Budget sitting resumes today amid delimitation, three-language debates | India News – The Times of India

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (File photo) NEW DELHI: The budget session of Parliament resumes on Monday in the shadow of a spate of controversies along the ‘opposition vs government’ battleline, ranging from Trump’s comments on tariffs, duplicate voter identity card numbers, three-language policy and delimitation, amid indications that the non-budget issues may set off fireworks.Adding…

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40 years after rape, SC confirms verdict, says injury to private parts not must for conviction | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: In an over 40-year-old incident of sexual assault of a schoolgirl by her tuition teacher, Supreme Court has confirmed his guilt and sentence while ruling that courts can record conviction even in absence of injury to the prosecutrix’s private parts, when other evidence corroborates rape.The accused had argued that rape charges could not…

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Uneasy calm in Manipur as tribal areas shut down over protester’s death | India News – The Times of India

Uneasy calm in Manipur as tribal areas shut down over protester’s death GUWAHTI: Manipur’s restive hills resonated with disquiet on Sunday amid the silence of an indefinite shutdown called by the Kuki-Zo Council in Kangpokpi, Churachandpur, Tengnoupal, Pherzawl and other tribal-dominant areas after weekend clashes with security personnel left a Kuki protester dead and over…

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Solar ingot, wafer units seek duty safeguard against Chinese dumping | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Amid US president Donald Trump’s tariff war against Beijing, the call for duty protection against Chinese dumping is getting louder from domestic producers of polysilicon, ingot and wafers — making up the solar industry’s upstream segment that provides the building blocks for solar cells and panels.At a meeting with renewable energy ministry officials…

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Who is Mark Carney? Canada’s new Liberal leader and next PM amid rising Trump trade war – The Times of India

Mark Carney was appointed as the new leader of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s next prime minister, replacing Justin Trudeau amid rising public dissatisfaction. The former central banker will now lead the party in the upcoming general elections and handle Ottawa’s response to challenges from US President Donald Trump.Carney secured a decisive victory in…

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Kerala CPM set to chart new path, eyes private participation for revival of loss-making PSUs | India News – The Times of India

KOLLAM: CPM’s state conference on Sunday unanimously re-elected M V Govindan as the party’s secretary of the Kerala unit. Unlike a decade ago, there was no factional dissent in the conference, with all members in the official panels getting elected unopposed.Only those in the good books of CM Pinarayi Vijayan, the de-facto leader of both…

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Stalin to enlist support of 7 states in delimitation fight – The Times of India

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin Sunday decided to send senior DMK functionaries to meet chief ministers and senior politicians from seven states, including BJP-governed Odisha, to rally support for his campaign against Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise.At a meeting with DMK MPs, Stalin assigned responsibility for each of the seven states. Tamal Nadu…

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