The Uttar Pradesh government has stepped up security as it gears up for the ‘Amrit Snan’ on ‘Mauni Amavasya’ on Wednesday (January 29, 2025), which is expected to draw around 10 crore pilgrims to the Maha Kumbh in just a day. The Maha Kumbh 2025 has already witnessed over 15 crore pilgrims taking a holy […]
A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 28, 2024) gave the Delhi Police time till 2 p.m. on January 29 to respond to a suggestion to permit custody parole to AIMIM candidate Tahir Hussain to campaign in the Delhi Assembly elections. The Bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath asked Additional Solicitor General […]
Several doctors in West Bengal have alleged that they are being targeted by authorities for speaking out against them during protests demanding justice for a postgraduate trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last year. The incident sparked outrage, with doctors across the State demanding […]
The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) has requested the Seventh State Finance Commission to take steps to elevate it as a metropolitan development authority and also to vest the authority with powers to issue municipal bonds. The requests were placed at a meeting presided over by Commission Chairman K.N. Harilal. GCDA Chairman K. Chandran Pillai […]
The Congress recently announced the launch of ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’, a campaign to commemorate the 75th year of the Constitution. Hindutva ideologues have denigrated M.K. Gandhi while their antipathy towards Dr. B.R. Ambedkar became evident through the disparaging remarks made by Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament. In this light, this campaign […]
The rumours of the death of peasantry as a social group is much exaggeration; it still exists and plays an important role in production as a whole, said V.K. Ramachandran, vice- Chairperson, Kerala State Planning Commission in a lecture titled ‘Peasants and rural wage workers in contemporary India’ organised as part of The M.S. Swaminathan […]
Jessie Sushil Modi, wife of late BJP Sushil Kumar Modi, on Monday (January 27, 2025) expressed her gratitude to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for her husband being conferred the Padma Bhushan posthumously. “The announcement of Padma Bhushan to Sushil Kumar Modi, who has been striving all his life to give a […]
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said for the first time after Swami Vivekananda, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is presenting Indian culture to the world in a systematic manner and with great pride. Mr. Vaishnaw made the remarks after the launch of “WAVES Bazaar”, an e-marketplace to bring together creators and firms […]
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister P. K. Sekarbabu on Monday said the committee of experts trying to find a remedy to the problem of sea erosion in Thiruchendur are aiming at finding a long-term solution and also one that will not push the problem to another spot. For the past two days, the experts […]
The BJP on Monday (January 27, 2024) accused Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge of “insulting and mocking” the Hindu faith by making certain “anti-Sanatan” remarks on the Maha Kumbh that would “cause great distress to millions of people in the country”. Party spokesperson Sambit Patra criticised Mr. Kharge for his comments about Union Home Minister Amit […]
