
April 30, 2022 03:20 IST
‘China troops along Ladakh LAC up from 8,000 to 60,000; Army can counter PLA’
Sat, Apr 30, 2022
April 30, 2022 01:01 IST
During General Naravane's 28-month tenure as Chief of the Army Staff, some momentous events took place including the standoff with China in Ladakh, the Covid pandemic, ceasefire with Pakistan and removal of AFSPA from some districts in states of the North-East.
Sat, Apr 30, 2022
April 30, 2022 00:02 IST
The government submitted this in response to a petition by a civil society collective in Manipur, including an organisation of former drug users that works for the rehabilitation of drug addicts, challenging the acquittal and alleging that the prosecution refused to file an appeal.
Sat, Apr 30, 2022
April 29, 2022 01:59 IST
Naqvi also told the delegation that several incidents, which are criminal in nature, have been given a “communal hue” to defame the Prime Minister, and the country, by certain sections as “part of their conspiracy’’, sources said.
Sat, Apr 30, 2022
April 25, 2022 02:35 IST
Laishram, who himself came out as gay in 2019, says the movie is based on the alleged honour killing of a gay youth in Manipur in 2013.
Mon, Apr 25, 2022
April 23, 2022 07:35 IST
While Munnawari Begum has been with the BJP for over two decades, Mafuja Khatun from Bengal was earlier in the CPM, like BJP national vice-president A P Abdullahkutty
Sat, Apr 23, 2022
April 21, 2022 01:36 IST
Sood completed his masters degree in Physics from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1972, and went on to do his PhD from IISc, Bengaluru.
Thu, Apr 21, 2022
April 14, 2022 12:32 IST
While most parts of northern and central India will receive a normal to above normal seasonal rainfall, below normal rainfall is likely over parts of Northeast and Northwest India as well as the southern parts of the Southern peninsula.
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
April 09, 2022 03:21 IST
It also ordered the shutting down of industries in Himachal Pradesh’s pharmaceutical hub of Baddi that don’t meet central and state pollution board standards.
Sat, Apr 09, 2022
April 08, 2022 04:10 IST
The CEEW study also found that Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra are the most prone to high-intensity forest fire events caused by rapid change in climate.
Fri, Apr 08, 2022
April 07, 2022 04:04 IST
He said, “I am particularly concerned about detenues because we know the rigors of Emergency. We know what Mr Chidambaram's (Congress) government did in 1975, when they detained thousands of Opposition leaders for petty offences purely on political grounds. Perhaps that part needs a second look.”
Thu, Apr 07, 2022
April 07, 2022 02:12 IST
Chidambaram said the objective of this Bill — “to expand the ambit of powers, to use modern techniques for body measurements and to provide legal sanctions’’ — appear “harmless words’’ but the “harm and mischief lies in these sections’’.
Thu, Apr 07, 2022
April 06, 2022 03:30 IST
'The demand that I mooted today is how we can make election manifestos legally binding for political parties – or at least give them some quasi-legal value. I feel Parliament should sit down and all political parties should look at this seriously.'
Wed, Apr 06, 2022
April 05, 2022 03:30 IST
No amount of climate action after 2030 will be good enough to limit the rise in global temperatures within 1.5 degrees Celsius, if the emissions' pathway is not altered significantly in the next few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said in its latest report.
Tue, Apr 05, 2022
April 02, 2022 20:16 IST
The draft bill is the first domestic legislation with regard to Antarctica in India.
Tue, Apr 05, 2022
April 02, 2022 04:10 IST
Introducing the draft Bill in the Lok Sabha on Friday, Earth Sciences Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said the primary aim of the Bill is to bring in penal provisions for breaking the law in Antarctica. It has a comprehensive list of permitted activities on the continent and prohibitions, he said.
Sat, Apr 02, 2022
April 01, 2022 04:00 IST
The development marked the beginning of “a new chapter in Assam’s future”, said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Fri, Apr 01, 2022
April 01, 2022 03:51 IST
The Act, which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, has been fully or partially withdrawn from parts of three Northeast states — Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. Why is the decision significant, and why had AFSPA been imposed in the first place?
Thu, Apr 07, 2022
March 31, 2022 19:20 IST
Naidu also thanked the ministers and floor Leaders in assisting him in “resolving some contentious situations”.
Thu, Mar 31, 2022
March 31, 2022 11:21 IST
Report highlights grim reality of unintended pregnancies, abortions in India
Thu, Mar 31, 2022
March 31, 2022 03:49 IST
A massive fire spread over 8-10 square kilometres of the forest has raged in the tiger reserve over the last couple of days. “While the cause of the fire remains unknown, consistent high temperatures have worsened the situation.
Thu, Mar 31, 2022
March 29, 2022 05:19 IST
Former NCM chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has said that during his tenure as Chair, the NCM had raised the issue of state powers to designate minority status to communities and had even pushed for a minority status for Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir.
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
March 29, 2022 03:50 IST
“The Finance Bill has 125 Clauses, of which 84 pertain to amendments to the Income Tax Act, and the Finance Minister has moved 39 Amendments to the 125 Clauses in the Amendment Bill,’’ said Chidambaram, adding that even after careful perusal, he did not understand the amendments.
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
March 25, 2022 02:55 IST
In response to the debate on the rail budget in the Rajya Sabha, Vaishnaw said there was no discrimination against any region or state as far as funds and projects were concerned.
Fri, Mar 25, 2022
March 22, 2022 03:31 IST
The village councils have now begun creating insurance schemes, as part of a pilot project launched by NCF, to compensate for livestock lost to wolves.
Tue, Mar 22, 2022



