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New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 (SHANTI Bill), with the opposition staging a walkout over their demand to refer it to the Standing Committee. Opposition parties also alleged that the government had failed to address key concerns regarding liability in the proposed legislation.Congress leader Manish Tewari said the Opposition decided to walk out because the govern ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Parliament on Wednesday passed a Bill to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector to 100 per cent from the existing 74 per cent, a move the government said would help increase insurance penetration, lower premiums and generate employment. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025, was cleared by the Rajya Sabha through a voice vote, a day after it was passed by the Lok Sabha. The Upper House rejected amendments moved by the Opposition, ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (PTI) The Haryana Cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of Hansi as the 23rd district of the state, an official statement said. The Cabinet met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, it said. On Tuesday, Saini announced at a public meeting in Hansi that it will be made the 23rd district of the state and a notification to this effect will be issued within a week. Hansi was earlier part of the Hisar district. The State Reorganisation Committee ...Read More >
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister is expected to move the Bombay High Court to challenge the verdict in order to continue working as an elected representative. The Representation of the People Act, 1951, mandates disqualification for elected representatives sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more in a criminal case. Kokate, 68, had challenged the February judgment of a first-class magistrate court, which convicted him on charges of cheating and forgery in a case dating back ...Read More >
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said Mahayuti partners BJP and Shiv Sena will contest together in most municipal corporation elections on Jan 15. This includes Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan Dombivli. However, in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, the BJP and Shiv Sena will have friendly fights with the NCP.Speculations about all three Mahayuti partners going solo in the municipal corporation where each is dominant have now been laid to rest."We are trying to form a Mahayuti alliance in most ...Read More >
West Bengal State Sports Minister Aroop Biswas on Tuesday has resigned, amid ire against him from angry fans, and after the chaos during Messi's visit to Yuvabharati Stadium. West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar and Bidhannagar Police Commissioner Mukesh have also been show caused by the Chief Secretary's office. Major chaos and pandemonium followed during football superstar Lionel Messi's appearance in Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, and probe by a high-powered committee was ordered by Chief M ...Read More >
A political controversy erupted after former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan claimed India was "completely defeated" on the first day of Operation Sindoor. Speaking in Pune, Chavan alleged that during the half-hour aerial engagement on December 7, Indian aircraft were shot down, the Air Force was grounded, and no planes could safely take off from Gwalior, Bathinda, or Sirsa due to threats from Pakistan. He also stated that the operation involved only aeria ...Read More >
Vaishnaw was responding to questions raised by MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy. New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that passengers need to pay charges for carrying luggage beyond the prescribed free allowance limits while travelling by train. Vaishnaw was responding to questions raised by MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, who sought to know whether Railways would implement baggage regulations for train passengers on the lines of practice being followed a ...Read More >
The committee would tour the State and elicit opinions and views from welfare associations, traders' associations, trade unions, farmers' associations, alliance partners and the general public The ruling DMK on Wednesday constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the party's Parliamentary Party leader, Kanimozhi, to prepare the manifesto for the Assembly election scheduled for next year. A press release issued by DMK general secretary Duraimurugan stated the committee would tour the Sta ...Read More >
Kolkata: Four of the six officials associated with Satadru Dutta's firm, A Satadru Roy Initiative, which organised Lionel Messi's three-day India tour, appeared before Bidhannagar Police on Tuesday and recorded their statements. Police commissioner Mukesh said all six individuals were summoned. "Four officials turned up today, submitted their statements, and are cooperating with the investigation. The remaining two have sought time to appear before us. We will record their statements once they p ...Read More >
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - designated as a terror organisation by the United Nations - and The Resistance Front (TRF) have been charged with "planning, facilitating and executing" the attack. The TRF had initially said it was behind the attack but later denied its involvement. The 1,597-page chargesheet, filed on Monday in a special court in Jammu, names the militant groups and six others, three of whom were killed by security forces days after the attack. A man accused by NIA of ...Read More >
The capital of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, is preparing for the inauguration of another memorial park, the Rashtriya Prerna Sthal, in the coming days. Spread over 65 acres, the Rashtriya Prerna Sthal houses 65-feet tall statues of three icons of the BJP and its forerunner Jana Sangh - former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Syama Prasad Mookerjee - which is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25, Vajpayee's birth anniversary. Advertiseme ...Read More >
Hyderabad:Telangana Jagruthi leader K. Kavitha came under a bitter attack from the BRS on Tuesday with party MLC Thakkellapalli Ravinder Rao likening her to a "mangy dog", saying she was indulging in blackmail politics and was on the path to political suicide and stating that the "consequences" would not be good for her. Rao said Kavitha was being used by the Congress in the state and the BJP at the Centre to create a rift in the family of BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao. "This is the only w ...Read More >
T'puram: The police are examining whether legal action can be initiated against a parody song that went viral during the local body election campaign, following a complaint that it misused an Ayyappa devotional song and hurt religious sentiments.Thiruvabharana Patha Samrakshana Samithi, which filed the complaint, alleged that the sacred 'Pallikettu Sabarimalakku' was distorted for political messaging. The state police chief forwarded the complaint to the ADGP (law and order) to examine whether a ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) came down heavily on the Opposition AIADMK's "silence" over the Centre altering and renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin (VBGRAMG). In a social media post, Mr. Stalin questioned: "What is the AIADMK's stand on VBGRAMG, which directly affects the rural poor?" He accused AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palanis ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) A fire broke out at a cluster of shanties near Eco Park in the New Town area near Kolkata on Wednesday evening. There was no report of any casualty in the blaze, which broke out in one of the shanties around 7.30 pm and quickly spread to adjoining houses, officials said. Twenty fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames, a fire brigade official said. "The fire has been contained. But due to presence of combustible materials in the shanties, it is taking t ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) A Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the West Bengal government on Wednesday began its investigation into the vandalism at Argentine football star Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake stadium here last week, an official said. The team, comprising senior IPS officers Piyush Pandey, Javed Shamim, Supratim Sarkar and Muralidhar, visited the stadium and later went to the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate office nearby. A team of forensic officers and the detect ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday claimed the "100 days work scheme" was facing a threat of being halted and dared the opposition AIADMK to explain its stand on the proposed new rural employment bill. Stalin sought to know the official stance of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on the Centre's move to repeal the employment guarantee scheme, MGNREGA, named after Mahatma Gandhi.The DMK has been opposing the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mi ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Rashtra Prerna Sthal, dedicated to national icons and symbols of inspiration -- Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee -- will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25. Ahead of the inauguration, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the Rashtra Prerna Sthal on Tuesday to review preparations and ensure all arrangements are completed in a timely and orderly manner. During the inspection, the Chief ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17 (PTI) The cyber crime wing of the Kerala police on Wednesday registered a case against unknown persons over a parody song titled 'Pottiye Kettiye', which circulated during the recent local body elections in the state and allegedly "hurt religious sentiments." The parody, based on a popular devotional song dedicated to lord Ayyappa, makes references to the Sabarimala gold loss case and the alleged role of prime accused Unnikrishnan Potty. The complaint was received on ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (PTI) As Haryana Assembly's winter session begins here on Thursday, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that the government is ready for discussion on every issue and every point. Replying to a question, he said during the time of the previous Congress governments they used to convene fewer sessions of the Assembly, but this practice was changed by former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The Haryana government is ready for discussion on every issue and every point, Sain ...Read More >
Jaipur, Dec 17 (PTI) The Ethics Committee of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on Wednesday issued notices to the three legislators who are facing an inquiry over allegations of corruption in the MLA-LAD fund. The 12-member committee has asked the three legislators -- BJP's Rewantaram Danga, Congress' Anita Jatav and independent MLA Ritu Banawat -- to appear before it on December 19 at 11 AM with their explanations. A sting operation by a newspaper had accused the three MLAs of taking commiss ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Several parties of the opposition INDIA bloc will stage a protest against the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, which seeks to replace MGNREGA, in the Parliament complex on Thursday morning. Sources said the protest will be organised near the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex at 10.15 am and MPs of various opposition parties will raise slogans to oppose the government's move. The decision to hold the protes ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Wednesday emphasised on the Indian Navy's focus to enhance integral ship-borne aviation capabilities, mentioning the deal with France to procure 26 Rafale M carrier-borne aircraft in this effort. In an address at the commissioning of the second squadron of MH-60R helicopters, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said, "The Navy has maintained an unwavering focus on enhancing the integral ship-borne aviation capabilities, ...Read More >
Lucknow: After a series of accidents that claimed almost two dozen lives in UP due to fog, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered immediate tightening of traffic norms on expressways across Uttar Pradesh. The state government has reduced speed limits on the Agra and Purvanchal Expressways for the next two months in view of dense fog and rising accidents. For light vehicles including cars and jeeps, the maximum speed has been cut from 120 kmph to 80 kmph. Heavy vehicles such as buses and tru ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar is prepared to contest the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections scheduled for January 15 independently, though the final decision will be taken by party president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, NCP MLA Sana Malik said on Wednesday. BJP Rules Out Alliance With NCP Over Nawab Malik The NCP is a constituent of the ruling Mahayuti alliance. However, the BJP has categorically ruled out any allia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Imphal, Manipur, as part of a money laundering probe against individuals accused of collecting over ₹50 crore from the public through an alleged investment scheme and diverting the funds for activities amounting to waging war against the Government of India. ED officials said at least five premises in the state capital were raided, linked to Yambem Biren, a self-styled chief minister of the Mani ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The BJP alleged on Wednesday that it was Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad who was vaping in the Lok Sabha, days after former Union minister Anurag Thakur raised the issue in the House and got a written complaint lodged with the speaker against an unnamed TMC lawmaker. Hitting back at the saffron party, TMC's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said it should release the entire video footage of the incident first, before levelling such allegations. "The TMC MP a ...Read More >
RAIPUR: Suspended Chhattisgarh officer and former deputy secretary to ex-CM Bhupesh Baghel, Saumya Chaurasia, was sent on a three day remand by a special PMLA court in Raipur on Wednesday, a day after after she was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged ₹3,200-crore liquor scam. The agency had sought her custodial remand for further interrogation. According to officials, Chaurasia was summoned to the agency's zonal office in Raipur on Tuesday in connection with a money-launderin ...Read More >
RAIPUR: The last day of Chhattisgarh's winter session opened in chaos on Wednesday, with Congress MLAs entering the House wearing "Satyamev Jayate" posters and launching into slogans over alleged misuse of central and state probe agencies, during the Question Hour -- "Assembly's most crucial segment" -- collapsed entirely after three adjournments. As the House assembled, BJP MLAs objected to Congress members wearing posters inside the chamber. The Speaker ruled that posters, placards and banners ...Read More >
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