NEW DELHI: Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday named former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as INDIA bloc’s pick for the upcoming Vice Presidential elections slated to take place on September 9.During a press conference, Kharge said that Reddy is one of India’s most “distinguished and progressive jurists.” “He has had a long…
NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc on Tuesday announced B Sudershan Reddy as their candidate for the Vice Presidential polls. The announcement was made by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.Reddy, was born on July 8, 1946. He was enrolled as an advocate at Hyderabad with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on 27 December 1971. He practised…
INDIA bloc on Tuesday continued their protests against Bihar SIR, outside Parliament, accusing the election commission of “vote theft”. Among those present were Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav. The protests have continued since the start of the monsoon session on 21 July, with ruling party MPs…
Supreme Court (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed toll collection on dilapidated highways that leave commuters stranded, remarking that commuters pay despite suffering long delays, further drawing parallel to the national capital, noting few hours of rain can bring Delhi to a standstill.A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai…
PM Modi met Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who returned to Earth in July after completing NASA’s Axiom-4 mission, becoming the first Indian in four decades to travel to space. During their interaction, Shukla shared that people…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar will be on an official visit to Russia from Tuesday to August 21, said the ministry of external affairs.The minister will be attending the 26th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) scheduled for 20 August 2025. “At the invitation…
GUWAHATI: A four-day-old baby girl undergoing phototherapy at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital’s neonatal ICU died Monday. The incident happened after the girl fell off a steel cot and got entangled in equipment cables while a nurse on duty was preparing milk nearby for the infants in the ward, officials said, reports Kangkan Kalita.The state-run…
NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry on Monday informed Lok Sabha that at least 79 elephants have died in train collisions across the country in the last five years.In his written response to a Parliament question, MoS for environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said the figure is based on reports from state govt and UT administrations…
SURAT: In one of the biggest diamond thefts in recent memory, rough and polished stones worth over Rs 32 crore were stolen from a unit in the Kapodra area in the city in Gujarat, after thieves cut open an iron safe. Police suspect the burglary took place sometime between Aug 15 and 17, when most…
Union minister Piyush Goyal introducing the bill NEW DELHI: The govt Monday introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha to decriminalise 288 provisions relating to minor offences under different central laws, in its bid to expand the reform agenda of ease of living and doing business. In several cases, it…