New Delhi: The government introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha Monday to amend the regulations for mines and minerals, whereby states will be restricted from levying additional tax on mineral rights. With the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, the Centre...
Kyiv: A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said. Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages...
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah held a meeting with Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava Monday, marking his first one-on-one meeting with a foreign diplomat since becoming country’s prime minister March 27. This marked a departure from his self-imposed rule of avoiding individual engagements with foreign...
New Delhi: Congress MP K.C. Venugopal wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Monday, urging him to "direct" the Union Home Minister Amit Shah for making a statement in the House, regarding the police action against students demonstrators during the July 20 NEET protest...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday permitted Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for three weeks for eye treatment. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order while hearing the Diamond...
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm Monday amid loud protests by Opposition members, who continued to demand a response from the government over the police action against NEET protesters as well as the controversy surrounding theft of donations collected for the...
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is set to move a special resolution in the State Legislative Assembly Monday seeking to make it mandatory for 'Tamil Thai Vazhthu', the state invocation song, to be rendered first at all government functions. The resolution assumes...
Washington: India has pushed back against what it called “misunderstandings” surrounding its proposed FCRA amendment, saying the legislation would strengthen oversight of foreign funding without shutting down lawful civil society. India’s Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, issued a detailed “Myth vs. Reality...
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has urged people to make the annual Kanwar Yatra a festival of social responsibility, service and cooperation, saying the pilgrimage is not merely a religious ritual but also a living expression of social harmony, discipline and India’s cultural...
Thiruvananthapuram/Kasaragod: Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan and Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan Sunday said that the full version of Vande Mataram will not be sung in Kerala. Muraleedharan told reporters that in Kerala, as always, only the first two couplets of the national song will be...
The defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, signed in Mecca on the principle that an attack on one...
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By Aakar Patel There was a remarkable exchange in the Delhi High Court this week. The government was asked why...
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By Dilip Cherian How an Education Ministry worthy wins a new post will be a tale told later. But for...
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The Centre is courting yet another controversy by introducing a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to fundamentally alter...
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