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Samajwadi Party Nominates Seema Rajbhar As President Of Women’s Wing In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has appointed Seema Rajbhar national president of women wing of the party to make inroad in powerful backward Rajbhar community in Uttar Pradesh on the eve of the state assembly elections in 2027. This step of Akhilesh Yadav is...
Need For New Laws To Ensure Neutrality Of Constitutional Institutions
By K Raveendran Over 70 Opposition members of the Rajya Sabha have opened a new constitutional front against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, submitting a fresh notice for his removal on grounds they describe as “proven misbehaviour”. The move comes after an earlier attempt was rejected and is centred...
India Plan To Bring Out Employment Profiles For Million-Plus Cities
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India, for the first time, have planned to bring out employment profiles for cities having million plus population as well as city level profiles of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises. The former, as is proposed, will provide key labour market indicators, such as Labour Force Participation Rate...
Insulting Senior Govt Officials By BJP Leaders Is Now Common In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The pattern is similar, if not the same. First, a ruling party leader or his kin makes a verbal or physical assault on a government officer or behaves arrogantly, humiliating, abusing or insulting someone. After an uproar, he is summoned to the state BJP...
The Great Dental Robbery: Inside India’s Corporate Smile Industry Trap
By T N Ashok CHENNAI: It began, as modern cautionary tales often do, with something trivial. Tea. Mullu murukku. A careless bite. It’s a wheat based savoury spicy, salty , peppery and after taste is awesome, it leaves you with taste buds with an indescribable feeling of joy. The...
British Left Must Do All It Can To Keep Reform UK Out Of Power
By Ben Chacko LONDON: As the Westminster vultures circle its twitching corpse, one could be forgiven that the May 7 elections in Scotland, Wales and the 136 English councils and for six Metro mayors were no more than a referendum on the Starmer premiership. Unlike the 2025 elections which...
Stable Policy Support Essential To Sustain Pace Of GDP Expansion: Finance Minister
PUNE: Domestic consumption is sustaining the growth momentum in the economy, and predictable policy support is essential to ensure that the pace of GDP expansion continues, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Speaking at an event organised by SBI here, Sitharaman also said that a committee of...
India’s Real Estate Records 32 M&A, PE Deals In Q1 2026: Report
CHENNAI: India’s real estate sector recorded a total of 32 mergers & acquisitions and private equity deals worth US$763 million in the January to March period in 2026 against 26 in Q4 2025, a rise of 23% quarter-on-quarter. Though this quarter reported second highest M&A and PE deals in...
RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank Licence; Cites Governance Lapses
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank (PB), citing that the conduct of founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and the entity owned by One97 Communications was detrimental to depositors’ interests. The action was taken under Section 22(4) of the Banking Regulation...
India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement To Be Signed On Monday
NEW DELHI: India and New Zealand will sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Monday that will entail a $20 billion investment commitment by the island country in India over the next 15 years along with zero-duty access for New Delhi in all key export sectors. “We will sign...
New Tax Declaration Forms Introduced For NRI Remittances
If you are sending money abroad to a non-resident individual (NRI) or the NRI is remitting funds abroad, the compliance process has changed a bit. However, the changes are largely surface-level, and the core requirements remain the same. The only practical change is that Forms 15CA and 15CB have...
What Record Turnouts In Tamil Nadu And West Bengal Really Signal On Results?
By T N Ashok In most democracies, high voter turnout is read as a simple good—an affirmation of faith in the system. In India, it is rarely that straightforward. The extraordinary participation seen in the 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal—with turnout brushing past 84% and...
Day After Record Voting In First Phase, Modi-Shah Battle With Mamata For Final One
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP leaders Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of Home Amit Shah April 24, 2026, a day after highest ever 92.89 per cent polling in the first phase of election on 152 constituencies, claimed to win West Bengal, while TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee vowed...
Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman Shows Signs Of Improving Relations With India
By Satyaki Chakraborty At long last, there are clear signs that India-Bangladesh bilateral relations are set to be normalised under the new Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman who took power only two months ago following the historic national elections held on February 12 this year. Tarique Rahman has just...
Congress Aims For Organisational Rejig Once 2026 State Polls End
By Rahil Nora Chopra Whispers are making rounds in the Congress that organisational reshuffle will be undertaken only once the ongoing state Assembly elections conclude, with internal discussions signalling a broader redistribution of responsibilities across the party structure. Numerous senior Congress leaders are advocating a more prominent role for...
A New Framework For Land Acquisition In Madhya Pradesh Has Drawn Attention
By Raju Kumar BH0PAL: Recent provisions announced by the Madhya Pradesh government on land acquisition have drawn attention from farmers, policy experts, and the wider public. The new rules propose that in rural areas, farmers will receive compensation up to four times the market value of their land in...
Banning Of Web Series Lawrence Of Punjab Is A Welcome Decision Now
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police, on April 24, 2026 afternoon, heaved a sigh of relief, when it received the information of banning the Web Series- “Lawrence of Punjab”, by the centre. DGP Punjab Police on his X@DGPPunjabPolice wrote, “Punjab Police is committed to maintaining peace, public order,...
Ruling Left Coalition Nominee Ivan Cepeda Is Front Runner In Colombia Presidential Polls
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first and only left-leaning president, leaves office soon. First round voting on his replacement takes place on May 31, and Iván Cepeda, standard bearer of Petro’s Historic Pact party, leads in opinion polls. Cepeda and his vice-presidential running mate...
