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New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday dispelled the opposition's concerns that the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 would undermine institutional autonomy and said the states would retain similar powers as they have presently. Earlier on Tuesday, Pradhan moved a resolution to refer the Bill proposing to set up a 13-member body for regulating higher education institutions to a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament. The proposal was appro ...Read More >
Pune, Dec 16 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday said that the Congress failed to raise the issues related to farmers and unemployment, and could not highlight the lopsided development under the BJP government. Talking to reporters here Chavan conceded that the Grand Old Party was facing problems. He blamed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for both the houses of the state legislature not having leaders of opposition. "It is in the CM's hands, but it seems they ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 16 (PTI) The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra has set an ambitious target of winning more than 150 seats in the January 15 elections to the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), party leaders said on Tuesday. Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam stressed the ruling alliance was working with a clear focus on crossing the 150-seat mark in India's largest civic body. "Our discussions are aimed at ensuring Mahayuti candidates win across all 227 wards, with a clear ob ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 16 (PTI) The BJP-led Mahayuti has set an ambitious target of winning more than 150 seats in the January 15 elections to the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar declared on Tuesday. Talking to reporters here, the senior BJP leader asserted Mumbai would have a Marathi mayor post-polls, which are being held after a delay of nearly four years. "We have finalised the Mahayuti formula and even the numbers. Our target is to win 150-plus ...Read More >
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticized the government's bill to replace MGNREGA, saying it would weaken the Act's guarantee of 100 days of employment for the poorest. She also questioned the government's practice of renaming schemes, highlighting the costs involved and changes in control, as the new bill gives the Centre authority over fund allocation instead of gram panchayats. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attacked the government over its bill to replace MGNREGA, ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has declared its strong resolve to unfurl the saffron flag atop the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in the upcoming civil polls, has stepped up its attack on the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, claiming that the Marathi Manoos has chosen an auspicious moment to defeat the party and end its 25-year rule in the civic body. Maharashtra Minister for Cultural Affairs and BJP in-charge of the BMC elections, Ashish Shelar, took to X ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress MLA H A Iqbal Hussain Saturday predicted that deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar would become the chief minister on Jan 6 or Jan 9, triggering fresh political speculation in the state."There is a 99% chance that he becomes the chief minister. About the date, it's just a random number. Everybody is saying this. It can either be Jan 6 or 9. These are the two dates," Hussain, a staunch supporter of Shivakumar, told reporters. The Ramanagara MLA said the post, presently occupied ...Read More >
BELAGAVI: The Leader of Opposition in Assembly and senior BJP leader R Ashoka has urged Speaker UT Khader to extend the ongoing winter session of the legislature by a week. In his letter to Khader, Ashoka said that the ongoing 10-day winter session has been truncated to eight days. Ashoka said this isn't sufficient to discuss the problems of the state, which are "plentiful." "It was decided that the winter session will be held from December 8 to December -- a period of 10 days. However, it has ...Read More >
New Delhi: Noting that the social evil of dowry still prevails showing the ineffectiveness of the anti-dowry laws and at the same time the law is being misused by women for ulterior motives, Supreme Court Monday said this contradiction needed to be resolved as it is creating judicial tension.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol & N K Singh highlighted this issue while convicting a man and his 94-year old mother in dowry death case when a 20-year old girl burnt to death in 2001 for not fulfilling the ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The state government has called a special session of Assembly on December 17, which will focus on making Madhya Pradesh a developed state (Viksit Madhya Pradesh). The Congress MLAs will corner state government on its failures and will raise gaps in the vision documents. There will be discussion on state's overall development. The subjects to come up for discussion relate to infrastructure development, irrigation, industrialisation, employment, mining, women empowerment, ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 14 (PTI) NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said talent and leadership are not limited to persons with privileged backgrounds and stressed the need to identify and support capable individuals from ordinary families to bring positive change in society. Speaking at the Sharad Pawar Inspire Fellowship award ceremony held at Yashwantrao Chavan Centre here, he said the fellowship programme has been designed keeping in mind the life and values of Yashwantrao Chavan, Maharashtra's f ...Read More >
"He (Shivakumar) may invite soon. I assume he will definitely invite me," Siddaramaiahsaid. Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that he still has not received a call from Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar inviting him for breakfast at his residence, adding that he will go whenever he is invited. "If I am invited to breakfast by Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar, I am ready to go. He had said that day of the breakfast meeting (Nov 30) that he would invite me. He to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Monday warmly welcomed CP Radhakrishnan as the new Rajya Sabha Chairman. He said the people of Tiruppur must be feeling proud, adding that members hope the tradition and leadership style of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who viewed Parliament as a deliberative body, will be upheld. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Raghav Chadha said, "Sir, on welcoming you today, I feel that after a long darkness, a shining sun has risen. I ...Read More >
Intense discussions are underway in Delhi between the BJP and JDU regarding cabinet positions and portfolios for the upcoming Bihar government. Leaders met with Amit Shah and JP Nadda to finalize allocations. The BJP seeks key ministries like home and education. Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn in as Chief Minister on Thursday with his new cabinet. New Delhi: As the NDA gears up to form the government in Bihar, hectic parleys continued between the BJP and JDU over cabinet berth and portfolio all ...Read More >
The Janata Dal (United) chief will take over the top post in the state for the tenth time. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Wednesday unanimously elected as the legislature party leader of the Janata Dal (United). The decision was taken during a meeting of newly elected MLAs in Patna. The JD(U) chief is also set to be elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance in the state later in the day, after which he will tender his resignation as head of the outgoing government to ...Read More >
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said that the people of North East are vibrant, industrious, and full of potential adding that they deserve greater opportunities to realise their abilities. Birla inaugurated the 22nd conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Zone III in Nagaland's capital Kohima. Speaking at the 22nd conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Zone III in Nagaland's capital Kohima, Birla lauded the CPA Zone III comprising of Nagalan ...Read More >
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired the first pre-Budget consultation meeting with country's leading economists in New Delhi in connection with the upcoming Union Budget 2026-27. New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired the first pre-Budget consultation meeting with country's leading economists in New Delhi in connection with the upcoming Union Budget 2026-27. Th ...Read More >
'Will chalk out strategy for the autumn session of the Legislative Assembly' Srinagar, Oct 22: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu& Kashmir has called a meeting of its legislatures on Thursday morning in Srinagar to chalk out a strategy for the autumn session of the Legislative Assembly. BJP in a statement said that Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and party's senior leader Sunil Kumar Sharma will chair a meeting of all BJP legislators to formulate a strategy to corner the government on a ra ...Read More >
The Awami Ittehad Party MLA Sheikh Khursheed announced support for the National Conference in the Rajya Sabha elections. This move aims to prevent the BJP from securing a seat. Khursheed stated his party has significant political differences with the National Conference. However, the current situation compels them to vote against the BJP. The National Conference received a shot in the arm on the day of Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, as the lone Awami Ittehad Party MLA, Sh ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, the next CJI, on Thursday stoutly defended the much-criticised collegium system for selecting constitutional court judges and said it has helped the judiciary preserve its autonomy and independence in administration of justice.CJI Gavai was speaking at Royal Institute of Management in Thimphu, Bhutan, while Justice Kant was addressing Sri Lankan Supreme Court in Colombo. The CJI cited SC's 2015 judgment striking down the National Judicial Appointm ...Read More >
Srinagar: As Jammu and Kashmir gears up for its Rajya Sabha elections on Friday -- the first since the 2019 bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union Territories -- the political landscape has been marked by calculated alliances, lingering rifts, and high-stakes negotiations. These long-overdue biennial polls, announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in September, aim to fill four vacant seats in the Upper House that have remained unoccupied since February 2021 following the reti ...Read More >
The Naga People's Front (NPF) and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), formed in 2017 by NPF rebels who supported Rio, merged under the NPF banner on Saturday. The two major regional parties of Nagaland - the Naga People's Front (NPF) and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), formed in 2017 by NPF rebels who supported Rio - merged under the NPF banner on Saturday. Announcing the merger during the NDPP's General Co ...Read More >
PATNA: Just a fortnight before the first phase of polling in Bihar, partners in the INDIA bloc, which seemed to be in a disarray till Sunday, appeared going into the damage-control mode on Monday with some withdrawing candidates against each other on certain seats.RJD announced its list of 143 candidates, leaving the remaining 100 for its allies. It dropped 31 MLAs and nominated new candidates. Congress has fielded candidates for 61 seats, while the Left comprising the CPI-ML, CPI and CPM announ ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: For the first time since the formation of the state, political parties cutting across ideologies, including the Congress, its alliance partners CPI and CPM, the opposition BRS and BJP, and several other organisations such as employees' unions, BC organisations, and student outfits like AIOBCA, participated in the 'Telangana Bandh' on Saturday, demanding 42% reservations for BCs. While the early hours saw the shutdown of various commercial establishments, normalcy began to return by t ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (JKLA), Abdul Rahim Rather today interacted with media persons of different News organisations at Assembly Secretariat here to facilitate smooth and efficient coverage of the forthcoming Assembly session. The meeting was attended by Director Information, Nitish Rajora; Secretary, JKLA, Manoj Kumar Pandit; SSP Security Civil Secretariat, Sajjad K. Bhat; Joint Director Information Kashmir, Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari; Deputy Director In ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 17: Speaker Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (LA), Abdul Raheem Rather, on Friday asked the media persons to prefer coverage of serious debates and discussions of the house rather than giving publicity to the members creating ruckus. During an interaction with the journalists of different news organisations at the Assembly Secretariat, the Speaker said the role of the media during the assembly proceedings remains delicate as well as difficult. The interaction was conducted ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 17: Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (JKLA), Abdul Rahim Rather on Friday interacted with media persons of different News organisations at Assembly Secretariat here to facilitate smooth and efficient coverage of the forthcoming Assembly session. The meeting was attended by Director Information, Nitish Rajora; Secretary, JKLA, Manoj Kumar Pandit; SSP Security Civil Secretariat, Sajjad K. Bhat; Joint Director Information Kashmir, Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari; Deputy Directo ...Read More >
Srinagar: Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (JKLA), Abdul Rahim Rather today interacted with media persons of different news organisations at the Assembly Secretariat here to facilitate smooth and efficient coverage of the forthcoming Assembly session. The meeting was attended by Director Information, Nitish Rajora; Secretary, JKLA, Manoj Kumar Pandit; SSP Security Civil Secretariat, Sajjad K. Bhat; Joint Director Information Kashmir, Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari; Deputy Director Inform ...Read More >
The judge said marriage has been often misused as an instrument of subjugation against women. New Delhi: Marriage has been too often misused as an instrument of subjugation against women, Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant said on Wednesday. He also highlighted the recurring issue that frequently arises across courts in India concerning the recognition and indirect enforcement of foreign divorce decrees. "This is, in my view, a challenge faced by many jurisdictions today, as the world gr ...Read More >
LEH, India - In Leh, the largest city of Ladakh, a high-altitude border region bounded by Pakistan and China, the presence of the Indian military is unmissable - from shops selling military fatigues to army barracks and memorials to fallen soldiers. A statue of Colonel Chhewang Rinchen, a highly-decorated Ladakhi officer who helped repel incursions into India from Pakistan in the 1940s among other brave deeds, is just one among many memorials that are testament to the deep heritage of locals wo ...Read More >
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