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CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday witnessed heated debates as the ruling DMK and the principal opposition party, the AIADMK, clashed over the rising cases of sexual assault on minor girls and the handling of YouTuber Savukku Shankar case. Participating in the debate on the demands for grants for the home, prohibition, and excise departments, Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) accused the DMK government of failing to ensure womens safety. Citing the governments policy
NEW DELHI: Attacking Prime Minister Modi over the governments Employment Linked Incentive scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said while he creates new slogans everyday, the youth are still waiting for real opportunities, and asked if it was just another jumla. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said after the 2024 election, PM Modi announced the Employment Linked Incentive scheme with much fanfare, promising to provide employment to our youth. Its been nearly a year since anno
KOLKATA: Political reactions flew thick and fast back home in the aftermath of protestors, allegedly by Left-leaning youths, disrupting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's speech on social development and women's empowerment at Kellogg College under the University of Oxford. The Trinamool Congress asserted that the disruption was a slur on the country as a whole and that people would espond to the attack with interest, while CPI(M)'s student wing SFI stated that the chief minister has
NEW DELHI: During the discussion on demand for grants for Jal Shakti ministry in Lok Sabha, the Opposition parties and the ruling government on Wednesday traded charges over the budgetary allocation and the performance of the ministry. While initiating the discussion, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal questioned why opposition-ruled states of Jharkhand, Kerala, and West Bengal are lagging behind in providing clean drinking water to rural households under the governments flagship Jal Jeevan Mission. He also
NEW DELHI: The political row over the alleged US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) funding in Indian elections escalated on Monday, with the BJP and the Congress trading barbs over the allegations. The BJPs attack came after a statement from DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, that it had cancelled a series of international funding projects, including $21 million allocated for voter turnout in India. Targeting the Congress, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya hinted that the previous Congress
MUMBAI: Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former minister Aditya Thackeray engaged in a war of words over the relocation of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) National Headquarters from Mumbai to Delhi. After the Union Minister Piyush Goyal-led Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a circular announcing the relocation of the CGPDTM National Headquarters from Mumbai to Delhi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray strongly reacted on