NEW DELHI: Members of a parliamentary committee on Wednesday debated whether opposition parties, which have refused joining their panel formed to study a bill aimed at “decriminalisation” of politics, should be invited to offer their views on the proposed law and if the leader of opposition can be removed from office under its provisions.Law Commission…
NEW DELHI: Isro will usher in the new year with the first launch of 2026 — PSLV C62 mission — on Monday (January 12) at 10.17 am from the first launchpad at the Sriharikota spaceport. The rocket will launch an advanced earth observation satellite EOS-N1 (codenamed ‘Anvesha’), another ‘eye in the sky’ that will boost…
NEW DELHI/ RAJKOT: Ahead of the launch of year-long “Somnath Swabhiman Parv” by PM Narendra Modi on Jan 11, BJP on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on Congress for its govt’s opposition to the reconstruction of the revered temple and flagged letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to accuse him of “hating” the deity.BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the bail plea of the father of the 17-year-old involved in the Porsche car crash in Pune, who is facing prosecution for manipulating the blood sample test of his son by allegedly replacing it with his own blood sample. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna…
New Delhi: The Union home ministry Wednesday formally notified the timeline for the first phase of Census 2027 — involving housing and houselisting operations — declaring that it shall be conducted over a 30-day period, to be specified by each state or Union territory, between April 1 and Sept 30 this year. Invoking its powers…
NEW DELHI: Around 100 international delegates representing 42 election management bodies (EMBs) from across the world will gather here to discuss ‘democracy for an inclusive, resilient and sustainable world’ at the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) to be hosted by Election Commission from Jan 21 to 23.The three-day conference, being organised…
PATNA: Customers with their faces covered will not be allowed inside jewellery shops in Bihar. The decision was taken by the Bihar unit of all india jewellers and gold federation at a meeting with the district jewellers’ associations on Tuesday, citing security reasons as gold and silver prices have been on the rise, federation president…
KOLKATA: A hippopotamus at Alipore zoo, unable to move probably because of a neurological disease or a leg injury, has stayed put in a pool of water in its enclosure for the past fortnight and refused to leave even in the evening for its night sheltera sharp departure from its normal routine.Zoo authorities have set…
SRINAGAR: The Omar Abdullah govt on Tuesday rejected the demand of statehood for Jammu region, calling it “unviable”, and said it was instead time for Ladakh to be reunited with Jammu and Kashmir.“J&K was a full-fledged state earlier. It was then bifurcated into Ladakh and J&K. Those who split J&K state now want to divide…
SRINAGAR: Omar Abdullah govt in J&K is indifferent to the plight of the people, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti told a gathering on the tenth death anniversary of her father and PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at his mausoleum in Anantnag district’s Bijbehara on Wednesday.“I am living for my father’s dream of seeing the people of…