New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of holding Parliament hostage with his "whims and unruly behaviour" and said that the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha does not want any meaningful discussion in the House. Addressing a press conference at the...
New Delhi: India Tuesday reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh remains an "inalienable and integral" part of India and nothing can alter this "indisputable reality". "Arunachal is an inalienable and integral part of India and this is a fact which is self-evident. At the same time, let...
Jammu: A government-appointed high-level panel examining demographic changes visited the Jagti township -- the largest designated satellite settlement for displaced Kashmiri Pandits Tuesday, to gather views and inputs from different sections of the population, officials said. The team also inspected a slum housing Rohingya immigrants...
New Delhi: US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, held a meeting with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval in New Delhi Tuesday, with discussions focused on deepening strategic cooperation. Gor stated that the partnership between India and the US is important for addressing global security...
New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directed the Karnataka government Tuesday to release 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days, amid a dispute between the two southern states over the sharing of the river water....
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday gave assent to a Bill that criminalises intentional disruption or prevention of the singing of the national song 'Vande Mataram', giving it the same legal protection currently accorded to the national anthem, a government statement said. With the President's...
New Delhi: Fitch Ratings Tuesday affirmed India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-' with a stable outlook and said the domestic economy remains strong, despite headwinds from the energy shock arising from the West Asia crisis. Fitch said it does not expect a durable risk to India's...
New Delhi: Ahead of assuming charge at the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia, Ambassador-designate Vipul stated that the two nations share "historic and special ties" and expressed confidence that the relationship between the two nations will scale newer heights in the coming years. In an...
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly Tuesday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to abolish the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses, reiterating the state’s long-standing opposition to the centralised entrance examination. The resolution cited alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET,...
New Delhi: The NDA and Opposition MPs came face to face Tuesday as both sides staged separate protests outside Makar Dwar of Parliament over various issues, ranging from the Opposition's selective outrage pertaining to the Jharkhand students' stir to the disruption of Parliament. While the...
There are tell-tale signs that the BJP has been shaken to its core following the upsurge of protests by the...
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It is a happy augury for Indian democracy that the country's young talents aspiring to join the legal profession have...
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In any democracy, the most disturbing threat to freedom is not always censorship. Sometimes it is the language used to...
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By Dilip Cherian India’s bureaucracy may be running short of one thing more important than babus: succession. The Centre’s decision...
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