Labour promises to hit 18-week NHS waiting target within five years

Labour promises to hit 18-week NHS waiting target within five years

A target to start treatment within 18 weeks for most NHS patients in England will be hit within five years, Labour has promised. The party made the pledge as it set out details of how it would start making inroads into the backlog. This includes getting the NHS to do more out-of-hours, and making greater … Read more

’36 Days’ trailer: Mysterious Neha Sharma promises to unravel Purab Kohli’s secrets

’36 Days’ trailer: Mysterious Neha Sharma promises to unravel Purab Kohli’s secrets

The trailer of the show ‘36 Days’ was released today. Starring Neha Sharma in the lead, the cast also includes that includes Purab Kohli, Shruti Seth, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Amruta Khanvilkar, Sharib Hashmi, Sushant Divgikar, Shernaz Patel, Faishal Rashid, Chahat Vig, and Kenneth Desai. The trailer shows Neha Sharma as this mysterious character, who enters … Read more

Infected blood scandal: Sunak promises ‘comprehensive’ blood compensation

Infected blood scandal: Sunak promises ‘comprehensive’ blood compensation

Mr Sunak described the release of the report as a “day of shame for the British state” and vowed to pay “comprehensive compensation” to those affected and infected by the scandal. “Whatever it costs to deliver this scheme, we will pay it,” he told the House of Commons on Monday. He said Cabinet Office minister … Read more

BJP blames AAP for ‘failing to deliver on promises’ in Punjab

BJP blames AAP for ‘failing to deliver on promises’ in Punjab

The BJP on Sunday asserted that Centre’s schemes have not just benefited agriculture but have been instrumental in elevating Punjab on the socio-economic pedestal. This comes even as the party’s Lok Sabha candidates in Punjab continue to face backlash from farmer organisations, who blame the party for adopting an anti-farmer stance,  The BJP also hit … Read more

Congress promises ‘Right to Apprenticeship’ for youth below 25-years of age 

Congress promises ‘Right to Apprenticeship’ for youth below 25-years of age 

File photo of Praveen Chakravarty | Photo Credit: The Hindu   With the tagline “Pehli Naukri Pakki” (first job is assured), the “right to apprenticeship” is one of the marquees promises in the Congress’s election manifesto, putting the issue of unemployment at the centre of their campaign against the Narendra Modi government.    The party proposes … Read more

TNCC chief promises party members that he would seek a Chennai LS seat from DMK

TNCC chief promises party members that he would seek a Chennai LS seat from DMK

The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president, K.S. Alagiri, on January 30, said some of the Lok Sabha seat aspirants in his party were urging the leadership to ask for seats that Dravidian parties generally do not allot to allies. Referring to DMK Minister R.S. Rajakannappan’s recent comments that the Congress existed only to get … Read more

Telangana Elections Results 2023 | What election promises did Congress make?

Telangana Elections Results 2023 | What election promises did Congress make?

Telangana Congress president Revanth Reddy along with party members meets Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj at the Election Commission office in Hyderabad. Source: X/@INCTelangana Congress may rise to power for the first time in Telangana since the formation of the State in 2014, according to several exit polls and the latest polling trends. While announcing … Read more

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP promises sops for married women, landless farm labourers, LPG cylinder at ₹500

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP promises sops for married women, landless farm labourers, LPG cylinder at ₹500

Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the party’s poll manifesto for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls on November 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Yearly financial assistance to married women and landless agriculture labourers, paddy procurement at ₹3,100 per quintal and cooking gas cylinder at ₹500 to poor families are some of the key highlights of … Read more

Rahul Gandhi promises free education in schools, colleges in Chhattisgarh if Cong retains power

Rahul Gandhi promises free education in schools, colleges in Chhattisgarh if Cong retains power

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting, in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, on Oct. 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday promised free education in government schools and colleges in Chhattisgarh and ₹4,000 a year for ‘tendu’ leaves collectors if his party retains power in the state. Addressing an election rally … Read more