Eight women workers were killed on the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway in Jalna district, Maharashtra, after a truck collided with a tempo in which they were standing. The accident occurred on Jalna’s Samruddhi Highway when the workers, waiting in a side lane to leave after work, were struck from behind by a truck that had changed lanes,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a special meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the impact of the ongoing Middle East conflict, directing ministries to take urgent steps to safeguard essential supplies and protect citizens.“PM directs that all efforts must be made to safeguard the citizens from the impact of…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday participated in the self-enumeration initiative for the Census 2027 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, according to the President’s Office.Murmu entered her household details on the official portal in the presence of home secretary Govind Mohan, registrar general and census commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan and other senior officials, the…
Q: What was the genesis of ‘Maryam& Son’? A: I began to think about a person like Maryam many years ago. You know, 2016-17… you had the emergence of ISIS and the destruction of Iraq. In those times, you always heard of these people in the news… ‘so and so has fled to Iraq, to…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that had set aside the dismissal of a CISF official, observing that the matter involved unnecessary litigation.Upholding the high court’s ruling, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan also directed…
Screen grab: X @RahulGandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday shared a video of an unusual interaction during his Kerala poll campaign, where he met a man dressed as ‘Yamaraj’ — the Hindu God of Death — on a bus ride in Balussery.The interaction appeared to be part of a promotional pitch for…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Vadra on Wednesday took a swipe on the BJP-led central and state government in Assam, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of running a “government of double-slavery.”Addressing a rally in Nazira, Priyanka targeted the BJP’s central campaign pitch, saying it had failed to deliver on…
Congress’ V Vaithilingam; CM N Rangasamy; TVK chief Vijay NEW DELHI: The upcoming Puducherry assembly elections have set the stage for a direct contest between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of All India NR Congress (AINRC)–BJP and the Congress–DMK alliance. Puducherry assembly polls 2026 The NDA, led by chief minister and AINRC founder-president N…
Rahul Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Jyoti Basu, Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: Nearly 50 years have passed since the Congress party’s Indira Gandhi era, when stalwart Siddhartha Shankar Ray helmed West Bengal as chief minister. His tenure ended in 1977, giving way to a sweeping communist surge led by veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu, who would…
Nearly 27 lakh workers are gearing up for a nationwide strike—triggered by a single move: the introduction of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in Parliament. These aren’t just any workers, but the people who keep the country’s power running—engineers, linemen, and staff across the electricity system. Centre is yet to table the Bill in the…
