Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin speaks to the media on delimitation, in Chennai on February 25. | Photo Credit: ANI The story so far: There has been a renewed debate about delimitation after the issue was raised by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The delimitation of constituencies for the Lok Sabha and State … Read more
CBI said a case has been registered against a Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer and eight other railway officials along with unknown candidates. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has detected and busted a departmental examination paper leak scam under the East Central Railway (ECR) at Mughal Sarai in Uttar Pradesh … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea by fishers challenging a ban by the Tamil Nadu government on purse seine fishing. The petitioners said that a Central government expert committee report found no fault with this mode of fishing. The Supreme Court, in a judgment in 2023, had allowed purse seine fishing … Read more
“We make the whole launcher of the Akash NG Surface to Air Missile system, and are also supplying electronics and software for the Advanced Towed Array Gun System (ATAGS),” Ashley Rasquinha, Jt. MD, EPH, said. | Photo Credit: PTI Belgium’s John Cockerill Defence (JCD), the world’s top-turret manufacturer for battle tanks, and Pune-based Electro Pneumatics … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Princess Astrid of Belgium, in New Delhi on Tuesday | Photo Credit: ANI Europe needs to develop its own “strategic autonomy”, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said on Tuesday (March 4, 2025), speaking about the United States’ decision to change its course on the Ukraine war. As … Read more
Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi. File. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Asim Azmi’s remarks praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb triggered a controversy in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday, with leaders from the ruling Mahayuti alliance raising slogans demanding that Mr. Azmi be charged with sedition, and suspended. A complaint has been registered against … Read more
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi during the two-day conference of CEOs of all States/UTs at India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), in New Delhi on Tuesday (March 4, 2025). | Photo Credit: ECI via PTI Photo Amid complaints of anomalies in voters’ lists, … Read more
Mr. Jaishankar also met with Trade and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to discuss the India-U.K. “free trade” deal (FTA), the Minister said on social media site X. | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar began his visit to the U.K. on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) with a series of meetings in London with … Read more
The DPDP Act, passed in Parliament two years ago, has removed language from the RTI Act that would compel disclosure of personal information | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge reiterated concerns on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) that the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, was weakening the Right to Information Act, … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs a meeting to review security situation in Manipur, in New Delhi, on March 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI At a security review meeting last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed the Manipur administration to restore religious places that had been damaged or vandalised during the May 2023 … Read more