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A day after the Modi government suffered a rare legislative defeat, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday termed the failure of the women’s reservation–linked constitutional amendment bill a “big victory for democracy” and a “Black Day” for the NDA, saying the result exposed both the government’s intent and its limits. Addressing a press conference […]
In a rare and politically significant setback, the Modi government Friday saw its constitutional amendment bill on women’s reservation and Lok Sabha delimitation collapse in the House — the first such defeat in its 12-year tenure at the Centre. The outcome was clinical, not chaotic. With 298 votes in favour and 230 against, the bill […]
The paperwork is done. The ratification is in. Now is the time for inspections. Ahmedabad has been talking about 2030 for a while now. Starting Tuesday, someone will come to see how much of that talk has turned into action. A delegation from Commonwealth Sport will arrive in the city on April 8. They stay till April […]
Bhabanipur’s 25,000 Gujarati Voters in Focus as Mahua Moitra Row Reframed as Political Debate, Not Community Attack With an estimated 25,000 Gujarati voters in Bhabanipur, a recent controversy around Mahua Moitra’s remarks has taken on political significance ahead of polling, even as the Trinamool Congress positions the episode as a misinterpretation of a broader historical […]
Campbell Wilson has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air India, triggering a fresh phase of uncertainty at the Tata Group-owned carrier, which is already navigating a complex turnaround and reputational challenges. According to sources familiar with the development, Wilson communicated his decision to the airline’s board, formally bringing an early […]
The draft rules, termed by the IFF as ‘digital authoritarianism’, expand the Union government’s control not only onto intermediaries like social media platforms but to users who are not ‘publishers’ but post or share news and current affairs content online. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Monday (March 30) published proposed amendments […]
Six years after his 2019 resignation, Kannan Gopinathan still awaits government processing. Kannan Gopinathan handed in his papers in August 2019. His reason was unambiguous: the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir after the scrapping of Article 370, and what he called the government’s throttling of free expression. For an IAS officer to resign on a […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the longest-serving head of government in the country, completing 8,931 days in office and surpassing the previous record held by Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim. It is a record measured by the narrowest of margins—one day. But behind that single day lies nearly a quarter century of uninterrupted executive […]
In a significant move for air travellers, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has reportedly directed airline operators to keep at least 60 per cent of seats on any flight free of charge. The directive follows a wave of passenger complaints about hidden costs (seat selection fees in particular) and accusations that airlines were exploiting […]
Justice Pankaj Bhatia of the Allahabad High Court heard 510 dowry death bail cases from October to December last year. He reportedly granted bail in 508 of them. That’s 99.61%. Two women’s families got a different answer. The judge is now at the centre of a storm. In February, the Supreme Court set aside one […]
Sulekha Malini (name changed) doesn’t know if she can vote. Her name was on the rolls last year. Now it’s under review. She and many others comprise nearly 60 lakh voters in West Bengal whose eligibility is being questioned. The last date to add the names back to the rolls is April 6. Nobody has […]
LPG vessel, Shivalik arrival at LPG terminal Mundra Port today. With total Quantity 46000MT. 20000MT will be unloaded at Mundra and 26000MT will be unloaded at Mangalore.. Vessel is carrying the liquid LPG ordered by Indian Oil Corporation.
New Delhi: The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Voting in these five regions will begin on April 9, while the results will be declared on May 4. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday, […]
It is shocking and sad to see our Prime Minister so weak and bowing to the diktats of Donald Trump, Shaktisinh Gohil, Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat, in the Rajya Sabha. has said. According to him, Trump instructs India to stop a war and New Delhi gives in. Trump decides where India should buy […]
The government led by Narendra Modi is systematically dismantling India’s rural economy,Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil said in the Upper House. Speaking on Grameen Vikas(rural development) Gohil said it was tragic that while Gandhi believed the soul of India lived in itsvillages, the present government appeared determined to suffocate that very soul. Even today, […]
He came to India in 1977 as a young Frenchman and never left. Nearly five decades later, Michel Danino finds himself at the centre of a legal storm that may cost him his last institutional foothold in the country he made his home. IIT Gandhinagar has reportedly said a standing faculty committee will review Danino’s guest […]
The Supreme Court of India on Friday expressed reservations about making menstrual leave mandatory, warning that such a law could unintentionally harm women’s employment prospects. Chief Justice Surya Kant said compulsory menstrual leave might “adversely impact employment” because some employers could hesitate to hire women if such a provision were mandated by law. The court […]
Every year, families across India find themselves in an unbearable position. A loved one lies in a hospital bed. Breathing, but not living. Conscious of nothing. Dependent on machines and tubes for every bodily function. Harish Rana was 18 when he fell from the fourth floor of his paying guest accommodation in Chandigarh. That was […]
The Great BJP Mughal Erasure Project The Bharatiya Janata Party has an obsession or rather an allergy. They are convinced that anything bearing the word Mughal must gradually disappear from India’s public landscape. Across the country, roads are being renamed, cities rebaptised, railway stations rechristened and monuments rebranded in what increasingly resembles an ideological exercise […]
India’s drug regulator has put pharmaceutical companies on notice. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has warned firms against advertising weight-loss medicines. This includes awareness campaigns that could serve as surrogate promotions. The warning comes as global and domestic players are locked in a contest for a share of the country’s fast-growing obesity drug market. […]
