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Congress protests: Rahul digs in, Nadda says selective outrage

Rahul Gandhi calls education system ‘rigged’, Nadda accuses Oppn of seeking ‘political mileage’ NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the sacking of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan is a mu Read More

SC to examine plea to ease green-cracker ban

NEW DELHI: That firecrackers cause mayhem in Delhi is not in doubt. What is less certain is whether the same yardstick of pollution can be applied to the rest of India. Read More

Kalyan Banerjee suspended from Lok Sabha as rebel MPs complain of foul language

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, not new to allegations of inappropriate behaviour, was suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of Parliament’s monsoon session after some women MPs of the party’s breakaway faction ac Read More

Anurag Jain named new Niti Aayog CEO

NITI Aayog names new CEO – Anurag Jain NEW DELHI: Govt Wednesday appointed 1989-batch IAS officer Anurag Jain, currently chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh, as chief executive officer (CEO) of Niti Aayog for two years. Read More

Amid mergers, Sibal urges SC to interpret law on defection curbs

MP Kapil Sibal personally entered the legal battlefield NEW DELHI: After being the counsel for Sena UBT contesting the defection of Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde which resulted in the collapse of MVA govt in Maharashtra, senio Read More

SC seeks Speaker response to UBT plea against MPs’ merger with Sena

SC agreed to test the validity of Lok Sabha Speaker’s decision to recognise the merger of six Sena UBT MPs with the rival EknathShinde-led faction NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to test the validity of Lok Sabha Speak Read More

SC acquits blast accused in jail for 23 years

Apex court acquits 1996 blast accused after he spends 23 years in prison NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday acquitted a man accused in the 1996 Rajasthan bomb blast case after finding no evidence against him, though he had already s Read More

As of July, 11.4% of 7.99 lakh Waqf claims rejected after uploading on central portal

As many as 91,623 number of waqf properties are pending at various stages of uploading NEW DELHI: Minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju informed Parliament on Wednesday that the data as on July 17 shows of the over 7. Read More

Complaint filed in NHRC over police ‘brutality’ on protesters at Jantar Mantar

Complaint filed with NHRC seeking independent inquiry into the alleged police “brutality” on July 20 NEW DELHI: A complaint has been filed with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), seeking independent inquiry into the alleged po Read More

‘Bail by HCs shouldn’t be challenged in SC’: CJI-led bench rejects appeal by Chhattisgarh government

SC said that once a high court grants bail to an accused, it must be treated as final NEW DELHI: In an important exposition on the working of criminal justice process without diluting the primacy of individual liberty, the Supreme C Read More

Parliament washout again; govt reaches out to opposition to end impasse

Opposition MPs stage protest against govt at Parliament in black clothes NEW DELHI: Govt and opposition were locked in intense discussions Wednesday to break the deadlock in Parliament, as the aftermath of the police crackdown on st Read More

Curbs on foreign funding not uniquely Indian, says govt, cites laws elsewhere ahead of bill to tweak FCRA

Govt cited comparable laws regulating foreign funding NEW DELHI: Ahead of Parliament taking up the Foreign Contribution Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, govt cited comparable laws regulating foreign funding, influence and lobbying Read More