Aligarh, 9/8: In what can be seen as yet another face-off between ruling BJP and I.N.D.I.A parties in Parliament, Congress’s Imran Pratapgarhi and CPI(M)’s AA Rahim on Tuesday emerged victorious in an election to the Court of Aligarh Muslim University bagging more votes than BJP One of the three BJPs MPs Kanta Kardam lost the…
New Delhi, 8/8: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court over alleged ‘blatant hate speeches’ calling for killing Muslims and their social and economic boycott delivered at rallies in different states, including Haryana where recent communal clashes claimed six lives. The petition was mentioned on Tuesday before a bench headed by Chief Justice…
Cuttack, 8/8: As per the direction of Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik, Secretary to CM (5T) Sri. V.K. Pandian visited Cuttack District to review the progress of various developmental works in the district and redressal of public grievances. Sh Pandian reviewed the progress of ongoing mega piped water supply schemes at a cost of Rs.1258…
New Delhi, 8/8: Bypolls to seven assembly seats including the one vacated following the death of Congress veteran Oommen Chandy will be held on September 5, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. Counting of votes will take place on September 8. The bypolls will be held for two seats in Tripura, and one seat each…
New Delhi, 8/8:Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed uproar over Leader of the House Piyush Goyal claiming that the Congress was pushing Chinese propaganda, prompting the I.N.D.I.A parties to submit a privilege notice against him over “unparliamentary” remarks on the Opposition. The House witnessed at least two adjournments and a walkout during the day while the…
Islamabad, 8/8: Pakistan will buy more electricity from neighbouring Iran, a finance ministry statement said on Tuesday. The decision was taken at an Economic Coordination Committee chaired by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Energy-starved Pakistan already has contracts to purchase electricity from Tehran for its border regions, especially for China-backed development .
New Delhi, 8/8: The BJP has moved a motion in the rajya sabha for the suspension of tmc mp derek o’brien for the remainder of the parliament Sessions . Leader of the House Piyush Goyal moved the motion for his suspension “for continuously disturbing the proceedings of the House, disobeying the Chair and continuously creating…
Mumbai, 8/8: Pepperfry co-founder Ambareesh Murty died of a cardiac arrest on August 7 as announced by his co-founder Ashish Shah on platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Extremely devastated to inform that my friend, mentor, brother, soulmate @AmbareeshMurty is no more. Lost him yesterday night to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for…
New Delhi, 8/8: Congress has questioned Justice Ranjan Gogoi raising doubts about the “jurisprudential basis” of basic structure doctrine of the Constitution during a debate in Rajya Sabha, saying it is not surprising that the BJP is fielding a former Chief Justice of India with a “debatable” track record to being its attack in the…
Mumbai, 8/8: A woman was pushed out of a moving train by a man when she resisted his attempt to rob her in an outstation train at the busy Dadar railway station in Mumbai, police said. The incident took place on Sunday night in Bengaluru-Mumbai CSMT Udyan Express and the accused has been apprehended, an…
