Mumbai: Even as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has alleged that Union Home minister Amit Shah had ordered the police to lathi-charge youngsters protesting against paper leaks in New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar from July 20-25, Maharashtra’s Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil on Thursday claimed that the Delhi…
New Delhi: The DMK’s actions in Parliament during the Monsoon Session have highlighted growing differences within the Opposition, with the party repeatedly taking a different approach from the Congress-led bloc on key issues. The latest instance came in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when the DMK chose not to join the Congress and several other Opposition…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it has become necessary to bring comprehensive reforms in the education system at both the Centre and the states to tackle the menace of paper leaks, asserting that there will be no mercy for gangs playing with the future of children. In a late evening video…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday discussed with a group of senior ministers the prevailing geopolitical situation in West Asia and measures to keep supply chains uninterrupted despite conflicts surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, the Black Sea, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden. The extended Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting,…
New Delhi: The Delhi police will not take any adverse legal action against individuals who participated in the Cockroach Janta Party-led protest in the national capital, but those with criminal background will have to face action, according to a Delhi government order. In its order, the home department said that with regard to arrests or…
Online Sports Desk The snatch event is done, and Martina Devi Maibam remains firmly in the fight. The Indian sits fifth after successfully lifting 105kg on her final attempt to stay in the competition. She trails the joint leaders by 10kg and is 8kg behind the bronze-medal position, but the clean and jerk is considered…
New Delhi: The amendment makes insulting the National Song, Vande Mataram, a criminal offence. It seeks to provide the song with legal protection similar to the safeguards already available to the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana. The legislation amends the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. The existing law penalises intentional disrespect towards…
New Delhi: Vice chancellors and academic leaders have strongly condemned Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi for mocking IIT Madras Director Prof. V. Kamakoti as a “gaumutra expert” (cow urine expert) during a Lok Sabha debate on examination reforms. During a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, Congress…
Guwahati: Nearly 13,000 households in flood-affected areas of Assam still do not have any electricity connection, almost 11 days after several districts were ravaged by an unprecedented mud-filled deluge. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the administration is continuously evaluating the flood situation in Upper Assam and accordingly taking decisions to restore power connections…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a high-level meeting with senior Union ministers and top government officials in New Delhi on Thursday, according to CNN-News18. The agenda of the meeting was not immediately known. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal,…
