File picture of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Amid escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel, the Congress on Wednesday (October 2, 2024) said there is a “fierce urgency” to start a dialogue and establish peace in a region that has been engulfed by violence. In a post on X, Congress … Read more
Ruldu Ram’s joy knew no bounds after he voted for the first time in his life at the age of 90, nearly eight decades after migrating from Pakistan during the Partition. He was among the hundreds of West Pakistan refugees in the border town of RS Pura who cast their votes for the Assembly election … Read more
Getty Images St Catherine’s Hospice expects to lose 35 roles from its clinical staff A hospice has announced it needs to save £1.5m and cut 40 jobs in order to secure its future. The chief executive of St Catherine’s Hospice, which operates in West Sussex and Surrey, said funding of the sector needed an urgent … Read more
Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists stage a protest against the alleged sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata RG Kar Hospital, in Kolkata on August 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Stepping up the attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress in West … Read more
Police arrested the accused involved in the brutal sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at a State-run hospital. Massive protests have erupted among junior doctors and medical professionals in medical colleges and hospitals across the State following the alleged rape and murder of a female doctor at the State-run RG Kar Medical … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI With protests erupting across medical colleges in West Bengal over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (August 10, 2024) said that she has no hesitation in handing … Read more
Britannia Industries Limited announces the closure of its historic factory, in Taratala neighbourhood, Kolkata on June 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI With FMCG major Britannia Industries Limited notifying the stock exchanges that all permanent workers at its Taratala factory in Kolkata have accepted voluntary retirement, a fresh row has erupted over the flight of industry from … Read more
The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has reinstated four police officers who were earlier transferred to non-electoral posts by the Election Commission of India during the Lok Sabha elections. The election commission had transferred several officials, including the Director General of Police (DGP), and relieved them from election duty. Among the officers, Aminul Islam … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, INDIA bloc candidate from the Varanasi constituency Ajay Rai and others during a public meeting for the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls, in Varanasi. | Photo Credit: ANI In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the INDIA coalition is leading in most of the seats … Read more
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