DMK, AIADMK regimes not keen on fulfilling demands of government employees: Annamalai

April 08, 2024 11:18 pm | Updated 11:18 pm IST - CHENNAI BJP state president K Annamalai on Monday alleged that both the AIADMK and DMK regimes were not keen on fulfilling the demands of the government employees. In a statement, he pointed out the government employees have urged for …...Read More

Industrial, construction units should grant holiday with pay: DISH

April 08, 2024 11:17 pm | Updated 11:17 pm IST - CHENNAI In view of the public holiday for the election on April 19, Tamil Nadu’s Director of Industrial Safety and Health M.V. Senthil Kumar has issued an advisory to all industrial and construction units to grant a public holiday …...Read More

SC quashes money laundering complaint against accused in Chhattisgarh liquor policy case

April 08, 2024 10:55 pm | Updated 10:55 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on April 8 either quashed or simply disposed of complaints of money laundering against former IAS officer Anil Tuteja, his son Yash and others in the alleged ₹2,000 crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh, saying …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Congress, NC announce seat-sharing formula for J&K and Ladakh

April 08, 2024 10:54 pm | Updated 10:54 pm IST - SRINAGAR Leaving out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from seat-sharing arrangements in J&K, INDIA bloc constituents the Congress party and the National Conference (NC), on Monday announced a pre-poll seat sharing arrangement for J&K and Ladakh. The Congress has …...Read More

Target Towns: Inside Grimsby’s community housing revolution

There was a time when Terry Evans would dread a knock on the front door. Not because he was in some kind of trouble, but because he might have to invite someone inside - into a dilapidated rented house he'd become embarrassed to live in. His daughter didn't want to …...Read More

Commuters in Kochi may get services of light trams

April 08, 2024 10:37 pm | Updated 10:55 pm IST Even as Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is awaiting a Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) for the city to revise its blueprint for the ‘metro neo’ extension that was proposed on the 4-km MG Road-Menaka-Park Avenue Road-Hospital Road-MG Road loop line, …...Read More

Can’t bar Mahua Moitra from defending herself in public, Delhi High Court tells Dehadrai

April 08, 2024 10:31 pm | Updated 10:51 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Delhi High Court on April 8 said Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra cannot be barred from defending herself against allegations made by an estranged friend in public domain as long as her statements are not objectively …...Read More

Despite higher official expenditure limit, invisible spending by candidates on the rise

April 08, 2024 10:21 pm | Updated 10:21 pm IST - Bengaluru Official election expenditure limit for Lok Sabha candidates has seen a sharp rise over the years. From ₹25,000 in the first general election in 1951-1952, candidates can now officially spend ₹95 lakh. Despite the higher limit, the “invisible” …...Read More

Modi takes ‘bitter gourd’ jibe at Congress, blames party for the many problems plaguing country

April 08, 2024 10:21 pm | Updated 11:57 pm IST - Chandrapur Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 8 took a sharp dig at the Congress, likening it to bitter gourd whose flavour, he said, remains unchanged even when it is “fried in ghee or sweetened with sugar”. The BJP …...Read More

Police arrest 12 people involved in Israel arms embargo protest at Labour HQ

Twelve people have been arrested in connection with a demonstration that saw the Labour Party's headquarters daubed in red paint. Activists from the Youth Demand Group targeted the Opposition's headquarters in central London today as it called for an arms embargo on Israel. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: …...Read More