NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, claimed that a delegation of fishermen, who wanted to meet him in Parliament, was stopped on Thursday.The fishermen had issues related to Sri Lanka that they wished to discuss. Rahul Gandhi addressed the media, saying, it is their right to meet anyone,…
NEW DELHI: Indian men’s Hockey team on Thursday secured their second consecutive Bronze medal in Olympics as they defeated Spain 2-1 in the third-position match at the Yves du Manoir Stadium in Paris.Extending his congratulatory message, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “The Indian Hockey team shines bright at the Olympics, bringing home the Bronze Medal!…
NEW DELHI: “Not running away from discussion or scrutiny” were the words of minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday as he referred the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to a joint Parliamentary committee for further discussion.The Bill was tabled in Lok Sabha with the aim to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, to address the 2013…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar is set to pay an official visit to the Maldives from August 9 to August 11. This visit marks the first high level engagement by India with the Maldives since Mohamed Muizzu assumed the presidency late last year.Jaishankar’s visit comes after the recent trip of President Muizzu to India, where…
NEW DELHI: Ministry on external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Thursday said that India has no updates on when Sheikh Hasina will leave India.“We do not have any update on her plan,” said Jaiswal during the press briefing while responding to queries on Sheikh Hasina’s plans after she fled her country and came to India…
NEW DELHI: The debate over the Waqf Act Amendment Bill took an unexpected turn as Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav locked horns with Union home minister Amit Shah. The exchange began when Akhilesh alleged that the rights of the Lok Sabha Speaker were under threat, a claim that quickly drew a rebuttal from Shah.Akhilesh Yadav,…
NEW DELHI: The Opposition led by the Congress party on Thursday launched a fierce protest against the Modi 3.0 government’s proposal to amend the Wafq Boards Act. As minority and parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju sought to table the Bill to amend the Waqf Act, Congress’s KC Venugopal disrupted the proceedings and built the case…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar strongly criticized TMC leader Derek O’Brien and other opposition leaders following the chaos that erupted over demands for a discussion on wrestler Vinesh Phogat‘s disqualification from the Paris Olympics. The opposition walked out of the House after their demand to discuss the matter was not taken up.Dhankar reprimanded…
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NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar recently found himself at the receiving end of criticism from Bharatiya Janata party for comparing India’s situation with the violence-ridden Bangladesh.In an interview with new agency IANS, Aiyar stated that despite India’s economic growth, issues like unemployment and inequality have increased, leading to turmoil in Bangladesh.Aiyar pointed…
