Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday (February 27, 2025) termed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s charge of the “push for a monolithic Hindi identity” as “shallow attempts to divide society” made to hide “poor governance”. “Poor governance will never be hidden by such shallow attempts … Read more
Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Stepping up its attack on the Union government’s management of the economy, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday claimed that 100 crore Indians did not have any extra income to spend and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “version of Viksit … Read more
A Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) teacher posted in Jehanabad has been suspended for her derogatory remarks against Bihar and its people. In the purported video which has gone viral on social media, Ms. Deepali is heard saying the people of Bihar have no civic sense and India will become a developed country the day Bihar … Read more
Congress leader K.C. Venugopal. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Congress on Thursday (February 27, 2025) said the Narendra Modi government must reverse the decision to promote to the post of Dean a faculty member of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, who had praised Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, Nathuram Godse. “Time and time … Read more
A view of Jayamahal Road that abuts the Bangalore Palace Grounds. | Photo Credit: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Karnataka government to deposit with it transferable development rights (TDR) certificates of over ₹3,000 crore within 10 days for 15 acres and 39 guntas of Bangalore Palace Grounds acquired for road-widening … Read more
Ashwini Vaishnaw | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology and Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday (February 27, 2025) that the news industry was going through “a major transition phase,” and that this “brings challenges related to employment, creativity, copyright issues, and ensuring fair compensation for content creators, … Read more
A “One Nation, One Port Process” initiative to standardise and streamline port operations across India’s major ports and improve efficiency was launched by the Ministry of Shipping, Ports and Waterways on Thursday. The Ministry said the move aimed to remove inconsistencies in documentation and processes that lead to inefficiencies, increased costs, and operational delays. In … Read more
Olive Ridley turtles are seen at the Rushikulya river mouth beach in Ganjam district of south Odisha as they nest their eggs on their mass nesting season on the Bay of Bengal Sea’s Odisha coast. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout A 16-year-long assessment of trends in turtle populations in India says the numbers of the … Read more
Former CJI Dr Justice DY Chandrachud. File | Photo Credit: ANI Amid uproar over the Pune bus rape case, former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday (February 27, 2025) recalled the 2012 Nirbhaya incident and asserted crimes against women cannot be prevented only by forming laws but by their proper implementation. Justice Chandrachud, … Read more
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pays her respects at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at Raj Ghat, in New Delhi, India, February 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who is on a two-day bilateral visit to India, paid a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, … Read more