No political mandate for anti-immigration voices in Ireland: Irish Education Minister 

Ireland’s Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of Ireland James Lawless | Photo Credit: Suhasini Haidar As the U.S.’s reciprocal tariffs, due to be implemented on April 2 loom ahead, Ireland is escalating trade ties with other countries, and discussing Free Trade Agreements through the European Union, says Ireland’s Minister for Further and Higher Education, … Read more

Election Commission is a ‘failed institution’: Kapil Sibal

 Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has claimed that a large section of people do not have faith in the poll body as it has not discharged its functions in accordance with its constitutional responsibilities. File | Photo Credit: PTI Terming the Election Commission “dysfunctional” and a “failed” institution, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has claimed … Read more

India receives Mahatma Gandhi artefacts from South Africa

External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar received artefacts and documents related to Mahatma Gandhi from the Phoenix Settlement Trust-Gandhi Development Trust (PST-GDT) in South Africa on Sunday, March 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on Sunday (March 23, 2025) received artefacts and documents related to Mahatma Gandhi from the Phoenix Settlement … Read more

Border Security Force recovers heroin worth more than ₹6 crore from India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The South Bengal Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday (March 21, 2025), foiled a major smuggling attempt on the India-Bangladesh International Border in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, recovering 3.387 kg of heroin. The heroin is estimated to be worth about ₹6,77,40,000. According to … Read more

Security forces bust two ‘Maoist’ hideouts in Chhattisgarh; seize firearms, explosives

Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces have recovered a cache of firearms and explosives from two Maoist hideouts in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said on Sunday (March 23, 2025). “Acting on a tip-off, separate teams of security forces unearthed Maoist dumps on a forested hill of Markanguda village near Duled … Read more

Waqf Bill assault on Constitution, part of BJP’s strategy to damage harmony: Congress

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress Sunday (March 23, 2025) termed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill an “assault” on the Constitution and alleged the proposed legislation was part of the BJP’s “continuing attempts to damage” the centuries-old bonds of social harmony. It is also part of the BJP’s attempts to “demonise … Read more