Days after a setback in the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has reportedly informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that it may consider resuming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in West Bengal under “special conditions”.
Rahul Gandhi and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge will address the media in a press conference to be held at the Indira Bhavan at 1 pm on Wednesday. The Congress leaders are also expected to release documents in connection with the alleged ‘vote chori’.
Three people died on Wednesday morning after the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a vehicle operating for a courier service in this district, police said.
Over 1,900 pre-university lecturers across Karnataka have reportedly not been paid their evaluation honorarium for the II PU examinations of the 2025–26 academic year.
India-born American politician Ghazala Hashmi has been elected as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor, becoming the first Muslim and South Asian American to be elected to the top political post in the state.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani declared that his victory toppled a “political dynasty”, as he quoted the words of former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru that with his win, the city has “stepped out from the old into the new”.
Opposition BJP in Karnataka on Wednesday questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's silence over sugarcane farmers' agitation in Karnataka, and demanded the government fix the price of their produce at Rs 3,500 a tonne.
The elder brother of a JD(U) leader and his wife and daughter were found dead in their residence in Bihar’s Purnea district, police said on Wednesday.
New York City — Newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani often credits his political beliefs and worldview to his parents — celebrated academic Mahmood Mamdani and acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair. Their influence, rooted in activism, art, and academia, shaped his progressive vision long before he entered public life.
New York City – With the official results now in, Zohran Kwame Mamdani has been declared the new mayor of New York City, marking a historic milestone for the city and a dramatic turn in its political landscape.
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