Category: Events

BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari sitting on a ‘dharna’ in a police station after the alleged attack (PTI) NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday criticised the West Bengal Police following an alleged attack on the convoy of party leader and leader of opposition in the state assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.Also Read: Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari accuses TMC workers...

NEW DELHI: Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav on Sunday reiterated his demand for conferring the Bharat Ratna on former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, saying he would formally write to the Government of India to press the demand.“He should indeed be given Bharat Ratna. What is the problem? I will also write...

Instagram has announced that it has fixed an issue that sent a wave of unexplained password reset emails and sparked fears of a massive hacking incident. In a statement issued on Sunday (Janaury 11), the company clarified that while an external party exploited a technical vulnerability, Instagram’s core systems remained secure.“We fixed an issue that...

NEW DELHI: Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday accused the Congress and RJD of spreading a “misleading narrative” around government schemes, including MGNREGA and its replacement, VB-G RAM G, and said such protests would ultimately help the NDA electorally, including in West Bengal.Addressing reporters, Paswan said, “Parties like...

KORAPUT: A major mishap was averted at Ashok Talkies in the district headquarters town of Rayagada on Friday evening after a minor fire broke out during the screening of Rebel Star Prabhas’s much-awaited film The Raja Saab, triggering brief panic among moviegoers.The incident occurred during the evening show when fans were celebrating the film’s release...

India Talks Diversity, But Most Companies Employ Less Than 1% People With Disabilities India’s corporate sector speaks fluently about diversity. Annual reports are dotted with pledges, panels debate inclusion, and leadership statements regularly invoke equity. Yet, step inside most offices and one truth becomes unavoidable: people with disabilities are largely missing from the workforce. Not...

File photo: Union home minister Amit Shah (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s support base in Kerala is steadily expanding and expressed confidence that the BJP will form the government in the state in the upcoming Assembly elections this year.Addressing a gathering of newly...

India, New Zealand players, and match officials before the first ODI cricket match of series between India and New Zealand, at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Gujarat. (PTI Photo) Ties between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have come under strain after IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders...

California’s lawmakers are advancing the Billionaire Tax Act which could impose a one-time 5% levy on residents worth over $1 billion. If the measure secures enough signatures, it will appear on the November 2026 ballot. If the California wealth tax gets approved then a tax would apply retroactively to residents as of January 1, 2026....

NEW DELHI: Congress student wing NSUI staged protests on Sunday against the VB-GRAMG scheme in several parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow and Varanasi, with protesters raising slogans against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In Lucknow, NSUI workers demonstrated against the scheme and were detained by security personnel, visuals shared by ANI showed. Police...