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File photo of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. | Photo Credit: ANI Not a single Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court remained functional in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (March 19, 2025). Mr. Shah was responding to Trinamool Congress member Saket Gokhale’s remarks on the … Read more
The story so far: Allocations for educational schemes for Muslims have been completely slashed in the past four years, revealed the Centre on Monday (March 17, 2025). In a reply to Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien’s query on budgetary allocations for madrasa and Waqf schemes and its expenditure in the past four years, the Centre revealed … Read more
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar conducts proceedings in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Criticising the culture of “freebies”, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) said the issue should be debated in Parliament and there was … Read more
Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon during an interview in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar New Zealand is a liberal democracy, its Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said, when asked about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public concerns over protests held by supporters of Khalistan in that country. In an … Read more
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday (March 19, 2025). | Photo Credit: Sansad TV via ANI There has been a 71% reduction in incidents of terror in the country under the Modi government and terrorists … Read more
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on March 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) said it is concerned over the situation in Gaza and called for supply of humanitarian assistance to people of the conflict-hit Palestinian territory. India’s comments came … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) questioned the claims of high development rate and per capita income when certain States have about 70% of their population living below poverty line, and wondered whether distribution schemes of … Read more
J&K MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid is also known as Engineer Rashid. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad A Delhi court would on March 21 pass its order on the bail plea of jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popular as Engineer Rashid, in a terror funding case. Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh, … Read more
CPI (M) leader A.A. Rahim raised the issue of gig workers in the Rajya Sabha, saying they face “unbelievable exploitation” and inadequate earnings. File CPI (M) leader A.A. Rahim on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) raised the issue of gig workers in the Rajya Sabha, saying they face “unbelievable exploitation” and inadequate earnings, and urged the … Read more
Equating delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies expected in 2026, as a “political coup” Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP P. Wilson speaking during the Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha. File | Photo Credit: ANI Equating delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies expected in 2026, as a “political coup” Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP P. Wilson speaking during the Zero … Read more