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New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge With Party Leaders Sonia Gandhi And Rahul Gandhi Briefs The Media

Congress cries foul over frozen party funds, calls it a 'criminal action'

The Congress party, led by its top brass including party President Mallikarjun Kharge, senior leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and Treasurer Ajay Maken held a press conference in the national Capital on Thursday and protested strongly against the party's funds being frozen by the Income Tax Department, allegedly with the blessings of the ruling dispensation at the Centre.

Mar 21, 2024

Biden's campaign, Democratic Party freeze $340K donation from Indian American businessman: Report

US President Joe Biden's reelection campaign and a Democratic Party outfit are freezing donations totalling about $340,000 from an Indian American businessman amid controversies, local media reported.

Mar 20, 2024

Here's how to deal with stress at workplace

Workplace stress is a harsh reality that needs to be addressed both at the individual level as well as by the management, said mental health experts on Tuesday, amid the recent news of two recent deaths due to stress at work: one by heart attack and another by suicide.

Mar 19, 2024

EC removes West Bengal's acting DGP Rajeev Kumar, appoints Vivek Sahay to post [details]

Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Vivek Sahay will be the new Director General of Police in West Bengal, succeeding acting DGP Rajeev Kumar, whose removal was ordered by the Election Commission of India earlier on Monday.

Mar 18, 2024

J&K Govt axes six more 'terror friendly' employees

Concerns mount as teachers' involvement in terror activities raises alarm for security agencies

57 government employees have been terminated from services after their involvement with terror activities was established by the Special Task Force constituted to identify and scrutinize government employees with links to activities that pose a threat to national security.

Mar 16, 2024

Centre sanctions Rs 576 crore for 4-laning highway in Karnataka

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that an allocation of Rs 576.22 crore has been sanctioned for 4-laning of the Yedegowdanahalli to Arjunahalli segment of NH-373 in Karnataka's Hassan district.

Mar 15, 2024

Satish Nandgaonkar's tragic death demands newsroom reforms; his wife, MPC seek justice

Nandgaonkar, who was serving as the bureau chief for a leading publication, collapsed on February 28, 2024. The events that led to Nandgaonkar's untimely death paint a disturbing picture of workplace toxicity and relentless pressure.

Mar 15, 2024

Electoral Bonds case: SBI files compliance affidavit in SC

In a compliance affidavit filed on Wednesday, the State Bank of India (SBI) told the Supreme Court that it has furnished data on Electoral Bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI) in digital form.

Mar 13, 2024

Fake cancer medicine manufacturing unit busted in Delhi, 7 arrested

With the arrest of seven persons, including two employees of a reputed hospital, the Delhi Police on Tuesday busted an illegal unit indulging in manufacturing fake life-saving cancer chemotherapy medicines.

Mar 13, 2024

Capital punishment for drug traffickers; J&K Police demands strict laws to curb narco-terrorism

Narco-terrorism has gripped the sensitive border region of J&K, with the international drug mafia smuggling drugs into the country through the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB).

Mar 12, 2024

Kashmiri father's desperate plea: Jaw-dropping electricity bill robs his family of light [read now]

Firdous Ahmed, a 43-year-old resident of Bandipora in J&K, endured a month-long ordeal in the bone-chilling winter of Kashmir after being compelled to pay a hefty electricity bill amounting to Rs 1.5 lakh. Ahmed's plight exposes the insensitivity of some Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (PDD) officers, along with allegations of mistreatment by junior engineers.

Mar 12, 2024

B'luru: Rameshwaram Cafe re-opens a week after blast; founders rule out business rivalry angle

A week after a low-intensity IED blast took place at the Rameshwaram Cafe here, the outlet re-opened on Friday, with the founders ruling the possibility of business rivalry behind the incident.

Mar 9, 2024

Indian American women a powerhouse in US politics, business, society

Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley's tenacious battle for the presidency of the US is a symbol of Indian American women's emergence as a powerhouse in politics and society even though she dropped her sisyphean quest two days before International Women's Day.

Mar 8, 2024

Electoral bonds: After SBI seeks time till June 30, EC goes silent; Contempt plea against SBI before SC [details]

Transparency activists claim that SBI seeking three months more for divulging data on the Electoral bond donors and doing so after the 2024 elections negates the very spirit of Supreme Court ruling