Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) The “genuine” teaching and non-teaching staff losing jobs in the state-run schools of West Bengal, following a Supreme Court order earlier this month, will now move the court demanding immediate announcement of the termination of jobs of the ones who have been identified as “tainted” of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) In a progressive move, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday announced significant amendments to childcare leave provisions in the state, providing much-needed flexibility and additional support to parents, especially fathers, and parents of children with severe disabilities. He said that under the Chief Minister … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) The action by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case is aimed at protecting the nation’s assets from being “taken over by the Gandhi family for personal use”, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters here, the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Dharwad (Karnataka), April 18 (IANS) The Karnataka Advocates Association, Dharwad Bench, on Friday wrote to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna opposing the rumoured move to transfer four judges of the Karnataka High Court to various other High Courts. Association President V.M. Sheelavant, in the letter, claimed that … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday strongly defended the state government’s move to introduce Hindi as a compulsory third language for students in Classes 1 to 5 studying in Marathi and English-medium schools from the academic year 2025-26. However, the opposition parties, including Congress and Maharashtra … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday requested Muslim religious leaders to shift the protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act from the state to Delhi. “Maintain peace in your localities in West Bengal. There is no point in carrying out the movement on this issue … Read more
In 2019, when Delhi revoked Kashmir’s autonomy under Article 370, Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference publicly condemned the move as a “betrayal.” But privately, he struck a different note, writes A.S. Dulat, the former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing in his new book, The Chief Minister and the Spy. “We would have … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) president G.K. Vasan on Tuesday criticised Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s decision to form a high-level committee to examine Centre-State relations, calling it ‘unnecessary and inappropriate’. Vasan said the Union government has consistently safeguarded the rights of all states in the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Delhi Mayor Mahesh Khichi on Friday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to remove Municipal Corporation of Delhi Commissioner Ashwani Kumar for, what he called, “arbitrary decisions”, a move that was described as ‘anarchist’ and ‘laughable’ by the BJP. Khichi has sought the removal … Read more