New Delhi:There is “no meagre allocation” of resources for defence modernisation, and allocation for it under total capital outlay for defence services has gone up from Rs 80,959.08 crore in financial year 2019-20 to Rs 1,32,301.27 crore in 2023-24, the government informed the Parliament on Friday. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said this…
New Delhi: Marrying a woman by concealing identity or having intercourse under false promise of marriage, promotion and employment will be treated as crime for the first time under the proposed law that will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Introducing the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, which will…
New Delhi: In a landmark move, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday introduced three bills in Lok Sabha to replace colonial-era laws, asserting that the proposed laws will transform the country’s criminal justice system and bring the spirit to protect the rights of the Indian citizen at the centre stage. Shah introduced the Bharatiya Nyaya…
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said India’s rise is “unstoppable” as he flagged off a ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ bike rally of MPs in Delhi. The rally began from Pragati Maidan and culminated at the Major Dhyan Chand stadium after passing through the India Gate circle. “It is indeed a great occasion, it is…
New Delhi: Expressing anguish over the manner in which women were subjected to grave atrocities in Manipur, the Supreme Court has said that mobs use sexual violence to send a message of subordination to the other community and the state is bound to stop this. The court also asked the three-member committee of retired judges…
New Delhi: The government is expected to disburse about Rs 13,000 crore to eligible firms seeking benefits under the production linked incentive (PLI) schemes, even though an exercise is going on to tweak the scheme for those sectors which have not yet picked up well, a top official said on Friday. Secretary in the Department…
New Delhi: The United Kingdom’s Security Minister, Tom Tugendhat has announced a new funding of 95,000 pound (around Rs 1 crore) to enhance Britain’s capability to tackle “pro-Khalistan extremism”. The British High Commission said this in a readout on Tugendhat’s three-day visit to India that began on Thursday. The announcement on the new funding comes amid…
Jaipur: Congress leaders K C Venugopal, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Govind Singh Dotasara and Ashok Gehlot will meet at the party headquarters here on Friday to discuss the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections. The meeting of the political affairs committee of the Congress will be held at the PCC war room. Prior to it, a meeting of Lok…
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday gave a notice in the Lok Sabha against alleged breach of privilege by Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of speaking untruth on Maharashtra farm widow Kalawati Bandurkar who Rahul Gandhi had met in 2008. The notice was given to Speaker Om Birla by Congress MP and party’s whip in…
New Delhi: Future chief election commissioners and election commissioners will be selected by a three-member panel headed by the prime minister and comprising the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Cabinet minister, according to a bill listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. This is in contrast to a…
