New Delhi: Lok Sabha will take up a debate on the 150th anniversary of National Song 'Vande Mataram' Monday and on electoral reforms Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said. The decision was taken after an all-party meeting and a Business Advisory Committee (BAC) chaired...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday sharply questioned the legal status of Rohingyas living in India and asked whether "intruders" should be given a "red carpet welcome" while the country's own citizens grapple with poverty. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi...
Colombo: Nearly 300,000 children are among the 1.4 million affected by Cyclone Ditwah, UNICEF here said today. Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and infrastructure collapse triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, leaving several districts isolated and severely straining the country's disaster-response capacity. As...
Colombo: India has taken a leading role in immediate emergency response efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, which has killed more than 400 people and caused widespread devastation, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's office said Tuesday. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed heartfelt condolences to President...
New Delhi: Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases, the first between April and September 2026 and the second in February 2027, the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. Giving details of the exercise in response to a question by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Minister...
New Delhi: Relentless protest by the Opposition demanding a debate on SIR led to the adjournment of Lok Sabha proceedings for the day Tuesday even as the government asserted that it was ready to discuss the issue in the House without assigning a timeline. After...
New Delhi: With vociferous Opposition protests over the SIR stalling Parliament proceedings for a second day, the government Tuesday told both Houses that it has invited leaders from various parties for talks to end the stalemate, but stressed that no timeline be set for the...
New Delhi: The Congress Monday rejected the directions of the Department of Telecommunications on pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app in new mobile handsets as unconstitutional, and demanded its immediate rollback. Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said that the right to privacy is an...
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday attacked the Modi government over the filing of a fresh FIR in the National Herald case and said it is confident that the judiciary will see through this "political vendetta and mindless attempts to hound". Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said...
Kolkata: As per the trend of digitisation of the enumeration forms collected by the booth-level officers (BLOs), the Election Commission of India (ECI) has estimated that 43.30 lakh names will be excluded from the draft voters' list, set to be published December 16. However, sources...
Air pollution is increasingly being recognised as India’s gravest public health crisis in the post-COVID period, with medical experts warning...
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By Aakar Patel Intent has an ally in apathy. Intent seeks to take ground; apathy will kindly adjust. Intent is...
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The Centre’s recent directive to states regarding the transfer of IAS, IPS, and IFS officers pertains not only to administrative...
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European leaders did what they are known to be good at – a brand of diplomacy aimed at antagonizing neither...
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