MNM chief Kamal Haasan on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi spell out the rationale behind constructing a new Parliament building for about Rs 1,000 crore “when half of India is hungry due to coronavirus pandemic triggered loss of livelihoods”. Seeking to liken the proposed construc

The ongoing farmers’ protest at Delhi borders has seen a swift rise in participation from Haryana with those not backing the protest being dubbed as “traitors” in the state’s villages. The “traitor” taunts are one among the many reasons that more from Haryana has come out in to back the stir.

The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, which envisages a ban on all forms of cattle slaughter and stringent punishment for offenders, is a revised version of a Bill that was passed in 2010 when the BJP was in power. Karnataka’s BJP government tabled and p

Karnataka issues guidelines for sale of crackers from Nov 1-17 for Diwali; Covid-19 impact on sales, health expected According to the guidelines issued by Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar, vendors will be allowed to sell crackers and other items in locations far from other commercial and residential spaces.

It is India’s first mass polls in the shadow of the pandemic, and Bihar’s first in a long, long time without either Lalu Prasad or the just deceased Ram Vilas Paswan present. Nitish Kumar, meanwhile, has conceded much ground in his alliance with Narendra Modi’s BJP. The chessboard is set, the sides

Engineer couple Preetha and Manikandan, who work in top IT firms in Chennai, developed an interest in preserving native breeds of cattle during the Jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu in 2017. “We had no plan (to raise cows) ever, it just happened. Both of us share a common interest in agriculture th

Hundreds of farmers under various associations and activists took to the streets against the anti-farmer legislations as the police forced struggled to ensure law and order across the state. Several Congress and JD(S) workers were detained on Monday amid the statewide bandh, to protest against the

IT’S NOT just a wide range of central educational institutions, at least seven public sector banks, seven other leading financial institutions and insurers, and the RBI, have together contributed Rs 204.75 crore from their staff salaries to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emerg

The drive-in worship sessions limit the number of cars to 50, with a one-hour service that includes singing, followed by Bible reading and the sermon by the pastor. On September 6, Kakheli Inato Jimomi put on her Sunday best — a black-and-red Naga mekhela, a traditional necklace — and drove to the playground 2 km from her house with her husband and cousin. As the sun set over the Dimapur sky, she