Washington: The Republican-led US Senate on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump’s mammoth domestic policy bill dubbed the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ by the narrowest of margins, despite misgivings over delivering deep welfare cuts and another $3 trillion in national debt. Republican leaders had struggled to corral support during a record 24-hour “vote-a-rama” amendment session on…
Jammu: The eyes of the world are on this Amarnath Yatra and no threats can deter the spirit of people undertaking the pilgrimage to the cave shrine in the South Kashmir Himalayas, said Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday. Attending the ‘Tawi Aarti’ at the Tawi Riverfront in Jammu, he asserted that…
New Delhi: The Union government on Tuesday for the first time allowed use of non-transport (private) motorcycles for passenger journeys through aggregators, subject to state government approval, providing long-awaited regulatory clarity for India’s shared mobility sector. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in its ‘Motor Vehicles Aggregator Guidelines 2025’ said the new guidelines attempt…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said there is no discussion on leadership change and stressed on strengthen the hands of CM Siddaramaiah and the party’s government in the state. Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress President, asked party leaders and legislators not to speak to the press on the…
Gorakhpur (UP): President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday inaugurated the Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University in Gorakhpur, in the presence of Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The university has been built for Rs 268 crore in Pipri, Bhathat in the district. The event was attended by Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for AYUSH…
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit abroad, the Congress on Tuesday said the “frequent flier PM” is off on a five-nation “jaunt” and alleged that he is running away from four issues, including the Manipur situation and US President Donald Trump’s claims about bringing about a ceasefire…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress MLA Nana Patole was suspended from the state legislative assembly for a day on Tuesday after he climbed the speaker’s podium. Soon after the Question Hour, Patole, who is the former assembly speaker, demanded action against BJP MLA Babanrao Lonikar and Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate for “insulting” farmers. The House was subsequently…
Dharamshala: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday called for making legislatures more efficient by managing resources, defending democracy, and adopting innovations like Artificial Intelligence (AI). Inaugurating the Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region, Zone-II here, Birla urged the state legislatures to share best practices, innovations, and technology to strengthen democratic…
Kolkata: Three out of the four persons arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a female student at a city-based law college had pre-planned the assault, a police officer said on Monday. Sleuths of the nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the incident also found that the three accused — Monojit Mishra, Pratim Mukherjee,…
Jammu: Ahead of the Amarnath Yatra, the token distribution centre for offline registration of the pilgrims was operationalised here on Monday, even as the authorities successfully conducted a dry run of the arrangements along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said. The 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath will commence from the…
