File photo: BJP MP Anurag Thakur and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday sought to turn Rahul Gandhi‘s “idiot” jibe on him, saying it objects strongly if he has used the disparaging term for students but welcomes it if he was describing himself.“Rahul Gandhi has raised an issue for Congress and INDI…
According to the government, traffickers were exploiting porous stretches of the Indo-Myanmar border, forest routes and hilly terrain NEW DELHI: Drug syndicates active in the northeast are shifting towards synthetic drugs and increasingly using social media and encrypted communication apps to coordinate cross-border smuggling, government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.In a written reply, junior home…
File photo: Rajya Sabha proceedings during the Monsoon Session of Parliament NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill proposing up to three-year jail term and/or fine for anyone preventing or disturbing the rendition of ‘Vande Mataram’, even as the opposition benches remained empty in view of almost all opposition MPs staging a walkout.The…
Protesters clash with law enforcement authorities over rigged elections in PoK SRINAGAR: Political parties in J&K urged Centre and international human rights organisations to intervene after more than 2 dozen people were allegedly killed in firing by Pakistani security forces in PoK over the past 2 days, where unrest has spiralled into deadly clashes.National Conference…
File photo: JKNC President Farooq Abdullah SRINAGAR: Two days after J&K LG Manoj Sinha hailed hotels in the valley as “stakeholders in peace… even though 90% of 5,000 hotels constructed between 2021 and 2024 flouted regulations”, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the hotels allowed people to create self-employment.“I have seen the time…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday demanded that home minister Amit Shah be sacked from the govt and a Supreme Court monitored probe be ordered into the use of lethal force against young protesters — raising the stakes in the battle of wits with the Modi govt over the police crackdown on students.Rahul said…
NEW DELHI: While the use of rice, maize and damaged food grain for ethanol manufacturing has increased manifold in the past six years, maize has surpassed rice sold by Food Corporation of India (FCI) to distilleries under govt’s ethanol blended petrol (EBP) programme.Food ministry’s data submitted to Lok Sabha on Wednesday show that till June…
NEW DELHI: Meta on Wednesday told the ministry of electronics and information technology that posts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other prominent Indian personalities will receive additional oversight, with reviews to be conducted at a senior level, PTI reported, citing sources.The assurance came a day after the government summoned Meta officials over the brief…
CJP protest in New Delhi (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday urged the government to stop targeting students who participated in the nationwide protests over the alleged NEET paper leak, saying they were “not terrorists” but “the future of the country.“Speaking to reporters at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar airport after…
NEW DELHI: Amid repeated disruptions, sloganeering and adjournments, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to impose stricter punishment for paper leaks and examination-related offences.The debate, which resumed after days of deadlock, quickly turned into a political showdown after leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi…