NEW DELHI: Sarla Maheshwari, one of the most recognisable faces of Doordarshan’s retro era, passed away on Thursday. She was 71.Her death was confirmed by Doordarshan National through a post on social media, where the broadcaster remembered her as a cherished and distinguished newsreader whose voice and presence left a lasting mark on Indian television…
NEW DELHI: Is the Congress decision to go solo in West Bengal a bold political move with the party’s long-term gains in mind? Or is it a move fraught with political risks in a state where the grand-old party has been literally wiped out from the ground? The Congress, which faces an existential crisis in…
President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Arshad Madani (ANI) NEW DELHI: President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Arshad Madani on Thursday strongly criticised the Union Government’s decision to make all six stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ compulsory at schools, colleges, and official functions, saying it reflects “electoral politics and a sectarian agenda.”In a post on X, Madani…
NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday released a video clip that he claimed was recorded by a Congress MP inside the chamber of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.Reiterating earlier allegations, Rijiju accused Congress MPs of barging into the Speaker’s chamber, misbehaving with him and using abusive language. Rijiju Shares ‘Illegal Video’…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday said he has moved a substantive motion in the Lok Sabha against the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of misleading the country with the help of “anti-India forces.”Dubey said he is seeking the termination of Gandhi’s parliamentary membership and a lifetime ban…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded Congress MP Jairam Ramesh for challenging an Office Memorandum issued by the Centre to implement the apex court’s judgment on retrospective environmental clearance.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that since the Office Memorandum was meant to implement an SC judgment, the challenge…
‘Must be universal’, P 5 Artificial intelligence has an exciting role to play in fields like drug discovery, scientific progress and disease treatment. But given the pace at which it is evolving, there is a real prospect of AI becoming more powerful than its creator, warns Tim Berners-Lee, British computer scientist and inventor of the…
NEW DELHI: A new UN Security Council report has blamed Jaish-e-Mohammed for the carrying out series of attacks, linking it to car bombing near the Red Fort in New Delhi in November last year.In a biannual report from the Security Council’s monitoring team for sanctions on al-Qaeda and Islamic State, the security council said that…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday backed nationwide protests by workers and farmers demanding protection of their rights. He flagged concerns over labour reforms, trade policies, and potential changes to the rural jobs programme MGNREGA.“Workers fear that the four labour codes will weaken their rights. Farmers are apprehensive that the trade agreement will…
NEW DELHI: Over 10 central trade unions called for a nationwide Bharat Bandh on Thursday against the government’s “anti-worker” policies. The bandh was supported by farmer organisations and other groups across sectors.The strike call was announced as a mark of “resistance to anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the central government.”Trade unions said nearly…
