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The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Monday (March 17, 2025) raised serious concern over the rapid growth of self-styled legal influencers on social media noting many of them without possessing appropriate credentials, spread misinformation on critical legal issues. In a statement, the body which regulates the legal profession in India, said, “Many such legal … Read more
In this image posted by @narendramodi via X on March 17, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to the mortal remains of veteran BJP leader Debendra Pradhan, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI/@NarendraModi Veteran BJP leader Debendra Pradhan, who was a Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, died on Monday (March 17, … Read more
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court of India remarked on Monday (March 17, 2025) that the use of elephants in festivals was a cultural part of the country. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a petition filed by NGO Vishwa Gaja Seva Samithi, … Read more
NCP-SCP Rajya Sabha member Fauzia Khan cited a study to highlight the lack of safety measures in vehicles transporting school children in Rajya Sabha on Monday, March 17, 2025 | Photo Credit: SansadTV NCP-SCP Rajya Sabha member Fauzia Khan on Monday (March 17, 2025) expressed concern over increasing number of accidents involving school buses and … Read more
The Supreme Court said the trial of the Manipur ethnic violence cases, probed by the CBI, would be conducted in Guwahati, Assam, where it was transferred to earlier. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Monday (March 17, 2025) said the trial of the Manipur ethnic violence cases, probed by the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon during joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar India and New Zealand on Monday (March 17, 2025) inked a mega pact to institutionalise their defence and security ties even as Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar greets members of the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, March 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were among the leaders who got in touch with the family of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar to … Read more
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre on the PIL filed by an NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, and tagged it with the pending matter regarding the appointment of the CAG. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (March 17, 2025) sought the Centre’s response on a public interest … Read more
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Six sites, including Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs in Telangana and palace-fortresses of the Bundelas in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, have been added to India’s tentative list by the UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre,” Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Monday (March 17, … Read more
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that attempts were made to intentionally erase the contributions of many freedom fighters in the past | Photo Credit: Getty Images Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Monday (March 17, 2025) that attempts were made to intentionally erase the contributions … Read more