BSP MP Danish Ali. File | Photo Credit: PTI Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali has accused Parliamentary panels of applying different standards to recent complaints filed by and against MPs from the ruling BJP. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Mr. Ali said that BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s complaint against Trinamool … Read more
Gaganyaan’s Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) will take place between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on October 21, 2023, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. | Photo Credit: ANI Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies Gaza invasion Gaza’s Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in October … Read more
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra speaks in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Mahua Moitra moved the Delhi High Court on October 17 seeking to restrain Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey, advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, and several social media platforms and media houses from posting, … Read more
People take part in a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people, on October 16, 2023, in Boston. | Photo Credit: AP Same-sex marriage case | Supreme Court to pronounce judgment today A Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud is scheduled on October 17 to pronounce its judgment in a series … Read more
Israeli armored personnel carriers head toward the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP One million Gazans displaced in a week, says UN as Israel readies for ground attack More than one million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip in the last week, the UN … Read more
Paresh Rawal. File | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran actor Paresh Rawal on December 2 apologised for his statement linking gas cylinders, Bengalis and fish during a campaign speech in Gujarat, saying his reference was to illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. The apology came after a huge backlash from the Bengali community and some others on social … Read more
Democracy in India is a global public good and Indians are the only people who have managed democracy at an unparalleled scale, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday as he participated at an ‘Ideas for India’ conference in London. Gandhi, who is in the UK, also posted pictures on Twitter from the event in … Read more
The TMC, which is looking to expand its footprints nationally, on Saturday appointed firebrand Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra as the state in-charge of the party’s Goa unit, months ahead of the assembly polls there. In a statement, the party said, “Our honourable chairperson Mamata Banerjee is pleased to appoint Mahua Moitra, (MP, Krishnanagar Lok … Read more
NEW DELHI: Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, has dropped the issue of allowing 4G telecom services in Jammu and Kashmir from the agenda of the panel’s meeting to be held on September 1. This decision has been taken after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla wrote to all committee … Read more