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New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday questioned the government's track record in implementing the recommendations of the earlier high-level committee formed for suggesting reforms in the examination system and asked with what face Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now creating the Nandan Nilekani-led task force. Congress...

Guwahati: Assam's flood situation remained critical, with over 4.45 lakh people affected across six districts, even as rescue and relief operations were intensified by the state administration, officials said Tuesday. According to the latest report issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), floodwaters...

New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of major social media platforms, including Instagram, along with officials of the ministries of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Home Affairs, August 3 to discuss regulation of social media and digital platforms. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey,...

New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said that the government is willing to extend the time of the anti-paper leak debate in the Lok Sabha to up to 10 hours as the House resumed at 2 p.m. As the proceedings commenced to...

New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday dismissed as baseless and imaginative media reports claiming that Dharmandra Pradhan had to resign as education minister because the CJP refused to accept the government's initial proposal to change the minister's portfolio. Speaking to reporters in the Parliament House complex,...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, has written to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, urging the Union government not to grant any statutory or administrative approval to Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu Dam project, contending that it would violate the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) Award...

New Delhi: For the first time, a group of MPs who left the Trinamool Congress and joined the NCPI attended a meeting of the NDA parliamentary party Tuesday with the attendance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top Union ministers. As many as 20 Lok...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday restrained states from taking any coercive action against protesters in the recent student-led agitation and directed them to release those under 18 on the condition that none should have any criminal antecedents. Hearing a batch of petitions alleging police...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 PM Tuesday as the Opposition continued to create a ruckus with heavy sloganeering during the Question Hour. Speaker Om Birla commenced the session by acknowledging and appreciating India's medal winners at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, MPs Priyanka Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal and Jothimani Sennimalai will speak for the Congress party in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the anti-paper leak Bill Tuesday. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026,...