NEW DELHI: RS chairman Dhankhar Monday raised concerns over a member’s signature appearing twice on a motion seeking the removal of Justice Shekhar Yadav of Allahabad HC for allegedly making communal remarks at a public event. Dhankhar said such transgressions undermine parliamentary standards and merit deeper investigation. Dhankhar told the House that in Dec, he…
Rahul Gandhi (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that he is not allowed to speak in Lok Sabha despite being the leader of the opposition (LoP) even as govt representatives make statements freely. He was referring to the fracas that broke out after defence minister Rajnath Singh’s statement in the wake…
CM Devendra Fadnavis, Mumbai train blast (file photo) MUMBAI: CM Devendra Fadnavis expressed shock at the Bombay HC verdict quashing conviction of all 12 accused in the 11/7 train blasts case. “Bombay HC decision is very shocking. We will challenge it in Supreme Court,” he said.Speaking to the media in Mumbai late on Monday Devendra…
NEW DELHI: It was business as usual till around 4pm for Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. He presided over the opening day of the monsoon session of Rajya Sabha and attended a meeting of the business advisory committee of the House. At 3.53pm, a govt statement said the VP would be visiting Jaipur on Wednesday. Such…
PM Modi before the Parliament session NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Monday set the tone for the govt’s response to the opposition’s demand for a discussion on “Operation Sindoor” and the Pahalgam attack by declaring India’s retaliation against terrorist camps deep inside Pakistan a “100% success”.Modi was speaking against the backdrop of the opposition’s plans…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A singular chapter of Kerala‘s red history turned its last page Monday. Former CM Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan – firebrand Marxist, CPM‘s founding member, and Kerala’s conscience-keeper – died aged 101 in a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram at 3.20pm after 28 days on life support.VS, as he was known across political aisles, was hospitalised after…
AGARTALA: Tripura chief minister Manik Saha announced Monday that his govt will strictly implement Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019, adhering to the cut-off date of Dec 31, 2014, for granting Indian citizenship to immigrants.His comments sharpened a growing rift with BJP’s coalition partner Tipra Motha which has demanded recognition of all migrants entering after the…
KOLKATA: TMC’s 2026 assembly election strategy is likely to focus on tapping Bengal-first sentiment of the state’s 7.6 crore voters. The party’s last Martyrs’ Day rally before assembly polls showcased Bengali migrant workers “harassed in BJP-governed states and Bengal residents facing NRC queries” as CM Mamata Banerjee called for a renewed “Bhasha Andolan (language movement)”…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials on Monday to provide land ownership to over 10,000 families displaced from then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, between 1960 and 1975, and settled in and around Pilibhit, Lakhimpur, Bijnor and Rampur.The CM said if land was not available, alternative plots should be provided to affected families….
Jayant Khatri and Sourya Choudhary HYDERABAD: Bomb-dropping kamikaze drones – 300kmph, radar-proof. Assembled inside a hostel room of BITS Pilani’s Hyderabad campus. The Army buys in.Two 20-year-old engineering students of the institute have stunned India’s defence circles by building and selling cutting-edge UAVs to Army units across Jammu, Haryana’s Chandimandir, Bengal’s Panagarh, and Arunachal Pradesh…