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NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the controversial popcorn tax and claimed that India was locked in a “pernicious cycle of low consumption – low investment – low growth – low wages”.Expressing concern over the “disappointing” latest GST numbers, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took a veiled dig at Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal saying whilst he could have constructed a ‘Sheesh Mahal‘ for himself, his focus remained on providing homes for the underprivileged.The BJP has been criticising Kejriwal over allegedly spending a huge amount of money on his official…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone for the Veer Savarkar College at Roshanpura, Najafgarh. The new college will feature state-of-the-art facilities, including academic blocks in East Delhi and Dwarka, aimed at providing modern learning environments for students. He also laid the foundation for three new projects at Delhi University…
NEW DELHI: Multiple dignitaries including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party parliamentary chairperson Sonia Gandhi attended a solemn ‘Bhog’ ceremony for the ‘Akhand Path‘ held in the memory of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence on Friday. The ceremony, a continuous recitation of the Guru Granth Sahib, was attended by prominent dignitaries who…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi extended support to the students as their protests gain momentum, accusing the BJP of “destroying the future of the youth.”In a statement on X, the leader of opposition alleged that the BJP government was undermining the future of India’s youth. Drawing a parallel with the Ekalavya, Rahul said, “cutting…
Pranav Sontakke, a banker from Maharashtra’s Amravati district, has shown that one doesn’t need pots of money to give back to society.Growing up in a modest household, his schoolteacher parents had instilled in him the belief that true wealth isn’t measured in money, but in the ability to give.“We’re not rich, but we’ve always been…
Supreme Court on Thursday employed its exclusive powers under Article 142 of Constitution to rule that landowners are entitled to current market value of their plots if payment of compensation for their land acquired by a government is delayed for a long time.The order, which will bring relief and adequate recompense to many farmers and…
A senior Iranian official said Thursday that Tehran was ready to take up the case of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national. “We are ready to do whatever we can as it involves a humanitarian issue,” said the official, speaking on condition of…
NEW DELHI: Starlink may be heading into fresh regulatory trouble in India with satellite communications devices of the Elon Musk-run company finding its way into the hands of insurgents and smugglers, raising red flags with the home ministry and the department of telecommunications.What has made the situation even more challenging for the government is that…
AGRA: The 17th-century Mubarak Manzil, a Mughal heritage site also known as Aurangzeb‘s Haveli, was largely demolished in Agra just three months after the state archaeological department issued a notification to protect the monument. Over 100 tractors of debris were removed from the site after the demolition drive, local residents said on Thursday. They say…
