BEST DEAL TO UP WORKERS
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government has approved a set of new rules aimed at improving the safety, health and working conditions of private-sector workers in the state. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, where the government approved the Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and […]
EX-UTTARAKHAND TOP COP EXITS PANEL PROBING IIT DELHI STUDENT’S DEATH
NEW DELHI: Former Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar, who was proposed as chairperson of the external inquiry committee set up by IIT Delhi to probe the death of 31-year-old MSc Physics student Rishikesh Kumar, has recused himself from the panel citing prior commitments. Sources said a new chairperson will be announced soon. Rishikesh […]
BSP TO CONTEST ALONE IN PUNJAB
NEW DELHI: National President of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), four-time former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former MP Mayawati, held a detailed review of the work to increase the party’s mass base and party organisation in Punjab with senior and responsible party members. Along with the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand scheduled […]
SLUMS OFF PM’S HOUSE TO BE VACATED WITHIN 6 WEEKS
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave residents of three jhuggi clusters near the Prime Minister’s official residence in the Lok Kalyan Marg area six weeks to vacate their settlements and move to alternative accommodation allotted to them at Savda Ghevra in outer Delhi. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya […]
LOK SABHA SPEAKER’S NOTICES TO 20 REBEL TRINAMUL MPs
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs, seeking their responses within seven days, in connection with disqualification petitions filed by the party. The development comes after TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee approached the Supreme Court, challenging the delay in deciding the pleas against the MPs. The […]
The Soil That Would Not Be Silenced: Sliman Mansour and the Art of Sumud
Sliman Mansour, the visual architect of Palestinian steadfastness, died in occupied East Jerusalem on 24 August 2026 at the age of 79, leaving behind a half-century of work that turned paint, mud and memory into an unbreakable language of belonging. In a landscape where even the colours of a flag could be criminalised, Mansour refused […]
US sanctions four Indian companies over trade with Iran challenging India’s sovereignty
New Delhi, 25 August— In a clear violation of the accepted norms and practices of international trade, the United States has sanctioned four India-based companies for importing petroleum and petrochemical products from Iran, according to a press release by the US State Department. Having miserably failed to make Iran bend to its whims and fancies […]
Supreme Court protects journalist Abhishek Upadhyay who broke Ayodhya Rammandir temple scam story
New Delhi, 25 August—In a mov to defend the freedom of expression, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana today issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and directed that a copy of FIR lodged at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad be provided to Abhishek Upadhyay. It also sought a compliance […]
When Language Becomes a Licence to Livelihood
Maharashtra’s Marathi test risks turning cultural pride into coercive exclusion Language is an important marker of identity. Marathi, like every Indian language, deserves respect, protection and promotion. But there is a profound difference between encouraging people to learn a language and making their livelihood conditional upon passing a state-administered language test. Maharashtra’s current crackdown on […]
STUDENTS FACE WATER CANNONS IN PATNA
NEW DELHI: Students protesting against the 70th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination broke through police barricades while marching from Gandhi Maidan towards Raj Bhavan in Patna on Tuesday. The protesters were demanding the cancellation of the 70th BPSC examination. The protesters tried to move towards the restricted area despite police barricading the route. The […]
