New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will take up a debate on the 150th anniversary of National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ on Monday and on electoral reforms on Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said. The decision was taken after an all-party meeting and a Business Advisory Committee (BAC) chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, signalling…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Tuesday strongly criticised Congress MP Renuka Choudhary for what it described as an “unbecoming and absurd” justification after cameras captured a dog inside her vehicle at the Parliament precincts on the opening day of the Winter Session. State BJP Chief Spokesperson and Media In-Charge N.V. Subash said the conduct of…
New Delhi: Apple and Samsung will discuss the Sanchar Saathi app order with the government and try to find a middle path on the directive for its pre-installation on mobile phones, sources said. In an order dated November 28, 2025, the Department of Telecom has directed manufacturers and importers of mobile handsets to ensure that…
New Delhi: Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases, the first between April and September 2026 and the second in February 2027, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Giving details of the exercise in response to a question by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the…
New Delhi: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said the Sanchar Saathi app, a fraud reporting app the government wants pre-installed on all devices, can be deleted by users. Users can decide to keep the Sanchar Saathi app or delete it, Scindia told reporters on Tuesday. The Department of Telecom has directed manufacturers and importers…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has summoned a meeting of party leaders on Tuesday to break the deadlock in the House over the Opposition demand for a discussion on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Speaker’s meeting comes in the wake of repeated disruptions in the Lok Sabha over the…
Dhaka: Security was tightened around Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday as a specialist medical team from China joined efforts to treat the ailing politician, who remains in a highly critical condition at a private hospital in Dhaka. Police erected a barricade at the main gate of Evercare Hospital around 2 am, with…
Bengaluru: In an apparent display of unity, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday visited his deputy D K Shivakumar’s residence for breakfast, just days after the two broke bread in the wake of a raging power tussle. Siddaramaiah drove down to the Deputy CM’s Sadashivanagar residence here, where he was received by Shivakumar and his…
Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches against a Ranchi-based CA along with his associates in a case linked to alleged possession of undisclosed assets abroad, officials said. The premises of Naresh Kumar Kejriwal, a Chartered Accountant and suspected hawala operator, some of his family members and associates are being searched in Ranchi, Mumbai,…
Mumbai: Voting was underway on Tuesday across 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the first phase of the local body elections in Maharashtra, where 6,042 seats and 264 posts of council presidents are up for grabs. The polling began at 7.30 am and will conclude at 5.30 pm. Votes will be counted on December…
