NEW DELHI: Union govt on Thursday launched a nationwide free annual health checkup initiative for all workers aged 40 and above under the new labour codes, which were notified on Nov 21 last year. Labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the free checkups will be conducted yearly across the country as “early detection through health screenings…
DY Chandrachud (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has been roped in to settle the high-profile property dispute between late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s mother Rani Kapur and his wife Priya Kapur over the family trust, tied to his Rs 30,000 crore estate. As they expressed willingness for mediation, Supreme…
NEW DELHI: The appointment of Gyanesh Kumar (now CEC) and S S Sandhu as election commissioners in 2023 — who were shortlisted, cleared and appointed within a day — was the focus of a hearing on Thursday in Supreme Court, which “wished” that govt show the same urgency in appointment of judges. Kumar and Sandhu’s…
CHENNAI: “You called Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu a traitor because he had crossed over to BJP from Congress. Now consider this. You called M K Stalin on Tuesday afternoon and said, ‘I am with you’. The next morning, you defected from the alliance and jumped to the side you had contested against. Rahul Gandhi…
Puducherry/Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami visited the resort in Puducherry where the party’s MLAs are staying and held discussions with them amidst uncertainty over govt formation in Tamil Nadu.More than 30 AIADMK MLAs, who began arriving at the resort from Wednesday night, attended the meeting. They also formally elected Palaniswami as the AIADMK…
KOLKATA: Trinamool demanded a court-monitored CBI probe into the killing of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide, Chandranath Rath, as it firmly denied any involvement in the murder. In a late-night statement Wednesday, the party condemned “the brutal murder of Chandranath Rath in Madhyamgram, along with the killing of three other TMC workers in incidents of post-poll violence…
NEW DELHI: A total of 10,546 people involved in the farming sector (comprising 4,633 farmers/cultivators and 5,913 agricultural labourers) died by suicide during 2024, accounting for 6.2% of total suicide victims (1,70,746) in the country, says the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The number of such suicides, however, declined by more…
NEW DELHI: The govt on Thursday sought cooperation from Dhaka on the “core issue” of repatriation of illegal Bangladeshis in India. Speaking on the issue for the first time after Bengal poll results, MEA called on Bangladesh to expedite pending nationality verification of close to 3,000 individuals for smooth repatriation of illegal immigrants. “This requires…
VD Satheesan, KC Venugopal, Ramesh Chennithala TIRUVANANTHAMPURAM: Congress’ battle for Kerala CM crossed from closed-door bargaining to open-street mobilisation on Thursday as rival camps staged demonstrations, mounted flex-board offensives and pressed competing claims before AICC observers tasked with choosing the state’s next helmsman. A power struggle erupted despite Congress-led UDF sweeping 103 seats in the…
Chennai: VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan and leaders of the Left parties flayed Tamil Nadu governor R V Arlekar for not inviting TVK president Vijay to form the govt, calling it a ploy by the BJP-led Union govt to ‘complicate Tamil Nadu politics and Vijay’s position’.Other DMK allies, Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam and MDMK also…