Himachal High Court sets up fund to help those 'struggling to rebuild lives'

IANS | September 7, 2025 3:44 PM

Shimla, Sep 7 (IANS) Exhibiting a humane approach towards building resilience and supporting natural calamity-hit communities, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has set up a dedicated voluntary fund with an appeal to "call of conscience" to help those “struggling to rebuild their lives”.

PM Modi sits in last row among BJP MPs during party workshop

IANS | September 7, 2025 2:19 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended the BJP workshops at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament complex, choosing to sit in the last row among fellow MPs, as the session unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the Centre's sweeping Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms.

India backs WTO-centred fair trade system at SCO trade ministers’ meeting

IANS | September 7, 2025 1:36 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) India emphasised the need for an open, fair, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system centred around WTO norms, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, amid the ongoing uncertainty in global trade triggered by the US tariff turmoil, the Commerce and Industry Ministry announced on Sunday.

In viral video, Trinamool MLA threatens acid attack on BJP leaders

IANS | September 7, 2025 12:21 PM

Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) A purported video went viral on Sunday, in which a Trinamool Congress MLA was heard threatening the BJP leaders with acid attacks unless they stop describing Bengali-speaking migrant workers as illegal Bangladeshi or Rohingya infiltrators.