NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he should resign first if voter lists contained names of infiltrators.Speaking at a rally in Dakshin Dinajpur, she said: “If voter list contained names of infiltrators, Modi also won with their votes earlier, so…
Russia on Friday highlighted its deepening energy partnership with India, saying that Moscow can ramp up energy supplies to the Indian market amid the ongoing energy crisis triggered by Middle East war. During his visit to India, Russia’s first deputy chairman Denis Manturov said that Moscow’s companies are capable to enhance supplies of oil and…
Cash payments at toll plazas across national highways will be discontinued from April 10, according to a government notification, marking a shift towards a fully digital tolling system. The move follows an earlier proposal by the government to phase out cash transactions at all National Highway fee plazas. The transition has been planned to build…
Arvind Kejriwal (L) and Raghav Chadha (R) NEW DELHI: A day after the Aam Aadmi Party removed Raghav Chadha as its Rajya Sabha deputy leader, the MP launched a pointed attack on the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, asserting that his silence in Parliament should not be mistaken for defeat.Once seen as a close aide of Kejriwal,…
NEW DELHI: At a time when major IT firms are announcing sweeping layoffs — with Oracle the latest to reportedly let go of 12,000 employees in India — a new study flags a less visible fallout: it’s not just workers who are hit, but their parents too, with job loss among adult children linked to…
With Dalal Street swinging between gains and losses, investors are wondering: will the stock market stay open on April 3 for Good Friday? As per the exchange’s official holiday calendar, the stock market will remain closed on April 3 for the occasion, offering market participants a short trading week.Keeping a track of stock market holidays…
Oil prices rose sharply on Friday as tensions in the Middle East intensified, with the US launching more strikes on Iran, fueling concerns over the energy supply flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude, the global benchmark, climbed 7.8% to $109.03 per barrel after soaring beyond the $111 per barrel mark. At the same…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the controversial Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, amid strong criticism from the opposition that claimed the legislation would break the morale of paramilitary personnel and demanded it be sent to a parliamentary committee for scrutiny.Government dismissed the opposition’s objections and said the bill’s provisions would…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party has dropped Raghav Chadha as its Rajya Sabha deputy leader and named Ashok Mittal in his place. The party on Thursday sent a letter to the Rajya Sabha secretariat conveying the decision. By evening, the RS website reflected the change.Both Chadha and Mittal are from Punjab; AAP has 10 members…
NEW DELHI: Taking strong exception to the attack on judicial officers complying with its order to adjudicate objections regarding exclusion from voter list in West Bengal’s Malda district, Supreme Court on Thursday said there is breakdown of law and order in the state and issued show-cause notice to the chief secretary, DGP, district magistrate and…