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“Congress should sacrifice and give away seats to other parties”: AIUDF MLA Rafiqul Islam

Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 3 (ANI): Giving another jolt to the Congress, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA and General Secretary Rafiqul Islam said that Rahul Gandhi is wasting time by doing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra as he has been avoiding the main issues of the party. AIUDF MLA and party General Secretary Rafiqul Islam told ANI that Congress will not benefit from Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra because there are only two months left for the Lok Sabha election. “There are so many groups inside the Congress party. But Rahul Gandhi is doing Yatra and many Congress leaders have left

Harvard alumni backed by billionaires fail to make cut for board ballot

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who led a campaign criticizing Harvard University as it has been rocked by turmoil over practices related to antisemitism, plagiarism and financial management, on Friday failed in a bid to get four candidates on the ballot for a governing board of the Ivy League school. One other candidate backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg also failed to win a place on the ballot for Harvard’s board of overseers. The two men, who acted independently, threw support behind the candidates after Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned last month amid criticism of her handling of antisemitism on campus

Senior citizens must not suffer due to stalled redevelopment of residential buildings: Bombay High Court

Mumbai, Feb 2 (PTI) Senior citizens in their “twilight years” can not be made to suffer because of delayed or stalled redevelopment of residential buildings, the Bombay High Court has said. A bench of Justices G S Kulkarni and Firdosh Pooniwalla in an order on January 25 sought replies from authorities on a plea filed by a 65-year-old woman who said she has become “homeless” because of the stalled redevelopment of her building in suburban Mulund. “The court would not be powerless to issue appropriate directions to ensure that the fundamental rights guaranteed to senior citizens in respect of their

Centre likely to hike dearness allowance to 50% for over 1 crore employees and pensioners

New Delhi, February 2, 2024: The Central government is likely to increase the dearness allowance (DA) for its over one crore employees and pensioners by 4 percentage from the existing 46 per cent to 50 per cent before implementation of the Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections likely to be conducted in April/May. The dearness allowance for employees and pensioners is worked out on the basis of the latest Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) brought out by the Labour Bureau for December 2023. The DA hike will be effective from from January 1, 2024.

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