The Supreme Court on Friday refused to intervene in a Madras High Court order fixing a cap on number of tourist vehicles plying to the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal during the summer season this year. The High Court had restricted traffic to 6,000 tourist vehicles a day during weekdays and 8,000 vehicles during weekends to the … Read more
Rajya Sabha proceedings were interrupted on Friday morning by protests over Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman’s now expunged remarks on 16th century Rajput king Rana Sanga. The BJP demanded an unqualified apology from him, while the Opposition walked out in protest over an attack on Mr. Suman’s home by the Karni Sena, a Rajput … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ‘TV9 Summit’ in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PMO via PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (March 28, 2025) asserted that the importance of India’s efforts, innovations and opinions are receiving today never happened earlier. Speaking at the TV9 Summit on the theme of “What India Thinks … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on March 28, 2025. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI The Lok Sabha on Friday (March 28, 2025) passed a Bill which seeks to modernise provisions governing the carriage of goods by sea and simplify maritime regulations. … Read more
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, in New Delhi on March 28, 2025. Photo: ANI Photo/Sansad TV Former Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday (March 28, 2025) condemned the remarks by a Samajwadi party MP against Rajput king Rana Sanga, asserting that the … Read more
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress MP Karti Chidambaram met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (March 28, 2025) and raised the issue of growing health and safety concerns posed by stray dogs. During the meeting, Mr. Chidambaram suggested establishing a National Task Force to provide a holistic, humane and scientific solution … Read more
Damaged pagodas are seen after an earthquake, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Friday (March 28, 2025) | Photo Credit: AP Tsunami Warning Centre at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) in Hyderabad has detected an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 at 11:50 a.m. in Myanmar (Location: 22.07°N 96.04°E). Since this earthquake is land-based (about … Read more
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. | Photo Credit: PTI Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar walked out of a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) on Friday (March 28, 2025), with House sources saying that a “lack of decorum” was the reason, but Opposition members claimed he left midway due to sharp differences between them … Read more
File photo of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Union Cabinet on Friday (March 28, 2025) announces a 2% hike in the Dearness Allowance for employees and pensioners. This was announced by the Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. With this rise the DA and DR will be increased from 53% to … Read more
Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra (36), who was born in Mumbai but shifted his residence to Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu in 2021, has told Madras High Court on Friday (March 28, 2025) that he had not named anyone, much less Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in his latest show titled ‘Naya Bharat’ and yet … Read more