‘Govt Change Sans Violence Best Proof’ NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said democracy is so deep rooted in India that changes happen without any bloodshed, and argued that change of govt and state boundaries without any violence are the best testaments to the strength of democracy in the country.Releasing two books –…
NEW DELHI: India and UAE are working on an agreement that will help in evacuation of lakhs of Indian workers through the port of Fujairah, and it is likely to be signed during the stopover added to PM Modi’s itinerary, signalling another crucial link to the already strong bilateral ties.The PM is due to leave…
NEW DELHI: India’s school education system has solved much of the “getting children into school” challenge, but is struggling with a tougher problem – keeping them there long enough to complete secondary and higher secondary education.The stress points are now visible higher up the schooling ladder – gross enrolment ratio (GER) drops from 90.9% at…
KOLKATA: A day after the swearing-in ceremony, BJP MLAs Agnimitra Paul, Dilip Ghosh and Tapas Roy on Sunday sought to debunk the party’s alleged aversion to non-veg food by holding a ‘fish festival’ in several parts of the city, in which BJP workers took part in large numbers. The netas and workers savoured pieces of…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday claimed that Instagram has “blocked” Rahul Gandhi’s reel and photo post featuring him and actor-politician Vijay due to the rules of the ministry of electronics and information technology, even as govt sources denied the charge.Gandhi was in Chennai on Sunday to attend the oath-taking ceremony of TVK’s Vijay as the…
Himanta Biswa Sarma has been appointed Assam’s chief minister by governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, marking the NDA’s third consecutive term. Following his unanimous election as leader of the BJP-led NDA legislature party, Sarma staked his claim with support from 102 MLAs. He will be sworn in on May 12, with Prime Minister Modi expected to…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s first BJP chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari, may soon change his Kolkata address from his Chinar Park flat to the Soujanya complex in Alipore.PWD is actively considering whether Soujanya can be used as the temporary residence of the chief minister. Senior police officials, led by joint police commissioner Rupesh Kumar, visited the building on…
CHENNAI: Years of fan worship, political speculation and blockbuster charisma culminated in a historic swearing-in Sunday as TVK chief C Joseph Vijay assumed office as TN’s 18th CM at the head of a fragile but numerically secure coalition – becoming the first politician from a non-Dravidian party to occupy Fort St George since 1962.Governor R…
KOLKATA: The saffron surge in the Bengal assembly elections, which swept BJP to office for the first time in the state, saw the party leading in 102 of the 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), fuelling speculation about how long Trinamool Congress can hold on to the civic body.The tenure of the current KMC…
Slams Cong For Kerala & K’taka Power Struggles BENGALURU: PM Narendra Modi called Congress “a parasite and backstabber” and attacked the party on multiple fronts at a rally in Bengaluru Sunday, accusing it of betraying decades-old ally DMK in Tamil Nadu, miring Karnataka in a tussle over the CM’s chair, and failing to even pick…