RSS leader says no need to learn Marathi in Mumbai, sparks row

Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Bhaiyyaji Joshi stoked a controversy after asserting that knowing Marathi was not necessary to live in Mumbai. IMAGE: Amid a raging language row, RSS......

Salaries, allowances, pensions of MPs hiked; monthly income rises to...

The Centre on Monday notified a 24 percent hike in the salaries of members of Parliament with effect from April 1, 2023, on the basis of the Cost Inflation Index, taking their monthly salaries to......

INDIA partners Cong, CPM spar in RS over Kerala ASHA workers' strike

A war of words erupted in the Rajya Sabha between Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist MPs from Kerala over the strike by ASHA workers in that state demanding a hike in honorarium and......

Lok Sabha to take up Waqf bill today; BJP, allies issue whip

The Lok Sabha will take up the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill for discussion and passage on Wednesday, setting the stage for a showdown between a government determined to push it through and an......

Jaya, Shweta, Abhishek at Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Photograph: ANI Photo Jaya Bachchan and her children Shweta Bachchan Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan prayed at the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi on Thursday, July 11, 2024.   Photograph:......