West Bengal Assembly polls: Congress names 284 candidates, fields heavyweights
The Congress on Sunday (March 29, 2026) fielded several heavyweights for the West Bengal Assembly election 2026, including former party leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and former Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Benazir Noor.
Despite assurance from Centre, MGNREGS workers denied work
For the last 87 days, MGNREGS workers have been protesting at the Muzaffarpur district headquarters in Bihar. The Union government had assured them that until the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Act, 2025, passed by Parliament in December, is rolled out, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) would continue unchanged. But on the ground, workers say the story is very different.
WTO’s fisheries pact: India for 25 year transition period, stronger disciplines on distant-water industrial fishing
