NEW DELHI,AUG 11: Delhi police on Friday told a metropolitan court there was enough evidence to put outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on trial in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers. The city police told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal that […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI,AUG 11 :The government introduced a bill in Parliament on Friday seeking to overhaul the Indian Penal Code, a set of laws that define and prescribe punishments for crimes in India. One of the changes proposed is to drop Section 377 of the existing Indian Penal Code. In effect, the proposed law envisions no […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 11 : Aam Aadmit Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha has been suspended from Rajya Sabha till the Privilege Committee submits its findings on the allegation against him for forging the signatures of five MPs in a motion related to the Delhi Services Bill in the Rajya Sabha. Four Rajya Sabha MPs had claimed […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 10: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the ‘budget’ for the proposed AIIMS hospital at Madurai in Tamil Nadu escalated by Rs 700 crore since land acquisition was delayed and that the state government should take the blame for it. Speaking on the debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 10 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to the debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The opposition moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government on July 26 which was accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. This is the second time Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing […]Continue Reading
GUWAHATI,AUG 10: A 37-year-old married Meitei woman in Manipur has filed a zero FIR with the police alleging that she was gang-raped by unknown Kuki miscreants in the hill district of Churachandpur on May 3, the day the ethnic violence in the state broke out. The FIR was lodged with the Women Police Station, Bishnupur […]Continue Reading
MUMBAI,AUG 10.: The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the third time in a row as it maintains heightened vigil on inflation. The rate increase cycle was paused in April after six consecutive rate hikes aggregating to 250 basis points since May 2022. Announcing the bi-monthly monetary […]Continue Reading
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,AUG 9 : The Kerala legislative assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Wednesday urging the Centre to officially change the state’s name to ‘Keralam’. Moving the resolution, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urged the Union Government to change the state’s name to ‘Keralam’ in all languages included in the eighth schedule of the Constitution. Pinarayi Continue Reading
NEW DElHI,AUG 9 : Debating the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion, DMK’s K Kanimozhi reminded Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his obligation to protect all sections of people in his territory and recounted tales of despair from her recent visit to Manipur. “Whether it is Kukis, Nagas or Meiteis, we only saw despair and despondency in their […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 9: Rahul Gandhi prefers being himself, bouquets or brickbats. He was reinstated as MP recently after Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the 2019 Modi surname case. On Wednesday, en route to the Parliament to speak on a no-confidence motion against the Modi government over the Manipur issue, Rahul Gandhi reportedly grabbed the […]Continue Reading
