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Pakistan on Monday rejected India's "baseless and misplaced" characterisation of its constitutional and legislative processes, saying amendments to the Constitution are the exclusive domain of the elected representative of the people. "India has neither the standing nor the moral authority to question Pakistan's constitutional processes," Pakistani delegate Gul Qaiser Sarwani told the United Nations Security Council, which held an open debate on 'Leadership for Peace' during which members outli ...Read More >
Kohima, Nov 10 (PTI) BJP leader Aparajita Sarangi is likely to chair the Joint Committee of Parliament to examine bills to remove the prime minister, chief ministers and Union/state cabinet ministers, if they are arrested or detained for 30 days straight on serious charges. With key opposition parties announcing a boycott of the committee, the panel is likely to be packed with parliamentarians from the ruling NDA alliance. From outside the alliance, NCP-SP leader Supriya Sule, Akali Dal leader ...Read More >
Telangana Medical Devices Park to boost domestic healthcare innovation and reduce imports The BRS Working President KT Rama Rao on Friday inaugurated the new chemistry laboratory established by Huwel Diagnostics at the Telangana Medical Devices Park in Sultanpur. The event was attended by Dr Varaprasad Reddy, Managing Director of Shantha Biotech, along with the Huwel management and staff. Speaking on the occasion, KT Rama Rao highlighted the vision behind setting up the Medical Devices Park. ...Read More >
"Indira Gandhi ultimately did secure a permanent place at the doorstep of history as a great martyr. With her dynamism born out of her fearlessness and dexterity, she was able to take the country forward like a colossus for over a decade. She alone could run the decadent political system of our corrupt and divided society," wrote RSS ideologue Nanaji Deshmukh in 1984 after the assassination of the prime minister. Deshmukh's article in Hindi magazine Pratipaksh, titled Moments of Soul Searching, ...Read More >
Telangana witnessed a statewide bandh on Saturday. The protest was called by BC JAC against the High Court's stay on a 42 percent reservation for Backward Classes in local body elections. The ruling Congress, BRS, and BJP extended their support to the bandh. Leaders from various parties participated in protests, demanding the implementation of the reservation. Essential services remained unaffected. A statewide bandh called by the BC JAC to protest against the High Court's stay order on the 42 ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that a resolution will be passed in the state Assembly seeking to amend the Constitution for lowering the minimum age to contest Legislative Assembly elections to 21 from 25. He termed his proposal to change the minimum age as need of the hour and insisted that the youth should play a vital role in the active politics of the country. CM was speaking after participating in Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra commemoration ...Read More >
Kochi, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Thursday paid homage to former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, who passed away in the state, on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian High Commission in Kenya said that the mortal remains of Odinga were flown from Kochi to Mumbai by a special Indian Air Force aircraft and were received by a high-level delegation from Kenya. It expressed solidarity with the family of the late leader and the gover ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday slammed the Opposition for criticising the amendments to the Waqf Act and said those involved in communal attack on a constitutional reform are neither well-wishers of the country nor any religion. The former minority affairs minister's remarks came after the Supreme Court put on hold several key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including the clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years can dedicate ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday emphasised that women-led development, anchored in the empowerment of women and the welfare of children, forms the foundation of India vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047. Inaugurating the first-ever National Conference of the Committees on Empowerment of Women of Parliament and State/UT Legislatures in Tirupati, Birla expressed his view. He said that India will become an inclusive and developed nation only ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday emphasised that women-led development, anchored in the empowerment of women and the welfare of children, forms the foundation of India's vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047. Inaugurating the first-ever National Conference of the Committees on Empowerment of Women of Parliament and State/UT Legislatures in Tirupati, Birla expressed his view. He said that India will become an inclusive and developed nation onl ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla emphasised that all legislatures must establish standards to ensure the quality of their proceedings and debates. Expressing concern about the planned deadlock in the House, Om Birla underscored the need for comprehensive dialogue among all political parties and elected representatives. He also urged the media to give prominence to the viewpoints of elected representatives engaged in factual and substantive discussion ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla emphasised that all legislatures must establish standards to ensure the quality of their proceedings and debates. Expressing concern about the planned deadlock in the House, Om Birla underscored the need for comprehensive dialogue among all political parties and elected representatives. He also urged the media to give prominence to the viewpoints of elected representatives engaged in factual and substantive discussion ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla emphasised that all legislatures must establish standards to ensure the quality of their proceedings and debates. Expressing concern about the planned deadlock in the House, Om Birla underscored the need for comprehensive dialogue among all political parties and elected representatives. He also urged the media to give prominence to the viewpoints of elected representatives engaged in factual and substantive discussion ...Read More >
KOCHI: Kerala is on course to frame the country's first urban policy, with the Kerala Urban Policy Commission, formed in December 2023, submitting its final report early this year. The detailed one-and-a-half year study was carried out to formulate norms that will guide urban planning in the state for the next 25 years. TNIE caught up with Prof Dr Ashok Kumar, lead member of the commission, on the sidelines of the ongoing Kerala Urban Conclave. Excerpts: How fast is urbanisation playing out in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], May 16 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday wished citizens of Sikkim on their ... New Delhi [India], May 16 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday wished citizens of Sikkim on their Statehood Day, praying for the state's progress in the coming years. "Heartfelt wishes to the people of Sikkim on their statehood day. Sikkim is a gem in northeastern India with its hardworking people contributing profusely to the nation's culture and economy. May the state continue to ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 25 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Monday said the central government aims to build 350 airports across the country by the year 2047, as part of its long-term vision for a 'Viksit Bharat'. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Eastern Region Ministers' Conference on Civil Aviation, the Minister said India currently has 162 airports, and the government intends to more than double the number over the next two decades. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has officially commenced sales of natural gas from its Chinnewala Tibba field, a Discovered Small Field (DSF-II) block located in the Rajasthan Kutch Onland Exploratory Asset (RKOEA). According to a statement from the state-owned company, this significant milestone reinforces ONGC's commitment to enhancing domestic energy production and strengthening India's energy security under the guidance of the Ministry of P ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 25: As Union Home Minister Amit Shah cited Arvind Kejriwal's case to defend the bill to oust jailed Ministers and CMs, the former Delhi Chief Minister on Monday demanded action against those who implicate rivals and get them sent to prisons in false cases. After HM Shah in an interview cited Kejriwal as an example of an elected representative not resigning despite being jailed, the AAP leader hit back claiming that the 160-day government that he ran from the jail performed much ...Read More >
Batala (Punjab) [India], August 25 (ANI): In a significant breakthrough in the ongoing efforts to maintain peace and security in Punjab, Batala Police have foiled a Pakistan-ISI-backed terror plot with the recovery of explosives and communication devices near the Amritsar road, officials said on Monday. Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said that four SPL HGR-84 hand grenades (also known as Arges HG-84) and a 2kg RDX-based improvised explosive device (IED) were recovered from ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that the Opposition should not teach him lessons on morality, adding that when he was accused and the CBI sent him a summons, he resigned the very next day. He said he did not take the oath for any constitutional post until all the charges against him were dismissed. Pushing for the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill 2025, the Home Minister said that if someone is neck deep in corruption, then he will be arrested, he will have t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that the Opposition should not teach him lessons on morality, adding that when he was accused and the CBI sent him a summons, he resigned the very next day. He said he did not take the oath for any constitutional post until all the charges against him were dismissed. Pushing for the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill 2025, the Home Minister said that if someone is neck deep in corruption, then he will be arrested, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): Parliament passed 15 bills during the monsoon session that saw continuous protests from the opposition members over their demand for debate on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, with several legislations passed without debate. Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were adjourned sine die a day before the scheduled ending of the monsoon session, which commenced on July 21. The Session saw 21 sittings spread over 32 days. Apart from the bills pa ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the opposition of resisting the proposed bills on removing tainted ministers, in order to "remain outside the reach of law".In a social media post on X, Shah hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for introducing a constitutional amendment which provide for the removal of a prime minister, Union minister, chief minister or state/UT minister if they are arrested or kept in custody on serious criminal charges for 30 consecutive days."On on ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 20 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned a constitutional amendment bill pertaining to the removal of a prime minister, CMs and ministers after being arrested for criminal charges, alleging that it will "end" the democratic era in India forever. Banerjee, in a post on X, also claimed that the amendment bill is a step "more than a super-Emergency" and will "finish" independence of the country's judiciary. The remarks came as Union Minister Amit Sha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) Former Union minister and senior advocate E M S Natchiappan has told a parliamentary committee that amending the Constitution is not required for holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls and that changes in the Representation of People Act can legally suffice for its implementation, sources said. Natchiappan, a former Congress MP who headed the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice which had favoured simultaneous polls, also told th ...Read More >
New Delhi- The Election Commission of India should not be given unbridled powers in implementing the One Nation, One Election system, former Chief Justices of India DY Chandrachud and JS Khehar told a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), as per sources. Both the former Chief Justices shared their observations and gave a presentation on the simultaneous elections at the meeting of the JPC, which is examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Terri ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Two former chief justices of India, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JS Khehar, have expressed concerns over the unchecked authority conferred on the Election Commission of India (ECI) under the proposed One Nation One Election (ONOE) Bill. According to sources, both former CJIs share the same view and have raised objections to the language and several provisions of the constitutional amendment bill, particularly those that grant excessive powers to the Commission in implementing t ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Jagruthi president and BRS MLC K. Kavitha on Friday claimed that the decision of the Congress government to bring an ordinance for 42 per cent reservation of backward classes in local bodies is a victory of backward classes and Telangana Jagruthi. She welcomed the state Cabinet's decision to bring an ordinance to amend the existing Act for 42 per cent reservation for the Backward Classes (BCs). Kavitha, who is the daughter of Bharat Rashtra Samithi ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: In a major step towards social justice and political empowerment, the state cabinet, chaired by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, Thursday approved a proposal to extend 42% reservation to Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies. The quota will be enforced through an ordinance, paving the way for holding panchayat elections with enhanced BC representation.In another key decision, the govt will soon issue a notification for 17,084 additional govt jobs, supplementing the 60,000 posts alread ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A cabinet meeting of the A Revanth Reddy-led Congress govt in Telangana approved Thursday a proposal to grant 42% reservation to Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies - just in time for panchayat elections within three months, as mandated by a June 25 high court directive. The quota will be implemented through an ordinance.The reservation percentage is based on empirical data from the caste survey conducted by the state govt and submitted to the BC Commission headed by Busani Venkate ...Read More >
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