Politics

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday announced that the state government will formulate a new set of rules to include ‘Agniveers’ in state government jobs. “The new ‘Agniveer’ scheme will enable our youth to serve the country with valour and pride. The Devboomi (God’s Land) is also a ‘Sainyabhoomi’ (Soldier’s Land). We […]

NEW DELHI: A 10-member parliamentary delegation from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) met Union rural development minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday, demanding the clearance of pending wages under the MGNREGA scheme to West Bengal on Thursday. TMC said that an amount of Rs 7,130 crore under the MGNREGA scheme is pending from December 26 till date. […]

  NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning for the fourth day on Monday in the alleged National Herald money laundering case. Gandhi was summoned to appear at the ED headquarters on Friday. However, the Congress leader had requested the agency to push back the […]

NEW DELHI: A day after the police personnel forcibly entered the Congress headquarters and thrashed several party leaders and workers, the party on Thursday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla accusing the central government of “vendetta and violent politics”. Congress also described the police action as a pre-planned action against the party workers and leaders. […]

  NEW DELHI: A delegation of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) is scheduled to meet Election Commission of India (ECI) officials here on Thursday over the issue of political violence in run-up to bypolls in Tripura. A delegation of six-party MPs will visit the ECI office to submit a memorandum in connection with the horrific […]