Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy on Tuesday suspended senior Congress legislator Taraprasad Bahinipati for seven days, hours after a scuffle between members of the ruling BJP and opposition MLAs in the House. Bahinipati has been suspended for his alleged “misconduct and unruly behaviour”. A notice for the motion in this regard was moved by…
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leaders met the Election Commission on Tuesday over the issue of duplicate voter ID numbers and alleged that Aadhaar cards were being cloned which may lead to the possibility of these being used for fake voter registration. The party demanded that the EC issue a separate list of voter deletions, new…
Port Louis: Terming Mauritius as a bridge between India and the Global South, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the island nation is part of India’s family and not just a partner country. “Mauritius is like ‘Mini India’,” Modi told the Indian diaspora at a community event in Port Louis, which was also…
Online Desk The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant group, on Tuesday claimed responsibility for hijacking Jaffar Express, a passenger train operated by Pakistan Railways, and holding all 100 passengers hostage in Balochistan. The militant group issued a statement claiming that they had taken control of the train and said six military personnel were killed,…
PORT LOUIS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met President of Mauritius Dharam Gokhool and gifted him Gangajal from Maha Kumbh. Modi, who arrived in Marutius early Tuesday on a two-day State Visit, also gave Gokhool several others gifts. Before meeting President Gokhool, Prime Minister Modi met his Mauritius counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam and both the…
Washington: US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, announced on Monday (local time) that she has embarked on a multi-nation trip to the Indo-Pacific region, during which she will visit Japan, Thailand and India. Gabbard stated that her first stop was in Honolulu. She called “building strong relationships, understanding, and open lines of communication”…
West Bengal: Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee was on Tuesday engaged in a war of words with treasury bench members in Lok Sabha over the stoppage of MNREGA funds for West Bengal. During the Question Hour, Banerjee said the benefits of the MNREGA scheme are not being passed on to West Bengal. “The constant stand by…
New Delhi: India and the US are planning to negotiate a trade agreement and both countries will focus on increasing market access, reducing import duty and non-tariff barriers, and enhancing supply chain integration, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada…
Guwahati: Four infiltrators from Bangladesh have been nabbed and deported to the neighbouring country, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. They have been identified as Abdul Kabir, Bodhiur Rahman, Md Tayub and Abdul Kalam. In a post on X after Monday midnight, the CM said, “4 illegal infiltrators held and deported… Continuing with their…
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, tabled the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, on Tuesday during the ongoing budget session, marking a significant reform in immigration law. The Modi government is keen to push the legislation forward to modernize immigration processes in line with contemporary security and regulatory needs. While the debate…
