Increase in hate speech against minorities in India concerning: US
There has been a "concerning increase" in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, and demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of minority faith communities in India, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. In his remarks at the...
Kejriwal formally arrested by CBI in excise policy case
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) formally arrested the Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday. The development occurred after the Rouse Avenue Court permitted the CBI to question Kejriwal in the courtroom and requested that they submit...
Voting underway for 4 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Mumbai: Voting was underway on Wednesday for the biennial elections to four seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council in Mumbai, Konkan, and Nashik regions. As many as 4.29 lakh voters are eligible to decide the fate of 55 candidates in the...
Shinde Govt likely to announce ‘Ladli Behna’ scheme ahead of Assembly polls
Mumbai: After a flop show in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the ruling Mahayuti is eyeing women voters to improve its electoral fortune in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024. According to the media reports, the Maharashtra Government is working...
NDA’s Om Birla elected as Speaker of 18th Lok Sabha
New Delhi: BJP nominee Om Birla has been elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker once again. The NDA candidate was poised to retain the Speaker’s post as the numbers were in favour of the ruling coalition. Following the win, Om...
NDA’s Om Birla wins rare contest for Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla wins Lok Sabha Speaker battle, to steer Lower House for second term Prime Minister Narendra Modi moves motion for the election of BJP MP Om Birla as the Speaker of Lok Sabha. Union Ministers like Lallan Singh, Jitan Ram...
Excise case: CBI seeks court’s permission to arrest Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Wednesday produced before a court in Delhi by Tihar Jail authorities in the excise 'scam' matter. CBI seeks Delhi court's permission to formally arrest Kejriwal in the excise 'scam' case Kejriwal was produced...
Rahul Gandhi to be Leader of Opposition in LS
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will occupy the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a letter about the decision has been sent to Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab. The decision on Rahul Gandhi's appointment as the Leader of...
NDA picks Om Birla for LS Speaker’s post again, Congress fields K Suresh
New Delhi: After days of uncertainty over the Lok Sabha Speaker's post, the NDA has decided to nominate Om Birla for the post again. BJP's Om Birla was the Speaker in the previous Lok Sabha. The opposition INDIA bloc has fielded...
Water Leakage At Ayodhya Ram Mandir After First Rainfall
Ayodhya: Chairman of the Ram Mandir Construction Committee Nripendra Mishra said on Monday that the water leakage reported at the Ram Mandir was “expected because the Guru Mandap is exposed to the sky.” “I am in Ayodhya. I saw the rainwater...
Four Arrested in Maharashtra as NEET-UG Exam Leak Scandal Unfolds
In a significant development, Maharashtra police on Sunday arrested four individuals, including two teachers, in connection with the alleged question paper leak in the NEET undergraduate medical entrance exam. The arrests were made following an investigation led by the Nanded...
Centre enforces stringent anti-paper leak law amid exam mess
New Delhi: As the Education Ministry and the National Testing Agency (NTA) grapple with allegations of paper leaks, the Centre on Friday notified a stringent law that aims to curb malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations. The law which came...
Bangladesh plane makes emergency landing at Nagpur Airport
Nagpur: An aircraft, which took off from Chittagong in Bangladesh and was heading for Dubai, made an emergency landing at the Nagpur Airport on Thursday after a technical defect in one of the engines. The US-Bangla Airlines plane had 175...
Big jolt: Patna HC strikes down Bihar move to hike quota from 50 to 65%
Patna: In a major setback for the Nitish Kumar-led State Government in Bihar, the Patna High Court on Thursday set aside the legislature's decision to increase the reservation for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs)...
SC to hear pleas by NTA on NEET on July 8
Supreme Court issues notice on petition filed by National Testing Agency (NTA) seeking transfer of pleas relating to NEET-UG, 2024 from High Court to the apex court. Supreme Court stays the proceedings before the High Court in the cases. SC...
Man kills himself demanding quota for Marathas
A 38-year-old man allegedly committed suicide over the Maratha reservation demand in Pune district on Wednesday after conducting a Facebook Live session discussing the sensitive issue of quota allocations, police said. The deceased, Prasad Dethe, was found hanging from an iron...
Biennial election for 11 Maha legislative council seats on July 12
The biennial election for 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council will take place on July 12, the Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday. The 6-year term in office of 11 MLCs, elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly, is...
‘RSS like a…’: BJP, NCP spar over Organiser article
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationlaist Congress Party on Thursday indulged in a verbal duel over an article in Organiser, a weekly known to be close to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The article had criticised the BJP for...
5 killed as fire breaks out in residential building in Ghaziabad
Five people were killed and two injured when a fire broke out in a residential building in Ghaziabad, police said on Thursday. It is suspected that a short circuit caused the fire. Information was received about the fire in the building in...
Thane: Roof of flat caves in; family injured
An elderly couple and their son were injured after the roof of their second floor flat collapsed on them at Kalwa in Maharashtra's Thane city, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred in the four-storey building shortly before midnight on Wednesday,...
RSS silence, Modi, Shah made it irrelevant: Cong
The Congress on Wednesday claimed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has become "irrelevant" and said the Constitution, democracy and society do not need the Sangh or its chief Mohan Bhagwat as they can protect themselves. The opposition party's assertion came after...
