BHARAT BANDH TODAY, CALLED BY 10 TRADE UNIONS Ten central trade unions have called for Bharat Bandh, a nationwide strike, today, against government's "disinvestment, privatisation and labour reform policies". According to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), which is affilia
CAMPUSES ACROSS NATION RALLY BEHIND JNU STUDENTS AMID POLITICAL SLUGFEST Campuses across India yesterday united behind the JNU community that was at the receiving end Sunday evening of an unprecedented mob attack of which no clues were forthcoming yesterday.
MASKED MEN AND WOMEN ATTACK STUDENTS, TEACHERS IN JNUViolence broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday evening asmasked men armed with sticks attacked students and teachers and damagedproperty on the campus, prompting the administration to call in police whichconducted a fl
ON IRAN, DELHI WALKS A DIPLOMATIC TIGHTROPEIndia's Ministry of External Affairs had reacted cautiously to Iranian Maj.Gen Qassem Soleimani's assassination - noting that "a senior Iranian leaderhas been killed by the US", underlining that "peace, stability and securityin this region is of utmost impo
UNEASE IN NEW DELHI OVER IRANIAN GENERAL's ASSASSINATION FALLOUTHours after the killing of Iran's top military commander, General QassemSoleimani, in an American drone strike in Baghdad Friday, India urgedrestraint and called for de-escalation.
CONG, AND ITS ALLIES RISING AGAINST PARLIAMENT, SILENT ON PAK: PM Holding the Opposition responsible for protests against the new citizenship law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday slammed the “Congress, its allies and the ecosystem they created” for “r
MODI WISHES ASIAN LEADERS, SKIPS IMRAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday called up leaders of neighbouring South Asian countries, but not Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, to wish them a happy new year as well as discuss with them further steps in bilateral ties.
FM SITHARAMAN UNVEILS RS 102-TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO BOOST GROWTH Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday launched a National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), unveiling projects worth Rs 102 trillion, to boost economic growth and help the economy reach the $5-tr
GENERAL BIPIN RAWAT NAMED INDIA'S FIRST CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF Outgoing Army chief General Bipin Rawat has been appointed the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), effective December 31.
INDIAN YOUTH HATE ANARCHY, NARENDRA MODI SAYS IN MANN KI BAAT In his last 'Mann ki Baat' radio address of 2019, the Prime Minister said the youth hate anarchy and disorder and dislike casteism, nepotism and favouritism, remarks that come in the backdrop of recent violent protests on&n
