Politics

GANGTOK: Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) Supremo and former Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling emerged from his 3-year long self-imposed exile to attend the budget session of the assembly on Monday. Chamling had been boycotting the house to protest government inaction against those who shouted slogans like “Chamling Chor” in the house on the day of […]

DHARAMSHALA: The Aam Admi Party (AAP) is going to hold a rally in the home district of Chief Minister Jairam Thakur to throw an open challenge to its political opponents, said Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain who is AAP’s in charge of the upcoming assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh. In an exclusive interview with The New […]

NEW DELHI: Calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin put out a string of appeals and expressed his concerns over the bitter financial crunch in Sri Lanka. The TN CM presented a memorandum to Prime minister Modi on Thursday in New Delhi requesting the PM to allow the government of Tamil […]

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Centre over the “constant cuts” in budgetary allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and demanded to increase the budget for the scheme. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi said the scheme helped crores of poor families during the COVID-induced […]

SHIMLA: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Chief Harjinder Singh Dhami has raised objections to a statement by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on not allowing flags carrying the photo or portrait of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in the state. In a communication addressed to the Himachal CM, Dhami said: “As a Chief Minister of […]