- SC panel opposed repeal of laws
The Supreme Court-appointed panel was against total repeal of the three farm laws and had suggested leaving procurement of crops at a specified price to states and scrapping the Essential Commodities Act, Anil Ghanwat, who was on the three-member panel, said on Monday.
- US envoy Nuland meets Foreign Secy Shringla
Senior US diplomat Victoria Nuland met Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday as part of the conversation by Washington and their allies with countries that have taken a neutral stand on the Russia invasion of Ukraine.
- Government: House can discuss MPs' 10 - seat quota in KVs
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said in the Lok Sabha that the House could collectively debate and decide on whether the MP quota of 10 admissions in Central schools should continue or end.
- Shatrughan, Supriyo file papers for bypoll
New Delhi: TMC aspirant from Asansol LS seat Shatrughan Sinha on Monday filed nomination for the April 12 bypoll in the constituency. Babul Supriyo, who has been named by TMC as its candidate for the bypoll at Ballygunge constituency, also filed his nomination. TNS
- Need efforts to rebuild Akali Dal, say experts
Sikh religious experts, historians, intellectuals and leaders have called upon the community to make collective efforts to rebuild the Shiromani Akali Dal minus the Badal family.
- Senior Congress leaders summoned to Delhi
The Congress high command has summoned about 12 senior leaders from Himachal to chalk out a strategy for the state Assembly elections due later this year.
- SC defers hearing in Sidhu case to March 25
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to March 25 hearing on a petition seeking to enhance the punishment given to Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 33-year-old road rage case in which he was let off with Rs 1,000 fine.
- CLP leader?s selection delayed by a week
The selection of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader has been delayed by at least a week as the party high command has asked Punjab affairs incharge Harish Chaudhary to listen to a cross-section of party leaders, besides the party candidates who have won or lost the elections.
- 2022 Assembly polls sound death knell for BSP
The decimation of the Mayawati-led BSP in Uttar Pradesh could signify the end of the subaltern stream of Dalit Bahujan politics. For all the criticism of recent actions (or inaction) of the BSP chief and four-time Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, there is a tragic element to the disempowerment of a pol
- Missing political education
Are we destined to equate democracy solely with the ritualisation of periodic elections? Or, for that matter, is it that we are never tired of congratulating ourselves by saying that as voters, we apply our free will, exercise our voting rights intelligently and responsibly, and choose our represent
- No short supply, Puri says crude import from Russia miniscule
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today allayed fears of short supply of crude oil amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as he informed the Rajya Sabha that the import of fossil fuel from Russia has been miniscule at just 0.2 per cent of total import requirement of the country till J
- MoD: Narco - terror threat from across border on rise
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday informed Parliament that the security situation along western (Pakistan) borders remained largely stable. However, there are indications of an emerging narco-terror nexus sponsored by inimical elements across the border.
- Punjab Govt to end drug menace in six months, scrap false cases: Guv
“The Punjab Government will do everything possible to end drug menace in the state within six months,” said Governor Banwarilal Purohit while addressing the Vidhan Sabha here today. False cases against innocent people would also be scrapped, he added.
- BJP retains Dhami, Sawant as CMs
The BJP today retained Pushkar Singh Dhami as the next Chief Minister of Uttarakhand despite him losing his own seat in the recently held Assembly elections. The saffron party had won 47 of the 70 seats in the poll.
- PM, Morrison discuss Ukraine crisis, Indo - Pacific and China
India and Australia on Monday resolved to resume their Covid-interrupted exchange roadmap with new initiatives and enhanced cooperation in several sectors, including education and two-way mobility.
- Australia returns 29 antiquities to India
In a significant move, 29 antiquities have been repatriated to India by the Australian Government.
- Booster shot for all adults mulled
The Union Health Ministry is considering expanding Covid booster shot programme to cover all adults in view of ample vaccine availability in India and the rising cases in some countries, including China and Singapore.
- President Kovind confers Padma awards to 54 distinguished personalities
India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who died in a chopper crash last December, late Radheshyam Khemka, former chairman of Gita Press that publishes Hindu religious books, and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad were among 54 personalities who were conferred Padma awards by P
- Ajay Maken to suggest Congress post - poll remedies in Punjab
Ajay Maken to suggest Congress post - poll remedies in Punjab
- Interview with Sabarna Roy on his latest book: A Marriage, an Affair, and a Friendship
Sabarna Roy is Senior Vice President [Business Development] at Electrosteel Castings Limited, an author of eight Literary and three Technical bestselling books, TEDx Speaker, Champions of Change Award 2020 Winner, Times Excellence Award 2021 Winner in Indian Literature, and Golden Glory Award Winner
- 125 - year - old yoga guru Swami Sivananda receives Padma Shri
Walking bare feet in the palatial Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, 125-year-old Swami Sivananda received a standing ovation when he received the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.