NEW DELHI: A special debate on the Constitution will begin in Lok Sabha on Friday at noon. Union defence minister Rajnath Singh will initiate the debate, according to media reports.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to participate in the debate on December 14.After an agreement with the opposition, the BJP-led NDA government has agreed…
PALAKKAD: Four school students died after a truck hit them in Kalladikode, Palakkad district, on Thursday evening. Several other students were injured. The girls attended a nearby higher secondary school and were walking home when the accident happened.The incident occurred on the Palakkad-Kozhikode National Highway at Panayampadam near Kalladikode. A cement truck lost control, striking…
NEW DELHI: The mother-in-law and brother-in-law of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, who died by suicide after alleging harassment by his wife and her family, have reportedly fled their residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district.Nisha Singhania and her son, Anurag alias Piyush Singhania, left their home in Jaunpur’s Khowa Mandi area on a motorcycle around 1…
NEW DELHI: Farmer leader from Punjab Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Thursday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his fast unto death at the Khanauri border entered day 17. “I, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, an ordinary farmer of the country, writing this to you with great sadness and a heavy heart,” the letter,…
NEW DELHI: Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay on Thursday said that the religious character of a place cannot be determined through mere observation and argued for the necessity of surveys at disputed sites.Upadhyay also challenged the validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, calling it unconstitutional and claiming it legitimizes historical actions by rulers…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on Thursday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of trying to “incite people” and “spread anarchy” in the state after the Lok Sabha leader of the opposition visited Hathras to meet the family of a Dalit woman who died allegedly after being…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge alleged on Thursday that Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar “always suppresses” the opposition’s freedom of expression by “persistent heckling”.Kharge, who is the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, claimed Dhankar resorted to “unwarranted insistence on authentication”. He further alleged that Dhankar repeatedly “criticised…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose on Thursday submitted a privilege motion notice against parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, accusing him of making derogatory remarks against opposition leaders in the Upper House. The notice has been endorsed by 60 opposition MPs, according to sources.The move comes after Rijiju, addressing opposition members on…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the situation has worsened despite his initial commitment to cut accidents by 50% upon taking charge as the minister for road transport and highways. Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on road safety, Gadkari said, “Forget about reducing the number of accidents, I…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the ‘One Nation, One Election’ bill, which aims to hold simultaneous elections across the country. Sources told TOI that the bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament next week.In September this year, the Cabinet had approved the ‘One Nation, One Election’ initiative, proposing simultaneous elections for…
