Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Thursday (March 6, 2025) hailed the Supreme Court order passed while hearing pleas against the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023 and said it was a “stinging rebuke” to the Modi government’s systematic efforts to dilute the institutions as well as regulatory systems for … Read more
File photo of candidates appearing for Railway Recruitment Board Examination. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy The Indian Railways has cancelled all departmental selections of employees for promotions within the Group-C category for which results have not been published as on March 5, 2025. Admitting several irregularities in the departmental selections held in the recent past, … Read more
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede. | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Administrative Tribunal has set aside the transfer of IRS officer Sameer Wankhede from Mumbai to Chennai, saying the revenue department “patently violated” its own guidelines. Mr. Wankhede, a 2008 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, made headlines for allegedly demanding ₹25 crore from Bollywood actor … Read more
Congress leader Manish Tewari. File | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Only the States in central India would gain if the delimitation exercise is held on the principle of ‘one vote, one value’ as they have been laggards on population control, Congress leader Manish Tewari said and demanded the framing of a new formula for … Read more
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday (March 6, 2025) said the three-language formula in the New Education Policy (NEP) is good for the whole country. Also Read | T.N. BJP launches signature campaign in favour of three-language formula Responding to a query regarding the … Read more
Often, Fanni Pajer finds herself at airstrips where there aren’t many facilities but only maintenance hangars. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Glass jars wrapped inside jute bags and portable urination devices are a must-have in a cockpit for 48-year-old Fanni Pajer. As a ferry pilot, she flies small planes for an Austrian aircraft manufacturer, delivering … Read more
Ranveer Allahbadia. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Social media personalities Ranveer Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija appeared before the National Commission for Women on Thursday (March 6, 2025) over the derogatory remarks made on comic Samay Raina’s show “India’s Got Latent”. Producers of the show — Saurabh Bothra and Tushar Poojari — and lawyers of … Read more
A meeting of the technical teams of the Joint Rivers Commission of India and Bangladesh began in Kolkata on Thursday (March 6, 2025) on the Ganga Water Treaty, which is due for renewal in 2026, an official said. The Bangladeshi delegation of the Joint Rivers Commission reached Kolkata on Monday morning and immediately left for … Read more
Lawyers at the Supreme Court complex, in New Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Thursday (March 6, 2025) said courts were not expected to keep the matters concerning liberty after a long gap. A Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Augustine George Masih made the observation after being informed that … Read more
Citing an IMF report to flag “tepid” private investment growth in India, the Congress on Thursday (March 6, 2025) said the way out of the current “economic slump” needs measures to boost consumption, enhancing policy predictability, and rationalising trade policy. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has devoted … Read more