DRAFT RULES FOR SOCIAL SECURITY TO GIG WORKERS
NEW DELHI: A piece of good news for gig workers, who held a nationwide strike on Christmas and New Year, demanding fair pay, humane working conditions and social security. The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Tuesday released draft rules called the Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2025, offering social security and registration to […]
JAISHANKAR SHREDS PAK, WITH STERN WARNING
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday called Pakistan a “bad neighbour” and said that India has the right to defend its people against terrorism. Speaking to students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, the minister said that “nobody can tell us what we should or should not do”, in an apparent […]
India Firmly Rejects Chinese Claims of Mediation in India-Pakistan Ceasefire
New Delhi, India on Wednesday categorically rejected China’s claim that it played any mediatory role in securing a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during the military confrontation earlier this year, reiterating its long-standing position that there was no third-party intervention in the process. Highly placed government sources clarified that the ceasefire followed direct military-level communication between […]
Congress Throws Down the Gauntlet: Seven Questions That Still Haunt PM Modi in 2026
New Delhi, As India steps into 2026, the Congress party has sharpened its political attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, listing what it calls seven “great challenges”—or unanswered promises—that continue to define his leadership more than a decade after the BJP first came to power at the Centre in 2014. Framed as a report card […]
INDIA SURPASSES JAPAN AS 4TH LARGEST ECONOMY ?
NEW DELHI: Before 2025 ended, India overtook Japan to become the world’s fourth-biggest economy, with officials hoping to pass Germany soon, according to the government’s end-of-year economic review. Officials are hoping to pass Germany within the next three yearData shows that India’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) has reached $4.18 trillion, placing it in the […]
CONG SEEKS PM’S RESPONSE TO CHINA’S WAR MEDIATION CLAIM
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday termed Chinese claims of mediation between India and Pakistan concerning and said Prime Minister Modi must clarify as the people of India need clarity on the issue. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked the Prime Minister to break his silence on the claim, which he said seemed to make […]
AMIT SHAH, MAMATA TRADE JABS OVER SIR, INFILTRATION
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and union home minister Amit Shah traded allegations and snide remarks Tuesday in equal measure, ramping up campaign rhetoric before next year’s Bengal election. This was after Shah, in Bengal for a three-day visit to jumpstart his party’s poll campaign, accused the Trinamool Congress boss of having […]
JAIRAM URGES SC TO RECONSIDER SARISKA BOUNDARY REVISION
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of three other “urgent” environmental matters, including the redrawing of the Sariska tiger reserve boundaries. In a post on X, the Congress general secretary referred to the apex court’s order on Monday — recalling, on its own, […]
PRIYANKA GANDHI’S SON RAIHAN ENGAGED TO LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND AVIVA BAIG
NEW DELHI: Raihan Vadra, the son of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and businessman Robert Vadra, is now engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Aviva Baig. Raihan Vadra, 25, proposed to Aviva Baig, his girlfriend of seven years, on Monday in the presence of both families and she said yes. Priyanka also has a 23-year old daughter […]
IS NAIDU AMBITIOUS TO REPLACE MODI AS PRIME MINISTER ?
CHANDRA BABU NAIDU AMBITIOUS TO REPLACE MODI AS PRIME MINISTER ? NEW DELHI: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandra Babu Naidu, who is also the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, is ambitious to become the prime minister after Narendra Modi and he sees in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat fulfilling his ambition […]
