FEATURE STORY
In response to the notice served by the Lok Sabha Speaker to the 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs who merged with NCPI, the MPs have written separate letters to the Speaker’s office seeking more time to submit their replies.
The Union government on Monday deferred the census operations in Manipur, considering the demand by civil society organisations for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before conducting the exercise, an official statement said. The development came a day before house listing of the census exercise is scheduled to begin in the state from September 1.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Saturday announced that internal procedures are underway to refund ticket money to roughly 33,000 spectators who attended the Lionel Messi event in Kolkata last year.
A political dispute between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and its Left Democratic Front (LDF) ally, the Communist Party of India (CPI), has intensified in Kerala over the post of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly. What began as a disagreement over the sharing of an important legislative position has now developed into a broader debate over coalition norms, collective leadership and the future functioning of the Left alliance.
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international soccer on Monday, ending 21 years of national-team duty that were capped by winning the World Cup in 2022 to secure his place in the pantheon of the game’s greatest ever players.