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NEW DELHI: The parliamentary committee scrutinising the constitutional amendment bill that proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections will seek an extension in its tenure from Parliament as it needs more time to gather views of different stakeholders, including national and regional political parties, the panel’s chairperson P P Chaudhary said on Friday.Its current tenure…

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov are likely to hold discussion on Dec 4 during the two-day annual India-Russia summit here, and on the table is future acquisition from Russia, which may include its next generation S-500 system.The two defence ministers will review the progress of ongoing defence cooperation…

Modi and Vladimir Putin look to strengthen ties between the two traditional allies during the latter’s first visit to India since the Ukraine war NEW DELHI: In a development that’ll be closely watched by western capitals, Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to India next week — Dec 4-5 — for the 23rd India-Russia Annual…

The Gaza issue is likely to figure prominently in PM Modi’s engagements with both King Abdullah II of Jordan and Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is likely to visit Jordan and Oman in mid-Dec amidst ongoing efforts by West Asian countries to uphold the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. While this…

NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of a recent incident of three women sanitation workers of Maharshi Dayanand University in Haryana being compelled to send photographs of their sanitary pads to prove they were menstruating, Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine framing of guidelines to ensure that the right to health, dignity, bodily autonomy and privacy…

JAMMU: J&K Police arrested a man in Doda district on Friday for allegedly uploading communally sensitive and provocative content on social media that promoted enmity and disturbed public harmony.The action followed a complaint filed by Hassan Babur Nehru at Doda PS against Amreek Singh, a resident of Doda’s Beoli area. Nehru alleged that Singh was…

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Friday rejected the Trinamool Congress’ claim that around 40 people have died in West Bengal due to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, dismissing the allegation as baseless while cautioning the party against interfering with booth officials. The Commission also directed the West Bengal…

NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that he has invited DK Shivakumar for breakfast after the party high command asked them to have a meeting amid the ongoing “power tussle” over the chief ministerial post.“I invited deputy CM D K Shivakumar for breakfast tomorrow, as high command asked us to have meeting,”…

NEW DELHI: The Congress would have a strong feeling of deja vu about the turn of events in Karnataka. The grand-old-party stares at a political crisis in the state that threatens the very stability of its government. Ironically, while the crisis is in Karnataka, on test is the Congress high command – which has proved…

NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing leadership crisis in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday floated another theory that Congress may ignore both Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar and choose a “dark horse” for the chief ministerial post in the state.Talking to reporters, former Karnataka CM and BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai said that chief minister Siddaramaiah…