RAIPUR: Four tribal legislators, including three from the tribal Bastar region, are among the half-dozen legislators who took their oath as MLAs in Sanskrit on the first day of the inaugural session of the 90-member House, while several others pledged in Hindi and the local Chhattisgarhi dialect.While five BJP legislators took their oath in Sanskrit, … Read more
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday took exception to Trinamool Congress’ suspended MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking him during a protest in Parliament premises saying that the mimicry is ‘ridiculous’ and ‘unacceptable’. Kalyan Banerjee, during the protest with other suspended MPs at Parliament’s Makar Dwar, was seen mimicking the Vice President while Congress … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that it has a record of more than 95,000 foreign offenders. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanad Rai, shared the input in a written reply to a query of a legislator, saying, “As of November 2023, the National Database of Offenders … Read more
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ruled that civil suits filed by Hindu worshippers and deity inter alia seeking restoration of a temple at the Gyanvapi Mosque premises are not barred by the Places of Worship Act. File Photo. The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ruled that civil suits filed by Hindu worshippers and deity … Read more
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the largest single-day expulsion of 78 members of Parliament from both Houses on Monday, setting a historic precedent in India’s parliamentary history, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal expressed on Tuesday that the “mother of democracy has been orphaned.”Amidst an intense confrontation in both Houses involving Chairs, the Treasury, and … Read more
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has submitted a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking to quash a money laundering case registered against her by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). She has challenged the ED’s complaint and the second supplementary charge sheet dated August 17, 2022 under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of … Read more
Former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the sanction given by the bank’s board to prosecute her in connection with alleged irregularities in loans given to Videocon. In her plea, Kochhar claimed proper procedure was not followed while granting the sanction. Kochhar and her husband Deepak were … Read more
The T-72 tanks will be gradually replaced by 1,700 Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCV), which the Indian Army is currently procuring. Battlefield Management System equipment will be installed on the FRCVs (BMS) Image Courtesy PTI In a meeting on November 30, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has reportedly approved the purchase and integration of two … Read more
NEW DELHI: The private contractor involved in construction of the partially collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand is also locked in a dispute over failure to complete a top secret defence project for the Indian Navy within deadline.Last year, the ministry of defence removed Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd as the contractor to build a base, codenamed “Project … Read more
Representative image (Photo: X) In a significant development to promote tourism, the Central government in India has approved the Beypore-Kochi-Dubai cruise service. The green signal was issued due to a significant demand from non-resident Indian passengers, Manorama Online, a Kerala-based news daily reported. India’s Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced that the initial steps to launch the … Read more
