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New Delhi: The government Monday sought Parliament's nod for net additional spending of Rs 41,455 crore in the current fiscal, of which over Rs 27,000 crore expenditure is towards fertiliser and petroleum subsidies. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the first batch of Supplementary Demands for...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day Monday amid unrelenting protests by opposition parties demanding a debate on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Amid the uproar, a bill to implement amendments to the GST law in Manipur was passed after...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday issued notices to the Centre, the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the West Bengal government on a plea seeking provisional Special Interim Revision (SIR) for Hindus, Buddhists and Christians who migrated to the state from Bangladesh before 2014....

New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday sent Al Falah University founder Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui to 14-day judicial custody in a terror-linked money laundering case. Siddiqui had been sent to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for 13 days November 19. Monday, he was produced before Additional...

New Delhi: The Winter Session of Lok Sabha plunged into turmoil yet again Tuesday as vociferous protests by opposition members over alleged “vote chori” in recent elections, and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and union territories forced a...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar Monday called for urgent global reforms to strengthen biosecurity and fortify the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) as it marks its 50th anniversary. Speaking at the Conference on 50 Years of the Biological Weapons Convention: Strengthening Biosecurity for...

New Delhi: Newly-elected Vice President CP Radhakrishnan took over as the Speaker and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Monday as the Parliament's Winter Session kicked off. Radhakrishnan, the former Maharashtra Governor, was elected as the Vice President of India with a total of 452 votes,...

New Delhi: Opposition leaders Monday sharply criticised the government as the 19-day Winter Session of Parliament commenced, accusing it of deliberately restricting debate and accountability. Speaking to IANS, Shiv Sena(UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said, “It is very clear that they have no intention of letting...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that there should not be any "drama" in the House and emphasised that the focus should be on policy-making and not sloganeering. Addressing the media ahead of the Parliament's Winter Session, PM Modi said, "This Winter Session...

Srinagar: Assisted by J&K Police and the CRPF, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday was conducting raids at 10 locations in Kashmir as part of its probe in the Delhi terror blast case. Officials said that the NIA carried out simultaneous raids at 10 locations...