NEW DELHI: On the first day of Parliament’s Monsoon Session, over 200 MPs submitted a draft notice to start the impeachment process against Justice Yashwant Varma. This includes 63 opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha.A similar memorandum was also given to the Lok Sabha Speaker, with 145 MPs signing it.The demand to remove Justice Varma is…
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Monday recommended six major changes to the controversial film ‘Udaipur Files,’ including replacing the name of a key character, altering an AI-generated execution scene, and deleting sensitive dialogues. The film will not be released until July 24, when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case.The recommendations came…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a fierce attack on the BJP accusing the party of targeting Bengalis attempting to stir communal fear, and conspiring to erase their identity. “BJP unleashed terror on Bengalis, their language; if this doesn’t stop, our resistance movement will reach…
NEW DELHI: The Monsoon Session of Parliament began with with a fiery debate between Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Leader of the House, JP Nadda, over the government’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor. Kharge demanded a debate, raising serious concerns about the intelligence failure and the…
NEW DELHI: Congress party members marked the 83rd birthday of their president, Mallikarjun Kharge, with warm wishes and special gestures on Sunday.The celebrations also included a sugar-free cake made by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.Kharge was born in the village of Varavatti in Karnataka’s Bidar district. He turned 83 today. The veteran leader, who became Congress President…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, it is his right to speak in the House, but he was not being allowed to do so while members of the government were making their statements. Gandhi made these remarks to the media after…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea challenging a Karnataka high court order that had quashed proceedings against B.M. Parvathi, wife of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case.A bench of Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai…
NEW DELHI: Despite calls for government-opposition coordination, the first sitting of the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session was adjourned just 20 minutes after it began, amid slogans by opposition MPs demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to US President Donald Trump’s claims of brokering a peace deal between India and Pakistan.Parliament began by paying…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took note of the recent student suicides at Sharda University in Greater Noida and IIT Kharagpur, and has sought detailed reports from both institutions. The bench observed that something is “seriously wrong with the educational system” which pushes students to such extreme steps. It also warned that if…
This is an AI- generated image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued directions to the director general (prisons) of all states and Union Territories to ensure that all eligible prisoners of 70 years or above should be registered to be able to get the benefit of the Pradhan…