ECI sets the ball rolling on linking voter ID card with Aadhaar

In this image released by @ECISVEEP via X on March 18, 2025, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi during a meeting between Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and technical experts of Election Commission of India (ECI), in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI/@ECISVEEP The Election Commission … Read more

RBI and Bank of Mauritius sign pact on use of local currencies for bilateral transactions

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Reserve Bank and the Bank of Mauritius (BOM) have signed a pact for establishing a framework to promote the use of the Indian Rupee and the Mauritian Rupee (MUR) for cross-border transactions. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by RBI Governor … Read more

Rajnath meets Dutch counterpart Berkelmans, says look forward to deepen defence partnership

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Netherlands Defence Minister Ruben Berkelmans, in New Delhi on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). | Photo Credit: X/Rajnath Singh via ANI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Dutch counterpart Ruben Berkelmans on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) here and held discussions on a broad range of subjects including Indo-Pacific and emerging technologies … Read more

Tripura court sentences three Rohingyas two years on the charge of infiltration

A court has convicted three Rohingya refugees and sentenced them to jail terms in a rare and harsh punishment for cross-border infiltrators in Tripura. The accused have been given two years in jail and imposed a fine. The district and sessions judge in Kailashahar, the district headquarters of Unakoti, convicted the infiltrators from Bangladesh who … Read more

India ranked 24th out of 33 countries in free speech index

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockPhoto A new global survey by The Future of Free Speech, an independent U.S.-based think tank, has ranked India 25th out of the 33 countries surveyed on the question of support for free speech. Its report, titled ‘Who in the World Supports Free Speech?’ states … Read more

BJP government is systematically undermining MGNREGS: Sonia Gandhi 

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on March 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI/Sansad TV Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at Centre of systematically undermining the rural employment scheme, … Read more