Lok Sabha repeals Farm Laws
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar tables the Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 amid sloganeering by Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 passed by Lok Sabha amid ruckus by Opposition MPs. Leader of Congress Party...
Maha to slap fines for breach of Covid norms
With the new coronavirus variant 'Omicron' causing worldwide concern, the Maharashtra government on Saturday announced penalties for not following COVID appropriate behaviour. As to rules for international travelers, state chief secretary Sitaram Kunte told PTI that the...
Maoists kill sarpanch’s husband in Karmari village Chhattisgarh
Maoists killed a village sarpanch's 33-year-old husband in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district for his active involvement in development works at the local level, a police official said on Saturday. The incident...
Prime Minister chairs key meeting on Covid situation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing an important meeting on the Covid situation and the vaccination drive in the country with top officials, government sources said on Saturday. ...
Maharashtra govt to give Rs 50,000 aid to kin of Covid-19 victims
The Maharashtra government on Friday announced that it will give Rs 50,000 aid to kin or immediate relatives of people who lost their lives due to COVID-19, news agency reported on Friday evening. Maharashtra reported 852 new coronavirus cases and...
SIT formed to probe cases against Param Bir Singh
The Thane police commissioner has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe an extortion case registered against former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh. A Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) level officer is investigating the case. Meanwhile, the former Mumbai...
Some people didn’t celebrate Constitution Day: PM
PM Modi addresses Parliament on Constitution Day. Constitution Day is celebrated in the Central Hall of the Parliament President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and others are taking part in...
Nation grateful to security forces: Kovind on 26/11
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday paid tributes to the martyrs and homage to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, and said the nation will always be grateful to the security personnel who laid down their lives in...
Active Covid cases rise after several days
India logged 10,549 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,55,431, while the active cases rose to 1,10,133, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,67,468 with 488...
Maharashtra real estate developers to get FSI benefits on lose land in the road widening process
The State urban development department has declared that real estate developers who happen to lose any land in the road widening process would be eligible for Floor Space Index (FSI) on the entire land parcel. A notification issued on November 24...
For 1st time, India has more women than men
Indicating a demographic shift, the number of women surpassed men for the first time in India with the sex ratio being 1,020: 1,000, according to findings of the National Family and Health Survey-5. "With this, we can say India moves in...
Maharashtra govt announces reopening of schools for all classes from Dec 1
The Maharashtra government has decided to reopen schools for classes 1-4 in rural areas and classes 1-7 in urban areas from December 1, news agency ANI quoted state education minister Varsha Gaikwad as saying on Thursday. More details...
No ban on Khurshid book, don’t read it, says HC
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the publication, circulation, sale and purchase of the new book of former Law Minister Salman Khurshid: 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times'. Khurshid had allegedly compared Hindutva...
Param Bir back in Mumbai, joins investigation in extortion case
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, declared a proclaimed offender by a Mumbai court, arrived in Mumbai on Thursday to join the investigation as directed by the court, an official said. Singh flew in from Chandigarh, the official said. "He has...
Cabinet approves Farm Laws Repeal Bill
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to repeal the three farm laws, which triggered protests at Delhi borders by thousands of farmers, according to official sources. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 was approved days after Prime Minister...
3rd Covid wave unlikely in India: Experts
Is the worst of the Covid crisis behind India? As cases dip three weeks after Diwali, the answer is a possible yes, say several experts, attributing the downslide to a large section of the population already exposed to the virus...
Class 9 student kills self after missing his school bus
Apparently upset over missing his school bus, a class 9 student committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. This incident occurred on Monday at Aamdoh village under the...
Rulers need to introspect every day: CJI Ramana
Rulers should introspect every day whether the decisions taken by them are good and also check if they have any bad characteristics, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Monday. Addressing the 40th convocation of Sri Sathya Sai...
Param Bir Singh in India, fears for life, SC told
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh is "very much in the country and he is not absconding", his advocate tells the Supreme Court. Singh is hiding as he faces a threat to his life from the Mumbai Police, the...
Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman awarded Vir Chakra
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Vir Chakra to Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman at an investiture ceremony on Monday. Army Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who was killed in the 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack, was accorded the Shaurya Chakra (posthumously) by the...
Grenade blast near Pathankot Army camp
A grenade blast occurred outside a gate of the Army cantonment in Pathankot, prompting authorities to sound an alert, police said on Monday. However, no casualty was reported in the blast that took place late on Sunday night in front of...
