Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday briefed the Cabinet on intelligence reports warning of attempts by certain groups to create public unrest of the type that had happened on May 9 last year. The Cabinet spokesman and minister Bandula Gunawardena said the water crisis for cultivation caused by the ongoing drought was used…
New Delhi: The commerce ministry on Tuesday said the first trial shipment of fresh pomegranate has been exported to the US through the air route. It was facilitated by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). APEDA Chairman Abhishek Dev said the increase in pomegranate exports to the US would result in higher…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the BJP-led Central government to refrain from implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who moved the resolution in the House against the UCC termed it as a “unilateral and hasty” action on the part of the…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been re-allotted the 12, Tughlaq Lane bungalow a day after his Lok Sabha membership was restored following the Supreme Court staying his conviction in a defamation case, officials said on Tuesday. The House Committee of the Lok Sabha decided to allot the bungalow which Gandhi was asked to…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the opposition brought the no-confidence motion against his government to test the confidence of its own alliance members in each other as the INDIA bloc is marked by distrust among its constituents. In his address to BJP MPs at a closed-door meeting of its parliamentary party,…
As expected, the verdict in the Rajya Sabha too went in favour of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in pushing through the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill on August 7. The Lok Sabha cleared the Bill four days ago. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA got 131, six more than anticipated,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the no-confidence motion brought by the opposition is a reflection of mutual distrust among INDIA bloc parties as they want to test who is with their proposal and who is not, sources said. In his address to party MPs at the BJP parliamentary meeting, he described…
Washington: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers are travelling to India to participate in the Red Ford address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15 among other things, according to an official statement. The bi-partisan Congressional delegation is led by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman Michael Waltz. The two are co-chairs of the bipartisan…
Chennai: Their semifinals spot guaranteed, India prevailed over defending champions South Korea 3-2 in their fourth round-robin fixture of the Asian Champions Trophy here on Monday, maintaining their unbeaten run in the continental hockey tournament. Even before the action got underway at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, India had sealed their place in the semi-finals,…
New Delhi: A Parliamentary committee on Monday recommended bringing a law to make it mandatory for Supreme Court and high court judges to disclose their assets annually to an appropriate authority. The standing committee on Law and Personnel said there is a need to institutionalise the mechanism of regular filing of assets by the judges and…
