Dehradun, Dec 18 (PTI) The Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in Uttarakhand from January, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Wednesday. During a meeting of the Uttarakhand Investment and Infrastructure Development Board (UIIDB) in Dehradun, Dhami said that the state government has completed its "homework" and the UCC will be implemented across the state from January 2025. With this, Uttarakhand will become the first state in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code after in...Read More
Patna, Dec 18 (PTI) Congress workers in Bihar on Wednesday took out a "Raj Bhavan March" to press their demands for action against business tycoon Gautam Adani, on whom charges of financial irregularities have been slapped by US prosecutors. Led by former Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president Kaukab Qadri, the party workers also raised slogans voicing concern over ethnic violence in Manipur. The procession, which began at the Sadaqat Ashram, the BPCC headquarters, was stopped by po...Read More
Bengaluru: A social activist and petitioner against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Snehamayi Krishna on Wednesday complained to the Superintendent of Police Lokayukta Mysuru alleging that he was offered huge money through his son Vivek by persons claiming to be close to B.M. Parvathi, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, to retreat from his complaint against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family members over plot distribution irregularities by Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in Mysu...Read More
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Net direct tax collection grew 16.45 per cent year-on-year to over Rs 15.82 lakh crore till December 17 this fiscal, buoyed by higher advance tax mop-up, government data showed. Advance tax collection during the period rose 21 per cent to Rs 7.56 lakh crore. Also Read | 'Mukadma, Mulzim, Ilzam, Ittila, Chashmdeed': BJP Government in Rajasthan To Replace Urdu Terms in Policing With Hindi Words. The collection includes corporate tax of over Rs 7.42 lakh crore and non-cor...Read More
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Punjab authorities to promptly tackle the health situation of farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal who is on fast unto death for over 20 days and to take "extraordinary steps" to ensure his health. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan cautioned Punjab authorities on the repercussions if anything untoward happens to the farmer's leader. Also Read | 'Mukadma, Mulzim, Ilzam, Ittila, Chashmdeed': BJP Government ...Read More
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has issued a strong condemnation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, calling them disrespectful and offensive. In an open letter, Siddaramaiah criticised Shah and his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for undermining the legacy of the architect of India's Constitution. The controversy erupted when Amit Shah while speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, referred to Dr Ambedkar's memory as a 'habit'. This sta...Read More
Dehradun, December 18: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in Uttarakhand from January 2025. According to a press statement issued on Wednesday, all preparations have been completed, and Uttarakhand will become the first state to implement the UCC after independence. During a meeting of the Uttarakhand Investment and Infrastructure Development Board (UIIDB) held at the Secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Minister Dhami stated that the st...Read More
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai and other leaders were detained by police who were holding a protest march in Lucknow against the state government. The party earlier announced a 'gherao' of Vidhan Sabha today as the assembly convened for the winter session on Wednesday Also Read | 'Mukadma, Mulzim, Ilzam, Ittila, Chashmdeed': BJP Government in Rajasthan To Replace Urdu Terms in Policing With Hindi Words. "Our party workers are standing...Read More
Dehradun: Uttarakhand will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) from January 2025, making it the first Indian state to do so after Independence, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Wednesday. "All preparations have been completed in this regard," he said. "The Uniform Civil Code law of Uttarakhand, following the basic spirit of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, and Sabka Vishwas (with everyone's cooperation, with everyone's development, and with everyone's trust), will give a new direction to ...Read More
President of India, Droupadi Murmu will participate as the chief guest in the first convocation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Mangalagiri on Tuesday (December 17), the institute Director and CEO Dr. Madhabananda Kar told the media on Monday (December 16). Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Union Minister of State for Ayush and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Prataprao Jadav, A.P. Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Medical E...Read More
New Delhi: Chief minister Atishi on Tuesday reiterated that women in Delhi will receive Rs 2,100 every month if AAP forms govt again in Feb next year. Addressing people during her "padyatra" in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar, Atishi said AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal always kept his focus on "women-centric" policies. "Kejriwal understands the financial struggles women face. Women often depend on their fathers, husbands, or sons for money. No one likes to ask for financial support, and Kejriwal empathi...Read More
Ranjan Dasgupta & Tushar Pawar Nashik: Disgruntled NCP MLA Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday said Maharashtra chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis, and two top NCP functionaries, Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare, "tried their best" to convince party president Ajit Pawar to give him a ministerial berth. "All three (Fadnavis, Patel and Tatkare) wanted me as a minister in the new govt. They made all efforts to convince Ajit dada. On the day of the swearing-in ceremony too, Fadnavis tried to convince him ...Read More
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Punjab authorities to promptly tackle the health situation of farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal who is on fast unto death for over 20 days and to take "extraordinary steps" to ensure his health. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan cautioned Punjab authorities on the repercussions if anything untoward happens to the farmer's leader. "The entire state machinery will be blamed if something untoward happens....Read More
New Delhi, Dec 18 (VOICE) After a petitioner-in-person filed a synopsis running into 128 pages, the Supreme Court said that the registry should have advised the litigant to trim down the lengthy synopsis, which was "loaded with details much of which was not relevant". "The appellant, who has appeared in person, has filed a synopsis running into 128 pages, loaded with details much of which is not relevant for our purposes. We understand that the appellant is not a trained lawyer, but it is for t...Read More
Indore, Dec 18 (VOICE) Upset over the low price of garlic, farmers staged a massive protest in Indore on Wednesday. They demanded an immediate ban on the import of garlic from China, which they claim is undermining local markets.Garlic-growing farmers claimed that the import of Chinese garlic has made an impact on its price and they were forced to sell their produce at unreasonably low prices. Agitating farmers said traders have filled the mandis with Chinese garlic. "A large quantity of garlic...Read More
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday, December 18, announced 'Sanjeevani yojana', a free healthcare scheme for the city's senior citizens, which they can avail of at all government as well as private hospitals. The party supremo, flanked by Delhi CM Atishi and senior cabinet ministers, made the announcement at a public event and declared that all residents of the city above 60 years of age will get free medical treatment under the 'Sanjeevani yojana'. Under the...Read More
Chandigarh, Dec 18 (PTI) Noise levels exceeded the prescribed limits during singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh's concert here on Saturday, the Chandigarh administration told the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday. The submission was made by the administration before a division bench of the high court. "Strict action" has been recommended against the violators, the court was further informed. On December 13, the high court had allowed Dosanjh's event scheduled to take place the next evening, ...Read More
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Against the backdrop of the recent spate of hoax bomb calls targeting airlines, the government has amended the aircraft security rules whereby perpetrators can face penalties and could even be barred from flying. The civil aviation ministry has amended the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023. Two new rules -- 29A and 30A -- have been introduced. In October, airlines received 666 hoax bomb threats while the total number of such threats stood at 999 this year till November 14...Read More
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Net direct tax collection grew 16.45 per cent year-on-year to over Rs 15.82 lakh crore till December 17 this fiscal, buoyed by higher advance tax mop-up, government data showed. Advance tax collection during the period rose 21 per cent to Rs 7.56 lakh crore. The collection includes corporate tax of over Rs 7.42 lakh crore and non-corporate tax mop-up of Rs 7.97 lakh crore. Securities Transaction Tax (STT) of Rs 40,114 crore was collected between April 1-December 17 of ...Read More
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) The Rashtrapati Nilayam, one of the two presidential retreats, in Telangana's Secunderabad will host a 15-day flower and horticulture festival, 'Udyan Utsav', from December 29. People could make themselves aware about the innovation and technological development in agriculture and horticulture by visiting thematic stalls and participating in the workshops, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday. The Udyan Utsav, organised in collaboration with the Departm...Read More
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari are set to be among the Congress representatives in the parliamentary panel that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls, while Kalyan Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress and P Wilson of the DMK are also expected to be its members, sources said. The BJP, which will have maximum representatives in the joint committee of Parliament, remained tight-lipped about its choices amid a buzz tha...Read More
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Congress over the BR Ambedkar row. Defending Amit Shah from the Congress's allegations that the Union Home Minister insulted BR Ambedkar in his speech in the Rajya Sabha. The Prime Minister assereted that the Home Minister in fact exposed the party's "dark history of insulting" the architect of the Constitution, leaving the main opposition "stung and stunned"....Read More
Also read | India farmers' protest: 'Rail roko' agitation in Punjab, travellers may face inconvenience Kejriwal also said that there will be no upper limit for the cost of the treatment for the elderly registered under this scheme. The scheme will be implemented by the AAP government after the elections. Last week, the Delhi High Court questioned the AAP government as to why the centrally sponsored Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) had not been implemented in Delhi, w...Read More
New Delhi: A Delhi Court has granted interim bail to former JNU student leader Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. The interim bail has been granted to him for seven days for the marriage ceremony of his cousin. The Karkardooma court approved the bail for a period of seven days for the purpose. He is currently in judicial custody in connection with a larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 North East Delhi Violence. The interim bail period is from December 28 to January 3....Read More
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari lashed out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah who has been in the eye of a storm over his remarks on Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The Congress member said that without Ambedkar, Amit Shah would not have been a member of the Lower House of the Parliament. Also Read | 'Mukadma, Mulzim, Ilzam, Ittila, Chashmdeed': BJP Government in Rajasthan To Replace Urdu Terms in Policing With Hindi Words. "... If Ambedkar ji was not there, he (Amit Shah) ...Read More
New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday demanded that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi has any respect for Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, he should remove Union Home Minister Amit Shah from the Cabinet before 12 am today. "Today, we have called a press conference, the intention is... the debate on the journey of Constitution completing 75 years, during it members of political parties kept their views. They spoke well about the Constitution, while some taunted it," Kharge told reporters a...Read More
Mumbai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has drawn sharp criticism from Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders and Vanchit president Prakash Ambedkar over his recent statements in Parliament on Dr BR Ambedkar. "Abhi ek fashion ho gaya hai (It has become a fashion now) - Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. If they had taken God's name as many times, then they would have got a place in heaven," Shah had said in Parliament. The MVA leaders hit out at Amit Shah for such remarks. Maharashtra Congress president Nan...Read More
Bhopal, Dec 18 (PTI) Congress MLAs demonstrated on Wednesday in the Madhya Pradesh assembly premises by holding kettles and tea cups alleging rising unemployment in the state. The MLAs held placards accusing the state government of forcing youngsters to sell tea by depriving them of jobs. Also Read | 'Mukadma, Mulzim, Ilzam, Ittila, Chashmdeed': BJP Government in Rajasthan To Replace Urdu Terms in Policing With Hindi Words. "Unemployment is growing in MP. Youths will have no option but to sel...Read More
New Delhi: Throwing his weight behind Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the home minister 'exposed the Congress' dark history of insulting the architect of the Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar. He said Shah left the main opposition party "stung and stunned". Congress has charged Shah of insulting Ambedkar in his speech in the Rajya Sabha."They (the Opposition parties) are clearly stung and stunned by the facts he presented, which is why they are now indulging in theatrics. Sadly, for them...Read More
Bhopal, Dec 18 (PTI) Congress MLAs demonstrated on Wednesday in the Madhya Pradesh assembly premises by holding kettles and tea cups alleging rising unemployment in the state. The MLAs held placards accusing the state government of forcing youngsters to sell tea by depriving them of jobs. "Unemployment is growing in MP. Youths will have no option but to sell tea in such a situation," the leader of the opposition Umang Singhar, who led the protest on the third day of the winter session, told PT...Read More