New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) As India decided to withdraw the families and dependents of Indian officials posted in Bangladesh amid rising security concerns following increased activities of extremist elements, leaders from the BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT), and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday welcomed the move.The decision comes just weeks ahead of the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, scheduled amid heightened political tension and reports of violence targeting minorities.Speaking to IANS,…
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New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) As US President Donald Trump announced that any country doing business with Iran would face a tariff of 25 per cent, the Congress on Tuesday termed the move “completely inappropriate, unethical, and unacceptable”. Speaking to IANS, senior Congress leader T.S. Singh Deo said the US President’s actions reflected a bullying attitude towards the global community.”It has come to a point where tariffs are being imposed arbitrarily by Trump. For a head of state to behave in s…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Tuesday questioned what he termed “selective outrage” over slogans raised at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), saying prolonged incarceration without substantive progress in trial was itself a matter of serious concern for India’s criminal justice system.Reacting to sloganeering at the JNU campus following the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant bail to student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, Jha said, “What is this selective out…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) As Democrat leader Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the first Muslim mayor of America’s largest city, placing his hand on the Holy Quran while taking the oath of office, leaders from the JD(U) and Shiv Sena on Friday said that religion should not be politicised. Zohran Mamdani became the mayor of New York City shortly after midnight on Thursday. He took the oath of office at a decommissioned subway station in Manhattan, marking a historic moment in the city’s political …
Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging his intervention to protect the rights of gig and platform delivery workers and address what he termed their growing exploitation. In his letter, the RJD leader said he was writing on behalf of millions of gig and platform delivery workers across India, who are facing a deepening crisis due to deteriorating working conditions and systematic violations of basic labour rights.Referr…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) As BJP National President J.P. Nadda alleged internal collusion within the Congress party in the 2013 Jhiram Ghati Maoist attack, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Tuesday said the charge was extremely serious and must be backed by concrete evidence. Reacting sharply to Nadda’s statement, Jha said that merely making political allegations was not acceptable, especially when the BJP is in power at both the Centre and in Chhattisgarh. He stressed that if the claim was true, the g…