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NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday raised concern over repeated disruptions in the Rajya Sabha, claiming that the, “ongoing protests have already cost the Upper House 53 hours and 21 minutes of working time.“ He urged the MPs to uphold a 1997 resolution that calls for smooth functioning of the Upper House.Sharing…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that called for a committee, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, to independently examine Air India’s safety and maintenance standards.The petition, filed last month after crash sought a comprehensive safety audit of Air India’s fleet by an international aviation…

US secretary of state Marco Rubio (AP photo) US secretary of state Marco Rubio has claimed that the United States “got involved directly” when India and Pakistan went to war, and that President Donald Trump played a key role in delivering peace between the two nuclear-armed nations.Speaking in an interview with EWTN’s ‘The World Over’…

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, continued his sharp criticism of the Election Commission (EC). On Friday, he released a new video, once again accusing the EC of serious irregularities in the conduct of elections across the country.In the video, Rahul Gandhi cited multiple state elections to support his claim…

NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had indirectly supported the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls through his recent remarks. Himanta said the revision exercise is necessary in Assam to remove the names of what he called “Bangladeshis” from the voter list.Speaking to reporters…

NEW DELHI: The chief electoral officers (CEO) of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Haryana, reacting to Rahul Gandhi‘s allegations of “massive voter fraud” during the 2024 Lok Sabha poll in Karnataka and the latest assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana, have said they would initiate the necessary proceedings after he declares under oath that he believes the…

NEW DELHI: Chapters on the lives and sacrifices of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and top gallantry award winners Brigadier Mohammad Usman and Major Somnath Sharma have been added to the NCERT syllabus this academic year, defence ministry said on Thursday.The newly-introduced chapters, in Class VIII (Urdu), Class VII (Urdu) and Class VIII (English) respectively, aim…

NEW DELHI: The Centre told Supreme Court Thursday that diluting the age of consent from 18 to 16 years would make young girls vulnerable to predators within and outside their family but conceded courts could exercise judicial discretion to determine whether an alleged ‘rape’ was actually adolescent romance warranting leniency.The Centre said, “Diluting age of…

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Patiala House court Thursday allowed 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks plotter Tahawwur Rana to have a phone conversation with his family for the limited purpose of discussing the engagement of a new legal aid counsel.At present, advocate Piyush Sachdeva from Delhi Legal Services Authority is Rana’s legal counsel. The Pakistan-born Canadian moved court…

Nagpur: Atop a gentle hill in Girad village in Wardha district, surrounded by lush greenery and revered equally by Hindu and Muslim devotees, stands the Sheikh Farid Dargah. A site known for harmony was used as a prominent plot in the Raj More-directed Marathi film, ‘Khalid Ka Shivaji’, which has now triggered statewide controversy over…