New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Wednesday tabled the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha amid sloganeering from the Opposition. An eight-hour discussion on the bill, subject to an increase, is scheduled. The Opposition claimed that the Centre is "bulldozing the legislation" as...
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will take up the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill for discussion and passage Wednesday, setting the stage for a showdown between a government determined to push it through and an opposition united in condemning the proposed law as unconstitutional. Rajya Sabha...
Palanpur (Gujarat): Eighteen persons were killed and five others injured after a blast at a firecracker warehouse led to a blaze and collapse of the building in Gujarat's Banaskantha district Tuesday, officials said. The incident took place in an industrial area near Deesa town at...
New York/Washington: The White House has said India imposes a 100 per cent tariff on American agricultural products, and the high levies charged by other countries make it "virtually impossible" for US products to be exported to those nations. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticised...
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Monday dismissed speculation about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's successor, asserting that Modi would continue to lead the country for many more years. Responding to Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut's claim that Modi went to the RSS headquarters in...
Tehran: Hours after US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with bombing and secondary tariffs, the armed forces in Iran have reportedly readied missiles for a potential response to Washington. In a post Monday on X, Iranian army said, "Information received by the Tehran Times indicates...
Cuttack: One person was killed and three others injured as an express train derailed in Odisha's Cuttack district Sunday, officials said. Eleven coaches of the SMVT Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derailed at Nirgundi near Manguli at 11.54 am, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the East...
Nuuk: The Danish foreign minister Saturday scolded the Trump administration Saturday for its “tone” in criticising Denmark and Greenland, saying his country is already investing more into Arctic security and remains open to more cooperation with the US. Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen made the...
Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha cadre IAS officer Sujata R Karthikeyan, the wife of BJD president Naveen Patnaik's former close aide VK Pandian, was granted permission to take voluntary retirement from government service, official sources said Saturday. The approval to Karthikeyan's request for voluntary retirement was informed...
Bhubaneswar: Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sujata Karthikeyan, wife of former IAS turned politician VK Pandian, has taken voluntary retirement from service (VRS), according to sources. She had applied for VRS nearly a month ago. However, no official confirmation has yet been made public....
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