Karam Prakash New Delhi, August 3 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment in its report titled “Drug abuse among young persons: Problems and solutions” has expressed shock over the fact that the menace of drug addiction has...
Janjgir, August 3 A man with mental health issues allegedly killed his wife and three daughters with a hoe, an agricultural tool, in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district, the police said on Thursday. The incident took place on the night of July...
New Delhi, August 2 Despite Delhi, Goa, Sikkim expressing dissent, the GST Council which met virtually on Wednesday approved 28 per cent GST on full face value for online gaming, casinos and horse racing which will be implemented from October...
New Delhi, July 31 At least three Haryana MLAs feature on the list of 25 names announced by the Congress today as observers for the parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan to oversee preparations for the Assembly polls in constituencies falling under...
New Delhi, July 31 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a plea for probe into alleged incidents of sexual violence against women in Opposition-ruled states such as West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Kerala, saying the violence perpetrated against...
Noida, July 31 Three Chhattisgarh government officials, including two IAS officers, and the elder brother of Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar have been booked on charges of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy by the police in Greater Noida in connection with...
New Delhi, July 30 Over 13.13 lakh girls and women went missing in the country between 2019 and 2021, with Madhya Pradesh reporting the highest cases at nearly two lakhs, followed closely by West Bengal. The data, which was...
New Delhi, July 30 Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), a unit that specialises in jungle warfare to fight armed Naxals, are now being trained to deal with terrorists in urban and rural areas...
New Delhi, July 30 Union minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday urged the opposition MPs who returned from Manipur to join a discussion in Parliament on the ethnic violence in the northeastern state and share their experiences from the visit. The...
Krishnagiri (TN): Eight persons, three of them women, were killed in a blast at a cracker unit in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district on Saturday. PM Narendra Modi announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to kin of the...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 29 The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday revamped its organisation signalling a massive OBC Pasmanda Muslim outreach, rewarding leaders with ground connect, placating rebels and giving a lion’s share in top brass to leaders...
Sukma, July 29 A fierce gunbattle took place between security personnel and Naxalites in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, with officials saying at least four to six ultras were either killed or injured though no bodies have been found...
New Delhi/Ramnagar, July 29 The number of tigers in India has increased from 2,967 in 2018 to 3,682 in 2022, an annual rise of 6 per cent, according to the latest government data released on the International Tiger Day on...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 29 The BJP on Saturday revamped the national team of office-bearers and appointed Tariq Mansoor, a leading Pasmanda Muslim from Uttar Pradesh and a former vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University as national vice president...
RIGHT from the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, the Opposition has been keen to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the horrendous disrobing of two Kuki women by a Meitei mob and the violence that has scorched Manipur...
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday in Rajya Sabha that the government would introduce bamboo-made “Bahu Balli” fences along expressways and national highways and a pilot project would be undertaken in Chhattisgarh. No move...
New Delhi, July 26 A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded a four-year prison term to former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, his son Devender Darda and businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal in a case related to irregularities in the allocation of...
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Centre and the Nagaland Government over their failure to implement the constitutional provision of one-third reservation for women in civic body elections in the northeastern state. With the BJP being part...
New Delhi, July 26 A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded a four-year prison term to ex-Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, his son Devender Darda and businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal in a case related to irregularities in the allocation of...
Phangnon Konyak, the first woman member from Nagaland in the Rajya Sabha, presided over the House on Tuesday. Sansad TV posted a short video of Konyak in the chair presenting the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2022 before...
New Delhi, July 25 Despite raging protests over the violence in Manipur in both Houses of Parliament, the government today managed to get three Bills passed – two in the Lok Sabha and one in the Rajya Sabha. The...
New Delhi, July 24 Despite having repeated adjournments over the Manipur issue, the treasury bench managed to introduce three important Bills — the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill, 2023; the National Dental Commission Bill, 2023’; and the Constitution (Scheduled...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 24 Parliament logjam over the Manipur issue entered the third day on Monday with the Congress-led Opposition rejecting the government’s offer to commence discussions and sticking to their demand for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement...
New Delhi, July 24 Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned till 2 pm on Monday amid acute bickering between the opposition and the ruling NDA over discussion on crimes against women. While the opposition parties moved 27 adjournment notices in...
Chandigarh, July 24 The IMD has issued heavy to very heavy rain warning for Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka for Monday. It also issued heavy rain warning for Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andaman & Nicobar...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 23 The Manipur issue is set to rock Parliament again on Monday with the Opposition scheduled to hold a protest at Mahatma Gandhi statue and move notices in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to...
New Delhi, July 23 Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdeo on Sunday said the Congress would fight the assembly polls under a “collective leadership” helmed by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and if the party wins, Baghel would be “first in...
WHENEVER violence rears its head, there are always individuals who stand up against the powerful and protect those under attack. ‘The Peacemakers’ profiles some of these extraordinary individuals who acted when it counted. Rajmohan Gandhi chronicles the closing years of...
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested IAS officer Ranu Sahu in Chhattisgarh under provisions of the prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following searches conducted on her premises on Friday as part of its probe into the...
New Delhi: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for dragging his state while commenting on the video of sexual assault in Manipur. “The way PM Modi said the CMs of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh should take...