NEW DELHI: In a bid to revive Congress organisational strength, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday told district presidents that hard work and direct public engagement, rather than sycophancy, will help the party grow, as he urged party leaders to reconnect with people at the grassroots level, party sources said.While addressing the concluding session of…
Bengaluru: As Karnataka’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls gets underway, the battle is no longer just about voters. Political parties are racing to appoint Booth Level Agents (BLAs), the volunteers who help voters with the verification process and flag any discrepancies, but none of the three major parties has been able to cover…
BENGALURU: A police sub-inspector from city was arrested on Monday evening on alleged charges of sexually harassing and thrashing up a few minor boys in the pretext of murder-related inquiry. The arrested PSI is Praveen, attached with Amruthahalli police station in the north-east part of the city.According to a senior police officer, Praveen had detained…
By Sravasti DattaTheatre personality and founder of Arena Theatre Productions, Tahera S believes lengthy plays continue to resonate with audiences despite an era of shortened attention spans and streaming entertainment. She has directed stage adaptations of classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Taramandal and The Seagull — all text-heavy productions that found their audience….
NEW DELHI: India’s women’s cricket team continued with the ‘no handshake’ policy during their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup clash against arch-rivals Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday. At the toss, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana did not shake hands, continuing a trend that has been followed in recent India-Pakistan…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The chief minister Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal cabinet Monday scrapped the assistance to the groups based on religious categorisation, effectively ending the religion-based schemes run during the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government.The BJP government has also done away with the exisiting state OBC list in accordance with…
Mumbai: RBI has introduced a new ‘calamity chapter’ in its guidelines, creating a dedicated framework for disaster-related relief that separates such measures from general restructuring and tightens eligibility, accounting, and provisioning norms.Unlike in the past when relief measures were handled under broader restructuring frameworks, the new rules establish a distinct Chapter VI-A for natural calamities…
PC: The National Interest The phenomenon of an aeroplane that flies ‘before it takes off’ is not an error in the continuum of space-time; it regularly happens as a result of the way trans-Pacific aircraft cross the International Date Line (IDL) between Japan and California. According to NOAA, a flight from Japan to California, if…
AI generated image, used only for representational purpose Weak stock market returns? Foreign investors continuing to sell? SIP investors have simply carried on, making their monthly investments without missing a beat.According to a recent JP Morgan report, Dalal Street having a sluggish run over the past two financial years, money has continued to flow steadily…
Fresh row erupted within conservative circles after ex-Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly questioned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign.Greene was once a strong ally of Trump but now has joined a group of his supporters raising doubts about the shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Posting on X, she said,…
