Another turncoat Manwinder Singh Giaspura of the AAP won the high-profile Payal Assembly seat, which had been represented by ex-CM Beant Singh and Vidhan Sabha ex-Speaker and Lok Sabha ex-Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal.
Terming it “an interesting case”, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond in four weeks to a petition challenging the validity of Sections 15 and 16 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, which allegedly discriminated against women.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the provision for direct appeal to it against the orders passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), saying the Legislature has been “dumb” in doing so.
The Centre has allocated six times more funds for the development of infrastructure along the borders with China in Arunachal Pradesh — from Rs 42.87 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 249.12 in 2021-22.
Urging BJP MPs to dedicate themselves to “seva” (service) as the party embarks on a “Samajik Nyay Pakhwada” outreach coinciding with its foundation day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid down a detailed programme for them for every day during the 14-day long exercise.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to visit India later this month with its timing raising eyebrows since his Foreign Minister Liz Truss was here less than a week ago.
Assuring cadres of reforms to make the party battle-ready in future, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday admitted that the road ahead was more challenging than ever before and the collective resilience of Congress workers was under severe test. She urged “unity at all levels” and,
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, utilising the emergency powers under the IT Rules, 2021, has issued orders for blocking 22 YouTube news channels (18 Indian and four based in Pakistan), three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account and one news website.
The government on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022, to prohibit financing of any activity in relation to WMD and to empower itself to act against financiers of such activitie
India is inching closer to full Covid-19 vaccine coverage of its adults with the government on Tuesday informing the Rajya Sabha that 84.4 per cent of the adult population had been fully jabbed as of March 30, with the numbers rising daily. However, as many as 2.6 crore eligible adults have so far n
YATI NARSINGHANAND, the head priest at a Ghaziabad temple arrested in January in connection with an inflammatory speech he made at a ‘Dharam Sansad’ in December, continues to stoke the fire of communal hatred. Out on bail for the December hate speech — and another case in January a
India on Tuesday sought an independent probe into the recent reports of “civilian” killings in Bucha city of Ukraine. Speaking at the UN Security Council, the India's Permanent Representative to UN, TS Tirumurti, said the reports of killing of “civilians were deeply disturbing&rdqu
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Kumar Jain, who is the election in-charge of AAP in Himachal, today challenged Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur to seek votes in the name of his government’s achievements in the forthcoming Assembly elections.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has turned down a petiition filed by a group of doctors seeking extension of the deadline for internship completion beyond July 31 for NEET-PG in view of time loss due to Covid. TNS
With the Rajya Sabha giving its approval, the Parliament on Tuesday cleared a Bill to amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act of 1957 to merge the present three Municipal Corporations of the national capital to create one body.
Keeping farmers in Punjab in humour is seemingly the prime agenda of the new Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. The very first farmers’ protest at Muktsar, held soon after the Mann government took charge, ended on Tuesday with the latter reportedly accepting most of the demands by the protestin
At the Mahapanchayat in Burari, Haridwar hate speech accused Yati Narsinghanand tells Hindus to ‘pick up arms’ and prevent India from getting a Muslim PM.
The other individuals whose assets have been provisionally attached are businessman Pravin Raut and Swapna Patkar, wife of Sujit Patkar who is a close associate of Sanjay Raut.
The minister said the government was taking up several important infrastructure projects in Jammu and Kashmir that will improve connectivity in the region
New Delhi: For the first time, the excise department of Delhi government has started giving licence to banquet halls to save people from the trouble o.
New Delhi: In an alleged case of human trafficking, CISF apprehended two couples at Indira Gandhi International Airport, after they were found to have.
In Northern India, a concoction of seven different fungi could help to thin the smog that pervades the capital city with the worst air pollution in the world.
