The INDIA bloc suffered a mega setback after the assembly elections as two of its major political parties, the TMC and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), suffered electoral setbacks in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively.
Deepke warned that protests would be organised across cities, while also announcing plans for another major protest at the same venue on June 13.
Nainar Nagendran categorically asserted that no party member has been authorised to resign and urged cadres to ignore such attempts.
Speaking about the cooperation received by the state government, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that after a long phase of inactivity, developmental projects are now being fastracked.
CPI MP Sandosh Kumar claimed that two private firms, Adani Agri Logistics Ltd and Leap India Food & Logistics Pvt Ltd, together secured 110 out of 134 contracts under the programme.
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force has been honoured as Man of the Year by The Week for his role as mission pilot of Axiom-4, marking a milestone in India’s human spaceflight journey.
In a step towards making southern Odisha free from Naxal violence, the police in Malkangiri district managed to stitch a truce with red rebels ensconced along the hilly terrains and forest region, resulting in the surrender of 22 underground cadres of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) outfit, police said on Tuesday.
Calling the agreement a "bad deal" for New Zealand, Winston Peters, whose New Zealand First is a coalition partner in the National-led government, said his country has given too much away in signing the FTA, particularly on immigration. He said New Zealand has failed to secure enough in return for the country's citizens, including on dairy.
Senior Congress leader and former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday voiced serious concerns regarding recent clarifications by Union Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav about mining activities in the ecologically sensitive Aravalli mountain range.
"The Shiv Sena and the MNS are forming an alliance to contest the BMC and other municipal corporation elections. Tomorrow at 12 noon, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS president Raj Thackeray will jointly interact with us and formally announce the alliance by 12.30 pm. Almost the entire process related to seat allocation was completed last night," Raut told media persons on Tuesday.
