THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPI on Friday attacked its own government in Kerala after the State Education Secretary inked the PM SHRI (Prime Minister’s School for Rising India) project with the Centre. On Friday, the first reaction came from CPI Rajya Sabha member Santhosh Kumar, who compared it to a football goalkeeper kicking the ball into his … Read more
KARNATAKA: The Kalaburagi Bench of the High Court will hear petitions filed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and five other organisations seeking permission to hold a padayatra on November 2 in Chittapur town, which is represented by Minister for RDPR, IT, and BT, Priyank Kharge. Earlier, the RSS had filed a petition challenging the … Read more
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday withdrew the protection enjoyed by the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, from future FIRs against him by police without the prior permission of the court. To recall, in December 2022, the Calcutta High Court’s erstwhile single-judge bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha granted an … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala CPI(M) secretariat met here on Friday and decided to uphold the government’s signing of the Prime Minister’s School for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme, thereby confirming that the state will not withdraw from the initiative. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by CPI(M) state secretary M.V. Govindan. Notably, Chief Minister Pinarayi … Read more
RAIGARH: Four workers suffered burns in an explosion in the furnace section of the NRVS Steel Plant located in Taraimal, under the Punjipathra police station area in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district on Friday. One of the workers remains in critical condition and has been referred to a hospital in Raipur, police officials said. The incident caused … Read more
LUCKNOW: Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) released a list of 20 star campaigners on Friday, for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar. The list of party veterans who will add strength to the Mahagathbandhan (Congress-RJD-Left)’s public outreach also includes Azam Khan, the 10-time MLA who walked out of jail recently. Among the prominent names who … Read more
AHMEDABAD: Two elderly women were killed in a road accident on Mahadevpura–Gwada Road in Bijapur, Mehsana district in Gujarat. According to police sources, an unidentified speeding vehicle rammed into the victims before fleeing the scene. The collision was so severe that both women sustained fatal head injuries and died on the spot.
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Friday closed a writ petition filed by St. Rita’s Public School against a directive from the Deputy Director of Education, Ernakulam, asking the school to allow a student to attend classes wearing a headscarf. The move follows the decision by the parents of the student to discontinue her studies … Read more
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a scathing attack on RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and the opposition alliance during his campaign rally in Siwan, invoking memories of Bihar’s “dark years” under the Lalu-Rabri regime and the reign of gangster-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin. Addressing a massive crowd, Shah said, “For twenty long … Read more
ERNAKULAM: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday praised women from Kerala for giving leadership to the nation and recalled the contribution of 15 women members of the Constituent Assembly, including three from the southern state, who added rich perspectives in the making of the Constitution of India. Speaking at the centenary celebrations of St. Teresa’s College at … Read more