AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran NEW DELHI: Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) general secretary TTV Dhinakaran on Saturday released the party’s manifesto for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, outlining 120 key promises.“Among the key assurances, the party has promised that 85% of jobs in both State and Central government establishments within Tamil Nadu will…
NEW DELHI: As Puducherry gears up for the upcoming assembly elections, several key constituencies in the Union territory (UT) are set to witness high-profile battles, featuring the outgoing chief minister, a former chief minister, UT party chiefs, and a political heir.The Puducherry legislative assembly has 33 members, and elections are held for 30 seats. The…
SRINAGAR: Over 3,000 govt schools in J&K have had zero or less than 10 students since 2022, education minister Sakina Itoo told the assembly on Saturday.Of the 3,192 such schools,1494 are in Jammu division and 1,698 in Kashmir, National Conference’s (NC) Itoo said in a written reply to a question from BJP legislator RS Pathania.In…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude was recorded in the Andaman Sea on Saturday evening.The tremor occurred at 5:22:34 PM IST on March 28, at a depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located at latitude 10.831° North and longitude 93.458° East.There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Source link
The government dismissed reports that Elon Musk was part of PM Modi’s phone call with Donald Trump on the Iran conflict. Defending champions RCB begin their IPL 2026 campaign against SRH as both sides look to set the tone for the new season. A month into the Iran war, Trump’s push for regime change appears…
Adani Defence & Aerospace on Saturday handed over the first batch of 2,000 ‘Prahar’ light machine guns (LMGs) to the Indian Army in Gwalior, marking an early milestone in a large-scale order for around 40,000 weapons under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The handover aims to boost the Army’s frontline firepower along the Line of…
PUNE Sandip Dighe, a special correspondent with The Times of India, Pune, was presented with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in the Prakash Kardaley Memorial Award for Civic Journalism category on Friday.Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan presented the award to Dighe for the year 2024 at a function in New Delhi. Dighe received the award…
NEW DELHI: Signalling an aggressive push ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the Congress on Saturday said it will contest all 294 seats in the state and will not shy away from fielding a candidate against chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhawanipur.The announcement came after a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC)…
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the Centre is “committed to safeguard the Indian people” as the government stepped up monitoring of energy supplies and essential commodities amid the ongoing West Asia conflict.In a post on X after chairing a high-level review, Singh wrote: “A meeting of an IGoM (Informal Group of Ministers) constituting…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with Crown Prince and the prime minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, during which both leaders discussed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.In a post on X, PM Modi said that he reiterated India’s condemnation of attacks on regional energy infrastructure…