New Delhi: Congress Tuesday issued a dissent note a day after President Droupadi Murmu appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice V Ramasubramanian as National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson, saying the selection process was fundamentally flawed, predetermined and raise concerns about the impartiality and fairness...
New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday filed a complaint with the Election Commission claiming "unusual" variances in the votes cast in the 2024 Parliamentary and Assembly elections in Odisha and some other poll data. A delegation of BJD leaders, including all its Rajya Sabha...
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has asked officials to not rely just on the provision of "criminal conspiracy" while registering a money laundering case, but also add more sections such 66(2) of the PMLA to ensure they stand the court scrutiny, official sources said Monday....
New Delhi: The first meeting of the 39-member Parliamentary panel on 'one nation, one election' is set to be held January 8, setting the tone for nationwide deliberations on the key poll reform measure of the BJP-led NDA government. Parliamentary sources said the first meeting...
New Delhi: The Centre has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials. Following the amendment to the Right to Education Act (RTE) in...
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will visit the United States of America from December 24-29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated Monday. "He will be meeting counterparts to discuss key bilateral, regional and global issues. During the visit, EAM will also...
New Delhi: The CISF Monday said there was ‘no lapse’ on its part during the scuffle that took place among MPs in Parliament complex during the Winter Session that ended last week. The Central Industrial Security Force is tasked to guard the Parliament House Complex....
Tokyo: Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces, forming world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels. The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and...
Mumbai: Poet Kumar Vishwas has made an indirect sly comment about veteran Hindi film actor Shatrughan Sinha and his daughter Sonakshi Sinha and said that “the 'Lakshmi' of your house is taken by someone else." Vishwas was speaking at a poetry event in Meerut, Uttar...
Chandigarh: Three people, including a woman, were shot dead by unidentified assailants in the parking lot of a hotel in Haryana's Panchkula, police said Monday. The incident took place Sunday night. The victims were identified as Vicky and Vipin, both from Delhi, and Nia from...
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