Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asked officials to include widowed women under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’ (MMKVY). CM Majhi issued such a direction while presiding over a meeting in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday (May 21, 2025), an official said. He said the scheme … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh addressing a press conference. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on Tuesday (May 13, 2025) said its repeated demands for a Prime Minister Narendra Modi-chaired all-party meeting and a special session of Parliament assume even greater urgency and importance in light of the statements from Washington DC. The opposition … Read more
In a stark and symbolic moment that has gone viral, Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, a controversial cleric of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, faced an unexpected silence when he asked his audience whether they would stand with Pakistan in the event of a war with India. Not a single hand was raised. This incident came nearly two … Read more
Chained Indian migrants allegedly without legal papers being deported to India on a US military aircraft marking the farthest deportation flight employed by the United States. | Photo Credit: X – @USBPChief The Opposition cornered the government on Thursday (February 6, 2025), both inside and outside the Parliament, on the issue of deportation of … Read more
Annabel Rackham Health reporter, BBC News Getty Images Health watchdog NICE is asking doctors and other healthcare professionals to identify patients at risk of gambling addiction GPs and other healthcare professionals in England should help identify potential problem gambling, in the same way they look for alcohol and smoking addiction, new guidance says. In its … Read more
A waste disposal facility at Pithampur is seen where a huge quantity of waste from Bhopal’s Union Carbide factory has been brought for disposal, in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh. | Photo Credit: PTI The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Union Health Ministry Secretary, State Chief Secretary, and Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre … Read more
T. Harish Rao. File | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has ridiculed the claims of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy that it is the credit of the Congress Government to achieve the record production of paddy this Kharif season without completing any pending or new irrigation project since December last … Read more
Hurriyat Chairman and chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. File. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday (November 30, 2024) asked the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir to take measures to stop the “injustice” of dismissing employees over alleged terror links and reinstate all those who have been terminated … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Supreme Court has directed the Maharashtra home secretary to apprise why video conferencing facilities are not being used for the production of the accused in court to record evidence. A Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and R Mahadevan asked the secretary to file an affidavit in this … Read more
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport issued an advisory urging commuters to arrive early. | Photo Credit: @RGIAHyd The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), located in the outskirts of Hyderabad, has issued an advisory asking passengers to plan and reach the airport early due to festive rush. “With a long weekend ahead and surge in travellers, cab … Read more