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File photo: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday questioned the delay in proroguing Parliament’s Monsoon Session, with party general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleging that the government was keeping the session open while seeking the numbers needed to pass the Delimitation Bills.Parliament’s Monsoon Session began on July 20 and was adjourned sine…

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said that the Mamata government’s mismanagement had turned the state “practically bankrupt.”Speaking to reporters, Adhikari said that with a BJP government now in place, Bengal had joined all Central schemes and the state would need at least one year to recover from its financial distress.“West…

The case involves ‘allegations concerning publication and dissemination of material promoting communal disharmony and also contains allegations regarding illegal transactions, unaccounted cash transactions and funding from suspicious sources.’ NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at the residence of Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haque and six other premises across Delhi,…

Govt in a bind over SC ruling on ‘creamy layer’ NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over growing incidents of doctors being beaten by the members of political parties in Maharashtra and directed the government to take such politicians immediately into custody.The apex court’s observation came a day after Shiv Sena office-bearers allegedly…

Relief in Congress as all factions accept Pilot as Punjab handler NEW DELHI: Faced with turmoil over the state leadership in Punjab, Congress has heaved a sigh of relief as politicians cutting across factional lines have welcomed Sachin Pilot‘s appointment as party incharge of the poll-bound state in place of Bhupesh Baghel.Former Punjab chief minister…

The CCTV footage showed the building suddenly giving way, sending debris crashing onto the road NEW DELHI: CCTV footage has captured the moment a multi-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area, killing six people and triggering a major rescue operation.The building, which housed a boys’ paying guest accommodation near Delhi University’s South Campus, collapsed…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed India-France relations, saying that the strategic partnership between the two countries is particularly special because it rests on the solid foundation of long-standing cultural and political ties.Addressing the inauguration of the Swaminarayan temple in Paris, Modi hoped that the grand temple would stand for centuries as…

As vultures disappear, minister calls for ‘safe zones’ NEW DELHI: With vultures vanishing from nearly 72% of their historically known nesting sites across India, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav Sunday called for persistent efforts to create ‘Vulture Safe Zones’ to aid species recovery in the wild.Known as Nature’s most efficient scavengers, the vulture population has…

UN-backed map must depict India’s territory accurately: Govt NEW DELHI: After endorsing a UN General Assembly resolution on equal-area world map, the govt warned Sunday that the proposed new map must depict India’s sovereign territory, including the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, in accordance with India’s official map and any inaccurate or…