NEW DELHI: More than 25 crore workers across sectors including banking, insurance, postal services, coal mining, and construction are expected to join a nationwide general strike on Wednesday, potentially disrupting key services across India, according to a joint forum of central trade unions.The strike, described as a ‘Bharat Bandh’, has been called by a forum…
MNS leader Avinash Jadhav (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Police detained Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) local leader Avinash Jadhav early Tuesday morning ahead of a planned rally in Thane to counter traders’ protests against MNS members slapping a food stall owner for not speaking Marathi. The proposed rally by Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti in Mira Bhayander area…
India’s captain Shubman Gill plays a shot during day four of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England. AP/PTI(AP07_05_2025_000371B) Former India cricketer turned cricket pundit Dinesh Karthik revealed the conversation he had with Virat Kohli before the start of the Edgbaston Test in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.Karthik revealed…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated that he played a key role in brokering a peace deal between several countries, including India and Pakistan, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.Trump claimed that his administration stopped “a lot of fights,” including India and Pakistan, Serbia and…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the States was “close to making a deal with India” after he announced new tariffs for 14 nations, including Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, South Korea, and Japan, set to take effect on August 1.“We’ve spoken to everybody. …it’s all done. I told you we’ll make some…
NEW DELHI: India requires to perform at least one lakh kidney transplants in a year. However, data shows that only 13,476 kidney transplants could be carried out in 2024, meaning that the rest of individuals in need continued to suffer with kidney dysfunction or, in some cases, succumbed due to complications. Similarly, patients suffering from…
AHMEDABAD: Around 21 years after the death of private firm employee, Sureshchandra, his wife Varsha Shukla and their son Vikrant will receive his Provident Fund (PF), following a 15-year-long legal battle.Sureshchandra’s other wife, Hinarani, and daughter Vilaspati had objected to Varsha’s PF claim. Last week, city civil court granted a succession certificate to Varsha and…
KOLKATA: Candidates specified as tainted in the 2016 Bengal’s School Service Commission (SSC) panel (hirings) will not be allowed to participate in a fresh school recruitment process for 35,726 vacancies, Calcutta high court held Monday and directed SSC to cancel applications by such candidates. SSC had earlier submitted a list of ‘tainted candidates’ before the…
Of the 200 choppers, 135 were meant for Army and 65 for IAF BENGALURU: The Indo-Russian joint venture (JV) to manufacture 200 Kamov helicopters in India has remained in limbo as the Ukraine war, Western sanctions on Russia, and post-Covid supply chain disruptions have hampered its progress.India and Russia signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement in 2015….
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai lamented that in the recent past, the principle of “bail is the rule, and jail is the exception” has been forgotten. Though judicial pronouncements over the decades have integrated this norm, it has not been implemented in true spirit in recent years, he said. Delivering the…