March 21, 2024 01:15 pm | Updated 01:42 pm IST - Bengaluru In a setback to the Congress government, amendments to Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997, that were cleared in the recently-concluded budget session amidst opposition from BJP, has been returned by Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot. …...Read More
Karnataka Governor returns ‘temple Bill’ to Congress government seeking clarifications
Tripura CM Manik Saha holds door-to-door campaign in Golaghati constituency
March 21, 2024 01:08 pm | Updated 01:08 pm IST - Golaghati (Tripura) Amid the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Manik Saha held a door-to-door campaign on March 21 in the Kanchmala gram panchayat of the Golaghati constituency. The Tripura CM was seen talking to the area's …...Read More
Sonia Gandhi says systematic effort under way by PM Modi to ‘cripple Congress financially’
March 21, 2024 01:06 pm | Updated 01:58 pm IST - New Delhi In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Income Tax (I-T) Department’s action on the Congress, former party chief Sonia Gandhi accused Mr. Modi of carrying out “a systematic effort to financially cripple the party”. …...Read More
Lok Sabha elections LIVE updates | Remove political ads from public spaces: EC tells Centre, States
March 21, 2024 07:35 am | Updated 08:05 am IST After the Congress’ Central Election Committee met on March 20 to finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, Maharashtra unit party President Nana Patole said that candidates have been finalised for 12 seats. He also mentioned that Congress will hold …...Read More
Next eyes 'small reduction' in prices ahead as cost of goods ease
Next, the clothing to homewares retailer, is anticipating a "small reduction" in selling prices this year due to falls in the cost of goods. The company said it was anticipating some relief for hard-pressed shoppers despite a £60m hit from rising wage bills. It made the prediction while revealing a …...Read More
Kerala youth arrested with methamphetamine at Walayar checkpost
March 21, 2024 12:54 pm | Updated 12:54 pm IST - PALAKKAD A team of Excise officers arrested a youth with 49.39 gm of synthetic drug methamphetamine from a bus at Walayar checkpost on March 20 (Wednesday). Abhinav, 21, from Valliyode near Vadakkanchery, was arrested during a special drive launched …...Read More
Women affected by change in state pension age 'are owed compensation', report finds
A long-awaited report on how women born in the 1950s were affected by increases to their retirement age has recommended they are owed compensation. An investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) found that thousands of women may have been adversely impacted by the government's failure to adequately …...Read More
Watch | How were the new Election Commissioners selected, and why is the new law being criticized?
Watch | How were the new Election Commissioners selected, and why is the new law being criticized? March 21, 2024 12:39 pm | Updated 12:39 pm IST On March 14, two retired bureaucrats, Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, were appointed as Election Commissioners, just two days ahead of the …...Read More
Anti-Imperialism Day: CPI (Maoist) Calls for Revolutionary Spirit
March 21, 2024 12:23 pm | Updated 12:23 pm IST - HYDERABAD Central Committee of CPI (Maoist) has called upon all democratic forces and others including peasantry, Dalits, women’s organisations, and others to celebrate March 23 as an anti-imperialism day with revolutionary spirit and enthusiasm. It also appealed to conduct …...Read More
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 32 Tamil Nadu fishermen, sparking calls for Indian government intervention in ongoing issue.
March 21, 2024 12:18 pm | Updated 12:20 pm IST - RAMESWARAM In yet another incident, the Sri Lankan Navy personnel arrested 32 fishermen from Tamil Nadu and impounded five of their trawlers along the Palk Strait, on the night of Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Officials said the T.N. Fisheries …...Read More
