The IT employees in India’s Silicon City, Bengaluru on March 13, expressed dismay amid the Bengaluru water crisis in the Karnataka state. The depletion of groundwater and drying up of more than 3,000 borewells in the capital city has made it difficult for people here. The IT employees are now choosing Work from Home (WFH) due to water scarcity in Bengaluru. “If we get work from home it will be good as the water will be saved...it will save our time and water,” said Amogh, an IT employee. “More amount of water is spent if the employees go to the offices. It’s better to get work from home… Never thought that we would get WFH because of water scarcity,” said Varsha, an IT employee.
13 March,2024 07:58 PM IST
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, several Congress leaders joined BJP in Rajasthan in the presence of state CM Bhajanlal Sharma on March 10. Rajasthan Deputy CM Diya Kumari and state BJP president CP Joshi were also present. Leaders who joined BJP include former Congress minister Lalchand Kataria, former state home minister Rajendra Yadav, ex-MLAs Richpal Mirdha, Vijaipal Mirdha, Khiladilal Bairwa, Aloke Beniwal, and leaders like Ramgopal Sharma.While addressing the event, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma said, “I welcome those who have joined us today, witnessing Narendra Modi’s work and the trust in the BJP, based on our thoughts.” Watch video.
10 March,2024 05:24 PM IST
Former Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad fired a fresh salvo at his former party’s leadership ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2024. “The leaders who are pivotal to the party are removed. The leadership has made a wrong decision of 60 years’ threshold, this leader will also turn 60 in five years, what will happen next…” said Azad. Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Chairman also said that he plans to contest from Udhampur in upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
06 March,2024 08:26 PM IST
Ther's a lot of political crisis going on in Hiamchal Pradesh right now. Six Congress MLAs who cross voted in favour of the Bhartiya Janta Party during the Rajya Sabha election, have been disqualified by Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania. The detained MLA's include Rajinder Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Devinder Kumar Bhutoo, Ravi Thakur, and Chetanya Sharma. With the six rebel MLAs disqualified the strength of the house comes down from 68 to 62 and the halfway mark is 32. With the loss of 6 MLAs the Congress now has 34 MLAs and the BJP with independents has 28. The fortunes of the Congress will now rest on its ability to keep the rest of its flock together.
29 February,2024 03:39 PM IST
Concerning the recent developments in Bihar politics, Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on January 29 took a sharp jibe at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who parted ways with the INDIA bloc and ‘Mahagathbandhan’ to form a government with the NDA alliance. He said, “Nitish had called for a meeting of the alliance in Patna. 18 parties were present there. Meetings were held in Bengaluru and Mumbai. In every meeting, Nitish Kumar was present but he did not give any kind of hint. In Bihar, many politicians are meteorologists. Some are “Aaya Kumar, and Gaya Kumar” who give tough competition to chameleons. This is very sad that he left our hand. It is like a betrayal. People of Bihar, at the right time, will answer Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
29 January,2024 11:27 AM IST
In a recent update on the ongoing development in Bihar politics, after resigning from the post of Bihar’s Chief Minister and ending his alliance with the the Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar after he along with his party joined the BJP-led NDA bloc. Nitish Kumar was seen arriving at the Raj Bhavan today evening for the oath ceremony. BJP national president JP Nadda arrived at Raj Bhavan, in Patna to attend the oath ceremony of the new government. This is the 9th time, when Nitish Kumar is taking the oath as the Chief minister of Bihar.
28 January,2024 06:21 PM IST
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on January 28 slammed Nitish Kumar after he rejoined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Reacting on Nitish Kumar Resignation, Owaisi said, “Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav, PM Modi should apologise to the people of Bihar... All three have betrayed the people of Bihar, especially Nitish Kumar. The term political opportunism will be an understatement, Nitish Kumar has broken all records. I always said Nitish Kumar would go with BJP. I want to ask Tejaswi Yadav how does it feel? He took away four of our MLAs. Does he feel the same pain now? He has been played the same way he played us. Nitish Kumar will just be the face of RSS and Narendra Modi’s governance in Bihar. Tejaswi Yadav and his family have sidelined the people of Bihar and their focus is to only have someone from among them to be the CM. Nitish Kumar wants to be the CM for as long as he lives. BJP just wants everything to themselves, by hook or by crook. The people of Bihar have been betrayed. There is no development in Bihar. Bureaucracy is on the rise in the state. AIMIM always said that political secularism is used to betray Indian Muslims. And now Muslims of Bihar have been betrayed again.”
28 January,2024 04:53 PM IST
Amid the Bihar political crisis, as Nitish Kumar resigned from the post of Bihar’s Chief Minister dissolving the current government that was formed through an alliance with the Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge reacted to the same. On the other hand, BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde said that all the the NDA government in Bihar is being formed for the welfare of the people. Union Minister and BJP MP Giriraj Singh thanked Nitish Kumar for resigning. Post Nitish Kumar Resignation, all MLAs unanimously passed the proposal to form the NDA government in Bihar with BJP, JD(U) and other NDA allies for the welfare of the people in the state. Samrat Chaudhary has been elected as the Leader of the legislative party, Vijay Sinha elected as the Deputy Leader.
28 January,2024 02:25 PM IST
Amid the ongoing Bihar political crisis, Nitish Kumar has resigned as Bihar Chief Minister. Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation as the Chief Minister of Bihar to Governor Rajendra Arlekar. The Governor accepted the resignation and deputed him as the Acting CM. For days it was speculated that Nitish Kumar would join the BJP-led NDA. He is expected to rejoin NDA possibly later today, marking his return to the BJP led alliance. This has come as a jolt to the opposition headed I-N-D–I-A alliance as he was a key member. In his recent stint, he served as the Chief Minister of Bihar in alliance with the Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress. Earlier in the morning, BJP leaders gathered in Patna for a party meeting. Though the leaders were mum about the ongoing RJD-JDU rift, speculations of a coalition were high.
28 January,2024 12:52 PM IST
The Indian Navy on January 27 doused the fire on Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Marlin Luanda. The vessel was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Navy responded quickly. According to Reuters, the tanker was on fire but no deaths or injuries were reported after the vessel was hit. Indian Navy’s guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam deployed in Gulf of Aden responded to the distress call. The vessel had 22 Indian and 1 Bangladeshi crew onboard. Based on request, the firefighting team comprising 10 Indian Naval personnel embarked the vessel in early hours. Notably, Yemen’s Houthi militants have launched waves of exploding drones and missiles at vessels post Israel’s attack in Gaza.
28 January,2024 11:37 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
