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Pratibha Patil supported the Women’s Power Act. New Delhi: Former President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has written a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Expressing her strong support for the implementation of the Women’s Quota Bill, she called it a ‘transformational step’ for India’s democracy.Patil, who served as the country’s first woman and 12th president…

Congress leader Pawan Khera New Delhi: In a blow to Congress leader Pawan Khera, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed its order granting him transit anticipatory bail for one week in connection with the complaint filed against the Telangana High Court. Assam Riniki Bhuiyan Sharma, wife of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma.The apex court, however,…

Last month, when Kamal Hasan Anna went to Arivalayam, DMK Headquartered in Chennai, this marked the end of the road, to receive the Rajya Sabha nomination from CM MK Stalin. Makkal Nidhi Maiyam (MNM) founder’s promise to provide an alternative to two Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu.Hassan launched MNM in February 2018 to address anti-establishment…

Dhaka: Around 250 people, including children, are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations said on Tuesday, Ahsan Tasnim reported. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement, “The trawler, which was leaving Teknaf in the southern part of…

New Delhi: In a move that is consistent with New Delhi’s consistent position that Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) is an integral part of India, the Boundary Bill, 2026 has included a provision to ratify Election Commission Governing the delimitation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir which are currently occupied by Pakistan whenever they “cease…

KOLKATA: None of the petitioners who approached the Appellate Tribunal against deletion of SIR or their lawyers seem to have any clarity on the process to be followed if they want to return to the electoral roll.Haridebpur resident Aloke Bose Joker Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee visited the National Institute of Water and Sanitation on two…

ANI file photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, which will almost halve the travel time between the two cities.The 213 km long six-lane access-controlled Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor has been built at a cost of over Rs 12,000 crore.The corridor passes through the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand…

SRINAGAR: Joji La Tunnel, an upcoming strategic corridor that will provide all-weather connectivity between Kashmir and Ladakh, is nearing a defining moment, with engineers moving towards a “breakthrough” final blast around May 30.Sonamarg (Baltal) in Kashmir and Minamarg in Ladakh – work is progressing at a rate of about four meters per day from both…

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Search teams across a mountain stream in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Tuesday, on the third day of a search for a 25-year-old man feared to have jumped into the water while fleeing assailants chasing him to transport cattle.CM Omar Abdullah condemned the attack, calling it “wrong” and accusing the attackers of “killing…

NEW DELHI: From April 15 (Wednesday), it will be impossible to increase or underreport toll revenue from overloaded vehicles on national highways. Toll collecting agencies will collect higher user charges from overloaded vehicles only through FASTag and must record such vehicles and report them on the government’s vehicle portal.The provision to report overloading on the…