Ex-Union minister P P Choudhary, a BJP MP from Rajasthan’s Pali, is set to lead the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on ‘one nation, one election’ bills. Speaker Om Birla is said to have finalised the names of 21 Lok Sabha members. The rest 10 MPs in the panel will be from Rajya Sabha.The JPC has…
My resignation will make no difference to Congress’s fortune, said Shah. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused Congress of circulating a “doctored” version of his Rajya Sabha speech after having been exposed as “anti-Ambedkar, anti-Constitution, anti-reservation and anti-OBCs”, asserting that BJP was exploring all legal options in response to the…
NEW DELHI: Eyeing the upcoming assembly polls, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal promised to provide free treatment to all Delhiites aged above 60 years at both state-run and private health facilities if re-elected in polls due in Feb next year.Announcing the proposed ‘Sanjeevani’ scheme, Kejriwal said AAP volunteers would start visiting every household within two-three weeks…
<p>SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.<br></p> NEW DELHI: Secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has doubled down on its claim of a R&AW-Moscow collaboration against Khalistanis, stating that Russian Embassy in Canada played a key role in facilitating the assassination of terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said Russian Embassy shared “signal intelligence” with…
Opposition MPs stage a protest seeking Shah’s apology on Wednesday. NEW DELHI: The opposition on Wednesday opened a new front against the Centre over home minister Amit Shah’s alleged insult of B R Ambedkar. It held noisy protests in Parliament, leading to both Houses being adjourned and drawing a sharp retaliation from govt MPs.Leading the…
Deputy CM Eknath Shinde in Nagpur on Wednesday. BJP MLC Ram Shinde’s filing of nomination is being seen as a setback for Shinde-led Sena, which was seeking the legislative council chairperson’s post. (PTI) NAGPUR: BJP MLC Ram Shinde filed his nomination for the election to the chairperson of the legislative council on Wednesday. While chief…
NEW DELHI: A three-judge bench of Supreme Court on Wednesday solved a 20-year-old riddle that plagued levying of excise duty – whether pure coconut oil is to be classified as an edible oil or under cosmetics as hair oil?This question had got a split verdict from the bench of the then CJI and Justice R…
JAMMU: A retired DSP and five of his family members died of asphyxiation and four others fell unconscious when a fire broke out at his house in Kathua district of Jammu early Wednesday.According to police, some locals noticed the flames in the house of the ex-DSP, Avtar Krishan Raina (81), in Shiv Nagar area of…
NEW DELHI: The Congress and some of its leaders on Wednesday received a notice from social media platform X for sharing clips of Union home minister Amit Shah‘s reply to the Constitution debate in which he spoke about B R Ambedkar and attacked the opposition over it.According to the PTI citing Congress sources, X’s communication…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his condolences over the loss of lives and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for each deceased in the Mumbai boat accident. “The boat mishap in Mumbai is saddening. Condolences to the bereaved families. I pray that the injured recover soon. Those affected are…
