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Centre had notified a 24% hike in the salaries of Members of Parliament with effect from April 1, 2023 on the basis of the Cost Inflation Index. | Photo Credit: PTI The Centre on Monday (March 24, 2025) notified a 24% hike in the salaries of Members of Parliament with effect from April 1, 2023 … Read more
Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh. FIle | Photo Credit: PTI/Sansad TV The Congress’s chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh, on Monday (March 24, 2025) gave a notice of question of breach of privilege against Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju for “misleading” the House on alleged statements made by Karnataka … Read more
In AY 2023-24, over 29.79 lakh ITR-Us were filed and ₹2,947 crore additional taxes paid. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock Photo Over 90 lakh updated Income Tax Returns have been filed over the last four years which fetched ₹9,118 crore to the exchequer, Parliament was informed on Monday (March 24, 2025). To encourage voluntary compliance, … Read more
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV The Congress on Monday (March 24, 2025) claimed that the BJP came up with a “completely fake” issue to get Parliament adjourned so that the very serious matter of Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Varma’s conduct does not get discussed. The BJP members in the Lok … Read more
The artwork ‘Mirror with Birds’ is displayed during media preview of the Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo exhibition, at the Royal Academy Of Arts, in London, England on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). | Photo Credit: AP French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” and “Les Miserables”, but less … Read more
Habitat Studio, a performance and event venue in Mumbai, on Monday (March 24, 2025) announced that they were shutting down after Shiv Sena’s workers vandalised its premises over stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra’s alleged defamatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a show. In an Instagram post on Monday, the studio said: “We … Read more
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A ruckus erupted within a few minutes of the proceedings in Rajya Sabha over Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s reported remarks about “changing the Constitution”. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju demanded an … Read more
The Supreme Court said the plea would be heard after four weeks. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Monday (March 24, 2025) sought response from the Maharashtra authority on a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings for demolition of a house and shop in Sindhudurg district over alleged anti-India slogan during a cricket … Read more
The Mumbai police on Monday, registered an FIR against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, based on a complaint made by Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel, for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a show, an official said. Also Read: Kunal Kamra row: Shiva Sena functionary seeks complaint against comedian, opposition … Read more
Security personnel keep a strict vigil during a search operation against a group of infiltrating terrorists, at Saniyal Hiranagar in J&K’s Kathua district. | Photo Credit: ANI The search operation against a group of infiltrating terrorists in the dense jungles of Kathua district of Jammu region entered the second day on Monday (March 24, 2025), … Read more