NEW DELHI: A Rajasthan BJP MLA sparked a controversy during the assembly debate on the state budget after drawing a gendered comparison between present BJP government’s budget and that of the previous Congress regime.Participating in the debate on Monday evening, Weir MLA Bahadur Singh Koli described the BJP’s budget as a “youth budget” and the…
Mayapur (Nadia): A day ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the ISKCON temple in Mayapur, Bengal BJP on Tuesday announced its “Parivartan Yatra” schedule, crisscrossing Bengal’s 294 assembly segments.The events will begin on March 1 and end later during the month, with PM Narendra Modi addressing the concluding rally at the Brigade…
Navi Mumbai airport (File Photo) MUMBAI: Two months after passenger Terminal 1 was commissioned at the Navi Mumbai International Airport, a ground breaking ceremony for an exclusive, fully automated air cargo hub marked the next phase of development at the greenfield airport. The cargo hub is expected to be completed in two years time. The…
Mumbai: While the gut microbiome is becoming a familiar term for many, further understanding of the microbiome of the cervix is only now coming into focus.In a freshly published study of 43 healthy women at Mumbai’s ICMR-NIRRCH, scientists discovered that “silent” infections are secretly rewriting the body’s immune environment, undermining the protective power of the…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra government’s Social Justice Department on Tuesday issued a Government Resolution (GR) cancelling its 2014 order that had granted a 5% reservation to the Muslim community in educational institutions and government and semi-government jobs — a provision that had already been legally invalidated over a decade ago.The reservation was introduced in July 2014 through…
MUMBAI: Investigations into the Feb 1 firing outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence indicate the main shooter and six other accused were recruited by the Shubham Lonkar gang through social media and local contacts, and were lured with promises of quick money, fame, and a sense of identity.Police sources said the youths were allegedly indoctrinated with…
MUMBAI: Sunetra Pawar, accompanied by her elder son Parth Pawar and others, handed over a letter to the chief minister seeking a CBI probe into the Baramati air crash in which Ajit Pawar and four others were killed on January 28. In the letter, the NCP stated, “Multiple aspects surrounding the incident give rise to…
NEW DELHI: Cracks within the INDIA bloc appeared to widen on Wednesday after Shiv Sena (UBT) asked the opposition alliance to “wake up” and hold discussions ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in several states.In an editorial, the party’s mouthpiece Saamana said the coalition must not wait until polls are announced to coordinate its strategy….
Kolkata: Bengal cabinet on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the creation of 20% additional posts across various pay levels for different state services. At the meeting, CM Mamata Banerjee said that Bengal didn’t have enough SDO-level officers. She also posted on X about this.The CM also announced that a committee will examine promotional avenues for…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced that biennial elections to fill 37 Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant across 10 states in April will be held on March 16, with counting scheduled for later the same day.Polling will take place between 9am and 4pm, and vote counting will begin at 5pm,…
