In a conversation with senior journalist Amit Baruah, Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, a veteran CPI(M) leader and MLA from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam, offers a candid and nuanced perspective on the region’s recent Assembly election—the first since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Speaking after securing his fifth term as an MLA, Tarigami paints a […]
New Delhi: Doctors are being stopped from turning up in large numbers for pharma junkets that are used by manufacturers to offer freebies in exchange for prescribing particular drugs. The government is now restricting the number of participants at the so-called pharmaceutical educational seminars, workshops, and conferences that are often nothing more than free […]
If the Trinamool Congress government of West Bengal was hoping that the Durga Puja celebrations would dilute the intensity of the ongoing doctors’ agitation and the public outrage over the gruesome rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH), they were in for a rude shock, as […]
After former US President Donlad Trump praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his response to perceived threats to India’s national security, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday took a jibe at the previous Congress-led UPA government for its “insipid response” during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. In a podcast, Trump calling PM Modi his […]
The first round of Assembly elections in the second half of 2024 has concluded, with a surprising outcome in Haryana. The BJP secured a hat-trick victory in the State, defying predictions from pollsters and political analysts who had favoured the Congress. This result was unexpected due to several factors that seemed to be working against […]
Defying all exit polls as well as election pundits, the BJP wrested Haryana for the third consecutive time—and entirely on its own. It secured a simple majority, winning 48 seats in the 90-member Assembly. The outcome shows that the election was largely a bipolar one, with both national parties securing 79.03 per cent of the […]
The Delhi Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Wednesday claimed that the “Delhi chief minister’s residence” at 6, Flagstaff Road in Civil Lines was forcibly vacated at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party. It was alleged that Lt Governor VK Saxena wants to allot it to a BJP leader. The CMO’s statement shared by news […]
Omar Abdullah, who was once elected as India’s youngest Chief Minister, is all set to assume power again. Abdullah’s party, Jammu Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) won the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024, the Union Territory’s first polls after Article 370 was abrogated in 2019. Omar Abdullah is the third-generation politician from the Abdullah family, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lambasted the Congress on Wednesday, accusing the grand old party of dividing Hindus to “make political gains”. He was speaking after virtually laying the foundation stone of various development projects in Maharashtra worth over ₹7,600 crore. PM Modi said the Congress fights elections “completely on communal and casteist lines”. He added, […]
Haryana Election Results: The Haryana Assembly Election Results 2024 were declared on October 8, and the BJP retained power in the state by a simple majority for a historic third consecutive term despite close voting numbers against the Congress. Initially, it seemed the Congress would secure a victory, but as the vote counting progressed, the […]
