AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge with the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR After a series of setbacks in recent Assembly elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) put stress on strengthening the organisation and said that party office-bearers would be held “accountable” for … Read more
Pascale Sourisse, president and chief executive officer, Thales International. Photo: Special Arrangement. The agreement between Thales U.K. and Bharat Dynamics Limited for the supply of Laser Beam Riding Man Portable Air Defence (LBRM) Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) missiles and launchers to the Indian Army will be executed under the emergency procurement route and … Read more
In this image released by AICC on February 19, 2025, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh interacts with the media, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) asked whether the Narendra Modi government would respond to the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission’s (SEC) request in the ongoing probe against the … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) granted interim protection from arrest to podcaster and influencer Ranveer Allahbadia in connection with the first information reports (FIRs) registered against him over remarks made on the YouTube show “India Got Latent”. A Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh imposed stringent conditions, prohibiting Allahbadia and … Read more
Agitators stage a protest over the death of a Nepali student on the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) campus, in Bhubaneswar, on February 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI As protests continued over the reported ill-treatment of Nepali students at Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), a Deemed-to-be-University, the Odisha government assured Nepal … Read more
A view of Mullaperiyar dam | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) directed a supervisory committee, constituted by the Centre on January 3 and chaired by the head of the National Dam Safety Authority, to look into issues raised by Tamil Nadu against Kerala concerning the maintenance of the … Read more
In this image released by @prodefgau via X on February 19, 2025, military personnel during the third edition of India – Egypt joint special forces exercise ‘CYCLONEIII’, at Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan. | Photo Credit: PTI Indian and Egyptian troops are undergoing rigorous combat conditioning and tactical training under the ongoing joint special forces … Read more
Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Supreme Court Bench indicated on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) petitions challenging the legality of a new law which gave the Centre a dominant role in the appointment process of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (ECs) could be heard on March 19, 2025 … Read more
Houses and major portions of National Highway-29, connecting Kohima with commercial hub Dimapur, damaged after heavy rainfall, in Chumoukedima district of Nagaland, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A committee headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved ₹1554.99 crore of additional central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to … Read more
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. File photo | Photo Credit: Sansad TV The Congress on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) claimed that the talk of reciprocal tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump is calling into question a consumption tax like GST, and wondered whether his “good friend in New Delhi” would stand up to it when national … Read more