New Delhi: The Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha Thursday recommended the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from the House over the cash-for-query charge against her. But her expulsion may not take place immediately, according to an expert. Former secretary general of the Lok...
Guna (MP)/Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday tore into Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his population control remarks, saying he did not even feel ashamed for using "derogatory" language against women, even as the JD(U) leader apologised for the comments that sparked a huge...
New Delhi: Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the severe category again on Wednesday morning, with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for one-third of the air pollution in the national capital. The city's Air Quality Index (AQI)...
Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israel will take “overall security responsibility” in Gaza indefinitely after its war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, the clearest indication yet that Israel plans to maintain control over the coastal enclave one month into a conflict that has claimed...
Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and former Odisha Assembly speaker Maheswar Mohanty died at a private hospital here Tuesday. Mohanty, who was also a former minister, was 67. He is survived by his wife and two sons. He was admitted to the hospital November 1 after...
New Delhi: Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced Monday that the odd-even car rationing scheme will be enforced in Delhi from November 13 to 20 as a measure to combat air pollution. Rai also said that to safeguard the health of schoolchildren, the government has decided...
Gaza: As the raging Israel-Hamas war continued for the 29th day Monday, the overall death toll in the Gaza Strip has increased to 9,770, including 4,008 children and 2,550 women, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the enclave said in its latest update. According to the...
Kolkata: Birthday boy Virat Kohli hit a record-equalling 49th ODI century while Ravindra Jadeja took a five-wicket haul as India crushed South Africa by 243 runs to record their eighth World Cup win here Sunday. Kohli, who turned 35 Sunday, struck 101 not out off...
Kathmandu: At least 143 people were killed and several others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal just before midnight Friday, destroying hundreds of houses in the Himalayan country's remote mountainous region in the most devastating tremor since 2015. According to the National...
Kathmandu: At least 128 people were killed and several others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal just before midnight on Friday, destroying houses in the Himalayan country's remote mountainous region. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake with...
Defeat in Ayodhya in 2024, where the Ram temple was built with much pomp, appears to have deeply shaken the...
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One of the infirmities that democratically elected governments the world over suffer from is the extra-constitutional powers that captains of...
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At a time when there are nationwide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the...
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By Aakar Patel In 5 March 2021, the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India put out a statement...
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