state, PM Modi urged voters in the poll-bound state to give the party a chance to form a…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing tussle over the chief ministerial post in Karnataka with Siddaramaiah, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday said that both the leaders are waiting for from the high command over the decision.As soon as the Congress government in Karnataka completed its halfway mark on November 20, reports quoting Congress sources…
