India 
Poll officials carrying EVMs enter the Patparganj counting centre for the Delhi Assembly polls, in New Delhi, on February 8. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: The Election Commission (EC) has invited political parties to discuss strengthening the election process. This is in wake of the allegations of manipulation of electoral rolls during … Read more
New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI Photo/Sansad TV) | Photo Credit: ANI The allocation for Railways has increased to ₹2.5 lakh crore from ₹25,000 crore in the past 10 years, and the sector has … Read more
Samajwadi Party (SP) member in the Rajya Sabha Ramji Lal Suman on Monday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that millions of dollars were sent to India as grants for enhancing “voter turnout” during elections in the country. Mr. Suman questioned the intelligence agencies for not flagging the flow … Read more
The proposal for an industrial strike against the four Labour Codes is likely to be discussed at the national convention of workers organised by the platform of the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and independent sectoral federations here on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). The CTUs said in a statement that the convention was being held in … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to treat as representational a petition for amending the Constitution and replacing the word India with ‘Bharat’ or ‘Hindustan’. The petitioner Mr. Namaha, a Delhi resident, had initially moved the Supreme Court, which in 2020, … Read more
Proceedings of the Rajya Sabha underway during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on March 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI/Sansad TV The Opposition in the Rajya Sabha said the Centre’s claims that “everything is good in Manipur” was an exercise in propaganda; the ground reality in the State was very worrisome; and … Read more
Image for representational purposes only. India and Australia on Monday (March 17, 2025) agreed to further deepen cooperation and interoperability across maritime, land and air domains, including working with multilateral partners. Besides, the two countries also decided to focus on cooperation in maritime domain awareness, reciprocal information sharing, industry and science and technology collaboration aside … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened an account on Truth Social, the U.S. social media platform whose parent is majority owned by President Donald Trump. Mr. Modi’s first post was a picture of him and Mr. Trump at the Howdy, Modi! rally at Houston, Texas in September … Read more
U.S. Marines near Fallujah in Iraq on November 1, 2004. Many records were said to be lost or destroyed during the invasion of Iraq by the U.S. | Photo Credit: AP Many records in the Indian Embassy at Baghdad were lost or destroyed during the invasion of Iraq by the United States in 2002-03. This … Read more
File photo used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has served a show-cause notice on Air India after an 82-year-old woman passenger suffered brain injuries from a fall at the Delhi airport following delay in providing her a wheelchair, Minister for Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu informed … Read more