Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor Vijay has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. Several petitions were filed in the apex court challenging the Act, contending that it was discriminatory towards the Muslim community … Read more
We are not in favour of illegal immigrants. But indigenous people have to live together,” Okram Ibobi Singh said. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Senior Congress leader Okram Ibobi Singh on Sunday (April 13, 2025) that the Manipur unit of the party will file a petition with the Supreme Court against the Waqf … Read more
Accusing the government of “looting” people by increasing excise duty on petrol and diesel, the Congress on Sunday (April 13, 2025) called for fixing accountability and demanded that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit how government policies benefited private companies. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Accusing the government of “looting” people by increasing excise duty … Read more
Amidst turmoil in Washington over communication security breaches by the National Security Council, including the National Security Advisor’s office itself, U.S. National Security Advisor (NSA) Michael Waltz has put off his visit to India slated for next week. | Photo Credit: AP Amidst turmoil in Washington over communication security breaches by the National Security Council, … Read more
The 135th birth anniversary of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Indian Constitution and a champion of social justice, will be commemorated at the Prerna Sthal, at Parliament House Lawns, here on Monday (April 14, 2025). President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, … Read more
In a veiled swipe at previous Congress-led Governments, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday (April 13, 2025) that the cooperative movement had remained in shambles as laws had not been tweaked for years and “almost died” before the Modi Government took decisive actions. Addressing a state-level cooperative conference in Bhopal, Mr. Shah said … Read more
A view of a Laser Weapon developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to shoot down aerial targets in Kurnool on April 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday (April 13, 2025) announced the successful trial of a Mk-II(A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system … Read more
INS Chennai arrives in Dar-es-Salaam for the inaugural edition of the large-scale multilateral exercise Africa India Key Maritime Engagement, AIKEYME. | Photo Credit: PTI The inaugural edition of the large-scale multilateral exercise Africa India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) began on Sunday (April 13, 2025) at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Coinciding with it, offshore patrol vessel INS Sunayna, designated … Read more
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development has recommended an independent survey to assess the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), and its shortcomings. | Photo Credit: M A SRIRAM The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development has recommended an independent survey to assess the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi … Read more
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday (April 13. 2025) said that deletion of the provision in the RTI Act that recognises citizens’ right to information as being at par with that of legislators is “completely unwarranted”, and urged IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to pause, review, and repeal the amendment made to the original legislation … Read more