NEW DELHI: The opposition is set to file a motion in the Rajya Sabha for removal of Allahabad HC judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, whose controversial comments on a uniform civil code and Muslims at a VHP event triggered a major row, with even Supreme Court seeking a report from HC.While the motion is likely to…
New Delhi: India will be in a position to commission its deep-sea mission by the end of next year, science and technology minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday.He also said by the end of next year, or maybe in 2026, “we will have the first Indian in space”. Simultaneously, a crew will be sent to…
NEW DELHI: Parliament is set to hold a discussion on the Constitution of India in the backdrop of the 75th anniversary of its adoption, but the landmark event may see the rivals using the stage to target each other instead.Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met Speaker Om Birla Wednesday and urged…
Protest erupted into violence CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Prohibitory orders preventing the assembly of five or more persons in public in Maharashtra’s Parbhani city were imposed on Wednesday and 40 people were arrested after a bandh over the desecration of a replica of the Indian Constitution turned violent. Agitators torched and looted shops in the area, besides…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress, which is part of the INDIA bloc, “has decided” to move a privilege motion against Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha, for making derogatory remarks against opposition members, said TMC sources.With Rijiu attacking the opposition for moving a notice on Tuesday seeking removal of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar for…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi told Lok Sabha on Wednesday that Manipur was in the throes of a “humanitarian crisis” and demanded a statement from Union home minister Amit Shah in the Parliament.He slammed BJP for raising the George Soros issue in Parliament, contending that the governing party did it to “hide its failures…
India, France & UAE kick off air drill over Arabian Sea NEW DELHI: India, France and the UAE on Wednesday kicked off a major air combat exercise called “Desert Knight” over Arabian Sea, strengthening trilateral defence cooperation and enhancing military interoperability, amid the ongoing geopolitical churn. IAF deployed several fighters like Sukhoi-30MKIs and Jaguars, backed…
RAIPUR: Less than a week after warning BJP workers to quit party or die, Maoists killed a BJP worker, Kudiam Mado, in Bijapur on Wednesday, accusing him of working as a police informer. Last Wednesday, Maoists kidnapped and killed two local BJP workers, who were former sarpanchs. Thirteen BJP men and three from Congress have…
Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said his government would restore the Darbar Move as the biannual administrative tradition, he asserted, “symbolises unity and inclusivity”, and ensures that governance remains accessible to both Jammu and Kashmir regions.The practice of moving the civil secretariat and other govt offices…
NEW DELHI: The Congress, already weakened by its losses in Haryana and Maharashtra, faces a tough start to 2025 with Arvind Kejriwal‘s Aam Aadmi Party ruling out any alliance with the grand old party for the Delhi assembly elections to be held early next year. On Wednesday, Kejriwal took to X to reiterate that Aam…
