A file photo of RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav with his wife Rabri Devi in Patna. | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to Rashtriya Janata Dal president and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad for questioning on March 19 in Patna in money laundering case related with land-for-job scam. Sources … Read more
Women security personnel keep a vigil in the aftermath of violence that erupted on Monday, in Nagpur, on March 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Several houses, vehicles and a clinic have been vandalised in violence in Nagpur following rumours that the holy book of a community was burnt during an agitation by a right-wing … Read more
Proceedings of the Lok Sabha underway during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The ongoing Budget Session of Parliament on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) will focus on Railways, and Manipur’s budget as the lower and upper house take these up for discussion respectively. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is … Read more
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