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New Delhi: The incumbent BCCI president Roger Binny turned 70 on Saturday but there is no immediate clarity on whether he would be continuing till the AGM in September or demit office with immediate effect with vice-president Rajeev Shukla taking charge as the interim head. To add another twist to the tale, a Draft National Sports Bill is in the pipeline, which will be tabled by Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya during the upcoming monsoon session of the parliament and it carries a provis ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) The sole purpose of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi should be to unite "secular forces" and not create "confusion and division" among them, CPI(M) leader John Brittas said on Saturday. Brittas was reacting to the Congress leader's remarks in Kerala, where he equated the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The CPI(M) Rajya Sabha leader however added that it would not impact the opposition's unity in the upcoming Mons ...Read More >
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, in an interview with ANI, highlighted the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the party's electoral success and said that several sections of society that previously did not support the BJP have now started supporting due to Modi's leadership. Dubey said that the party's performance is directly linked to PM Modi's leadership. "Today, Modiji has become the Prime Minister for the third time. If Modiji is not our leader, the BJP may not win even 150 seats (in LS polls) ...Read More >
CHENNAI: AT only 16 years of age, Tayin Arun is at the forefront of a new generation of talented surfers, part of a brand-new movement of Indian surfing. Enjoying an almost meteoric rise in the junior divisions, the surfer broke through to the national surfing team last year, and is now looking to prove his worth with the rest of his teammates at the upcoming ASF Asian Surfing Championships in Mahabalipuram to be held from August 3 to 12. Hailing from Akkarai, Tayin is no stranger to sports. Hi ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has said it will not join the meeting of INDIA bloc on Saturday, a move which has formalized its exit from the Opposition alliance ahead of crucial monsoon session of Parliament. AAP Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Sanjay Singh said on Friday the party will not attend the online meeting called on Saturday of the INDIA bloc. "We will not be attending the meeting. We are not a part of INDIA bloc. This was an alliance for parliamentary elections," said Singh, ...Read More >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health departm ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey has spoken about his controversial Supreme Court is responsible for inciting religious wars in the country and parliament, assemblies should be shut remarks made amid opposition parties move to approach the top court against the Waqf Act and said influx of around 4,000 people from Malda, Murshidabad, and Kaliachak into his constituency had become a significant challenge, prompting him to speak out. Dubey, who is M ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - India and Britain are expected to seal a long-awaited free trade deal next week, two Indian government sources said, granting Indian textiles and electric vehicles some duty-free access to the UK market and easing British exports of whisky, cars and food. In May, both countries announced the conclusion of trade negotiations after three years of stop-start negotiations, aiming to increase bilateral trade, remove trade barriers and allow duty-free entry of go ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been ...Read More >
The minister, while speaking to the media on the sidelines of an event to launch department of youth affairs' initiatives against drug addiction, also reiterated the government's position that Pakistani athletes will not be stopped from coming to India for multi-lateral sporting engagements. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said the long-awaited National Sports Governance Bill will be tabled in Parliament during the monsoon session beginning July 21. The minister, while speaking to ...Read More >
New Delhi: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that the National Sports Governance Bill, which will be tabled in the Parliament during next week's monsoon session, has been drafted with inputs from not just the stakeholders here but also international bodies like the IOC and FIFA. Addressing the one-day 'Khelo Bharat Conclave', featuring representatives from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), National Sports Federations (NSFs), the corporate world and athletes, the minister re ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwa ...Read More >
PATNA: Opposition INDIA bloc will hold a meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in New Delhi on July 19 to chalk out further course of action against ongoing Election Commission (EC)'s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. Sharing the information with the media, INDIA bloc co-ordination committee chairman Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said the issue required a stronger protest, as it concerned people's citizenship. "Deletion of names from electoral rolls will de ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Seven bills have been listed for consideration and passing ahead of the Parliament monsoon session scheduled from July 21, while eight other bills have also been listed for introduction, consideration and passing. Bills listed for introduction, consideration and passing belong to finance, commerce, education, sports, mining and culture. These bills include the Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): Following the Wall Street Journal report on the Air India AI171 crash, aviation expert Sanjay Lazar on Thursday expressed concern over the leak of investigation details in the United States. He pointed out that while the American report claims the flight commander may have switched off the fuel controls, India official preliminary report only contains a short pilot denial and lacks the full cockpit voice recorder transcript. Lazar questioned why the fu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) Sports secretary Hari Ranjan Rao on Thursday urged National Sports Federations (NSFs) to finalise their selection mechanism for next year's Asian Games by August 29 to ensure a greater focus on preparations for the showpiece in Japan. Rao was addressing NSFs in the one-day 'Khelo Bharat Conclave' in the national capital where an action plan to take Indian sports forward is being discussed by various stakeholders, including sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya, representativ ...Read More >
New Delhi: Tensions between India's neighbouring countries Thailand and Cambodia seem to be reaching their peak. Cambodia has announced that it is going to start compulsory recruitment of citizens in the army in view of the border tension with Thailand. Cambodia's PM Hun Manet said on Monday, July 14, that compulsory recruitment of citizens in the army will start from next year. The provision making military recruitment compulsory was implemented in Cambodia's law in the year 2006. Tensions bet ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla expressed gratitude to President Droupadi Murmu for nominating him for the Rajya Sabha on Sunday. Shringla thanked President Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that it is a 'rare honour'. The former Indian foreign secretary noted that after serving in Government of India for 40 years, he went back to his 'grassroots' and began to work in the North Bengal area. 'I think it's a great responsibility and ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla expressed gratitude to President Droupadi Murmu for nominating him for the Rajya Sabha on Sunday. Shringla thanked President Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that it is a rare honour. The former Indian foreign secretary noted that after serving in Government of India for 40 years, he went back to his grassroots and began to work in the North Bengal area. I think it a great responsibility and I want ...Read More >
New Delhi: Compared with last year, murders rose by 4% this year between Jan and June, according to Delhi Police, though the crime data for the period showed that overall, there was a decrease of 8.4% in criminal cases.The data listed 250 murders in the current year, marking a slight increase compared with the 241 murders in the first six months of the previous year. A senior officer disclosed that the majority of this year's murders were unpremeditated, spur-of-the-moment actions, triggered by ...Read More >
Pakyong (Sikkim) [India], July 12 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Dorjee Tshering Lepcha reaffirmed the need to recognise Tibet, urging the Centre on Saturday to call the approximately 1,200 kilometre international boundary of Sikkim as the 'Indo-Tibet border' instead of the 'Indo-China border.' The Rajya Sabha MP visited the Machong village in Sikkim on Saturday, a border village, where he reiterated the demand. 'I raised an issue in the Parliament during the Budget Session that this is the Tibet borde ...Read More >
MUMBAI : Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday posted a video on X purportedly showing the state's social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat of the Shiv Sena sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of currency notes. Shirsat, however, rubbished the claim, saying the bag only contained clothes.The allegation came a day after it emerged that Shirsat had received a notice from the income tax department seeking an explanation for increase in his financia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu said India does not share any boundary with China, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar doubled down on the issue on Friday saying India should stop referring to India-Tibet border as India-China border, reports Pradeep Thakur."We don't have any borders with China. They've occupied Tibet and it's today an occupied territory," Kumar said, referring to the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1949-50.Unmindful of backlash from Beijing, the Rajya Sabha MP ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 10 (Reuters) - A delegation from India is expected to visit the United States soon for trade talks, a government official told reporters, as the two countries look to iron out disagreements over duties for auto components, steel, and farm goods. India is among the few countries that are still negotiating a trade deal with Washington, as President Donald Trump ramps up his trade war with the threat of sharply higher tariffs from August 1. A team of Indian officials on an extende ...Read More >
New Delhi: Former Chief Justices of India have reportedly endorsed the constitutionality of the 'one nation, one election' (ONOE) concept, while conveying their views to a parliamentary committee on the Bill proposing simultaneous polls. They have also raised concerns over its various aspects, including the power given to the Election Commission, and offered suggestions. Former CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, in his opinion submitted to the joint committee of Parliament, dismissed the Opposition's critic ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday lauded the contributions of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 125th birth anniversary and said that it was due to the efforts of the Jan Sangh founder that West Bengal and Northeast remained a part of India. Nadda virtually inaugurated three new party district offices. These offices are among the 14 new district offices that are being inaugurated in a phased manner. On the occasion, Nadda said, 'Dr Sya ...Read More >
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised continued trade and investment in Trinidad and Tobago in an address to the nation's parliament. Modi said Friday that's "it's time for us to work together to give the global south its rightful seat at the table." He said that "there are no limits to our cooperation with you." The two-day trip was Modi's first official visit to the twin-island Caribbean country that shares longstanding ties with India. The visit was ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: ED on Friday said it has attached properties worth Rs 34 crore linked to Kannada actor Ranya Rao and her associates in its ongoing gold smuggling and money laundering case.The case had assumed significance after the actor claimed proximity to a Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara. Premises of the latter were searched by ED in May in connection with the money laundering case.Later, ED shifted its investigation into the gold smuggling case from Bengaluru to its headquarters in Delhi. ...Read More >
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised continued trade and investment in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday in an address to the nation's parliament. "It's time for us to work together to give the global south its rightful seat at the table," Modi said. "For us there are no limits to our cooperation with you." The two-day trip was Modi's first official visit to the diverse, twin-island Caribbean country that shares longstanding ties with India. The visit was expecte ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 4: Reacting to the recent statement made by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, India on Friday stated that it does not take "any position" or speak on matters concerning beliefs and practices of faith and religion. "We have seen reports relating to the statement made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama about the continuation of the Dalai Lama institution. Government of India does not take any position or speak on matters concerning beliefs and practices of faith and religion. Go ...Read More >
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