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Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Monday criticised the central government for suspending her from the last Lok Sabha session. She alleged that the BJP lost 63 seats in the most recent general election as a result of her expulsion. Cash-for-query charges had led to Moitra’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha in December of last […]
Union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said that Rahul Gandhi’s “extremely irresponsible” statement in the Lok Sabha mocked the responsible role of the Leader of the Opposition. Additionally, they said that Gandhi shared false information and associated Hindus with violence, imposing a “grave insult” on them. Rijiju said the ruling BJP has […]
Stand-up comedian Daniel Fernandes’ show, which was scheduled to be held in Hyderabad on Saturday, was cancelled after a threat given by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Raja Singh over the alleged remarks made by the former against the Jain community. Expressing concern over the situation in a video, Fernandes said the show in Hyderabad had […]
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was released from Birsa Munda Jail on Friday after the high court granted bail to him in a money laundering case connected to a land scam. Many Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supporters cheered and held up posters in support of Soren as he left the jail. “Hemant Soren was […]
The Gujarat government has updated the list of beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. The government has removed the names of 2,62,050 people from the list, terming them as ineligible. It was found that those removed from the list were receiving the amount in contravention of the laid down norms. The rules bar the […]
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met Speaker Om Birla on Thursday and has voiced his disapproval over the reference to the ‘Emergency’ made by the chair, saying it was “clearly political” and could have been averted. “It was a courtesy call. The Speaker declared Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of the […]
After being admitted on Wednesday night, senior BJP veteran and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani was discharged from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday, the hospital officials said. A multidisciplinary team of doctors, including experts in geriatric medicine and urology, examined the 96-year-old leader. He underwent a minor procedure during […]
Following the Rouse Avenue Court’s approval for the CBI to question the AAP supremo in court, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was taken into custody by the agency on Wednesday in relation to the liquor policy case. After being arrested, Kejriwal withdrew his plea in the Supreme Court, contesting the Delhi High Court’s decision to […]
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has created an intense political controversy on Tuesday with his remarks following his swearing-in as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha. After taking an oath in Urdu, he raised the AIMIM’s Muslim slogan, lauded his state of Telangana, and showed solidarity with the Palestinian territory wrecked […]
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered that the 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in the Porsche car accident in Pune on May 19 be released immediately from an observation home. The juvenile driver, who the police claim was drunk at the time of the incident, hit a two-wheeler and killed two techies. The minor had […]
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday conducted a retest of the NEET-UG examination for 1,563 candidates at six centres in four states and a Union Territory. 813 out of 1,563 applicants showed up for a retest today, while 750 candidates did not take the exam. The examination was held following the NTA’s withdrawal of […]
The newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs), including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be taking an oath at the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha on Monday. The Speaker will subsequently be elected, and President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of both Houses. Following the April–June general elections, this will be the first […]
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Saturday announced the postponement of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test-Post Graduate (NEET-PG), a day before the test was scheduled to be conducted, due to mounting concerns over reports of paper leaks in national-level examinations. The government stated that in order to make sure the NEET-PG test processes […]
The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar police on Sunday arrested six more individuals in Deoghar, Jharkhand, extending the depth of the probe into the NEET-UG question paper leak case. So far, 19 people have been taken into custody in relation to the case. Calls to scrap the medical entrance exam have been stronger […]
In Japan, women who seek sterilisation procedures like tubal ligation or hysterectomies must meet conditions that are among the most onerous in the world. They must already have children and prove that pregnancy would endanger their health, and they are required to obtain the consent of their spouses. That makes such surgeries difficult to obtain […]
Water availability in the 150 major reservoirs across India has further decreased to just 21 per cent of their entire live storage capacity as a result of the intense heat that has been pounding vast portions of the nation for the past few weeks. The latest bulletin issued by the Central Water Commission (CWC) includes […]
The Delhi High Court on Friday suspended the bail granted to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal following a petition from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which challenged the trial court’s decision in the money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy. The High Court instructed that the bail order would remain ineffective until […]
Congress leader and MP-Elect Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is quiet on the paper leak controversy because he is “crippled”, in an apparent reference to the BJP’s reliance on its allies, adding that his priority is the election of Lok Sabha Speaker. Speaking at a press conference over alleged anomalies […]
The persistent heatwave spreading across significant portions of the country has claimed at least 110 lives and left over 40,000 people grappling with suspected heatstroke between March 1 and June 18 this year, official sources said on Thursday. Based on data obtained as part of the National Centre for Disease Control’s (NCDC) National Heat-Related Illness […]
The already lacking warmth between Canada and India’s diplomatic establishments dipped further down after the Canadian parliament observed a minute of silence in the memory of Khalistan supporter Hardeep Singh Nijjar on the occasion of the first anniversary of his killing. Canada has accused India of having sponsored the killing of Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, […]
