New Delhi: Both Houses of the Parliament, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, were Thursday adjourned sine die ahead of the scheduled date of April 8. The Budget Session started January 29 and was originally slated to end April 8 but several members of the...
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday cut for the second straight day as international oil prices cooled fell on prospects of speedy recovery in consumption getting clouded by second wave of COVID-19 cases. Petrol price was cut by 21 paise per litre...
New Delhi: Lok Sabha was Thursday adjourned sine die, bringing the nearly two-month long Budget session to an end. The session started January 29 and was originally slated to end April 8 but several members had urged Speaker Om Birla to end the session earlier...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said "the structures of our society has been created by males for males", and ‘equality will be farce’ if change does not occur and women get equal opportunity. The apex court was directing the Centre to consider granting permanent...
New Delhi: India saw 53,476 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,17,87,534, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. The active caseload registered an increase for the 15th day in row and was...
New Delhi: As the campaign for the Assembly elections in five states/UT reaches a crescendo, Mamata Banerjee is still winning West Bengal, DMK is sweeping Tamil Nadu, Puducherry will see a change of government, while the Congress will close the gap in Assam and Kerala...
Mumbai: In a major development in the investigation into the SUV case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has slapped charges under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against arrested-suspended Mumbai Police 'encounter specialist' Sachin Vaze, officials said Wednesday. An NIA official related to probe told...
New Delhi: India recorded 47,262 fresh coronavirus cases in a day, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,17,34,058, the Union health ministry said Wednesday. The active caseload registered an increased for the 14th day in row and...
New Delhi: The Cabinet cleared Monday the proposal for vaccination for all those above 45 from April 1. Currently people in the age group of 60 and above and those with comorbidities above the age of 45 are getting preference for vaccination. Now, with the...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Tuesday any amount collected during moratorium period by banks as interest on interest or compound interest, should either be refunded or adjusted against the next EMIs payable by the borrowers. A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, MR...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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