Labour Day in India: Navigating challenges, celebrating progress, and advancing labour empowerment
Celebrating the power of hands and the strength of hearts! By: Rameez Rasool Mir Every year on May 1st, International Labour Day, also called May Day or International Workers’ Day, is observed to acknowledge the significant role of workers in society’s development. Its origins date back to the Haymarket Riot in 1886, where clashes between […]
Understanding Dyslexia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
By: Hena Mehraj and Mehvish Shakeel Dyslexia, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulty in decoding and spelling, poses significant challenges for individuals in their academic and professional pursuits. This reading disability, also known as a specific learning disability, affects the ability to relate speech sounds to letters and words. Despite its prevalence and impact on […]
T20WC Selection: Rinku becomes casualty of Impact Player Rule
New Delhi: The ‘Impact Player’ rule, which has made IPL contests quite literally a “12-a-side affair”, has dealt a raw deal to power-hitter Rinku Singh who couldn’t make the Indian main squad for T20 World Cup as he simply did not have enough game time to his credit. The 26-year-old Aligarh left-hander, who captured the […]
No reservation based on religion to Muslims as long as I am alive, says PM Modi in Telangana
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday tore into the Congress saying as long as he was alive he won’t allow reservation for Muslims, on the basis of religion, at the cost of SC, ST and OBCs. Addressing a poll rally in Medak district, Modi exuded confidence that he will celebrate 75 years of the […]
SC directs inspection of detention camps for foreigners
New Delhi: Noting that a number of foreigners have been languishing in detention centres for years, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the State Legal Services Authority of Assam to apprise it about the foreigners detained for more than two years. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan also directed the legal […]
We hit terrorists in their homes, don’t send dossiers on them, says PM Modi
Latur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that unlike the practice during Congress regime of sending dossiers to Pakistan after the Mumbai terror attacks, the BJP-led government hits terrorists on their home turf. “During the Congress regime, the news headlines were about India handing over another dossier to Pakistan about terror activities. “It used […]
LS polls: Rahul asks candidates to carry copy of Constitution to public meetings
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged all party candidates to carry a copy of the Constitution with them during nominations, public meetings and outreach programmes, and tell the people that as long as the Congress is there, let alone the BJP, no power in the world can snatch away the Constitution. The […]
Manipur Police personnel drove 2 Kuki women to mob that paraded them naked, says CBI charge sheet
New Delhi: The Manipur Police personnel allegedly drove the two women from the Kuki-Zomi community, who had sought refuge in their official gypsy, to a mob of around 1,000 Meiti rioters in Kangpokpi district, the CBI charge sheet has said. The two women were subsequently stripped naked and paraded before being sexually assaulted during the […]
Congress will impose 55% inheritance tax, if voted to power: PM Modi
Hyderabad: Alleging that the Congress would impose 55 per cent inheritance tax if voted to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said when the whole world was economically progressing, India was suffering from policy paralysis under the previous UPA government. Addressing a poll rally in Medak district of Telangana, Modi accused the Congress government […]
