New Delhi, March 17 The Lok Sabha has revoked the suspension of eight opposition MPs with immediate effect, ending a disciplinary action that had barred them from attending proceedings in the lower house of Parliament. The decision allows all eight members to return to the House and take part in debates and legislative business without […]
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New Delhi, March 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing on the contentious issue of defining the word “industry” under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. A nine-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices B V Nagarathna, P S Narasimha, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma, Joymalya Bagchi, Alok Aradhe and […]
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Shimla, March 17 In a suspected case of double suicide, a man and a woman were found dead in a forest area near Parwanoo in Solan district, Himachal Pradesh Police said on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Yashika Lama (20), a Nepalese national who lived in Deonghat in Solan, and Karan (22), a […]
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New Delhi, March 17 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday asked the government to form groups of MPs to guide them on the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna to enhance their understanding of the key scheme. When Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, Birla proposed creation of […]
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New Delhi, March 17 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has told Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju that an all-party meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, should be convened at the earliest to discuss the “modalities and roadmap for the implementation” of the Women’s Reservation Act. Responding to a letter by Rijiju to him, Kharge noted […]
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Chandigarh, March17 BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia and Congress party’s Karamvir Singh Boudh have been declared elected to two Rajya Sabha seats in keenly watched elections as developments unfolded over allegations of violation of vote secrecy. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, in a late-night press conference, congratulated both the leaders on their win. Officials said five […]
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By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN and MUNIR AHMED Kabul, March 17 Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman said early Tuesday the death toll from an airstrike by Pakistan that hit a hospital treating drug users in the Afghan capital Kabul has increased to 400. In a post on X, Hamdullah Fitrat said the strike on Monday night had […]
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Gandhinagar, March 16 India is investing in next-generation technologies that are reshaping how defence solutions are designed and developed, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. Speaking virtually at a two-day roundtable conference for defence attaches at Rashtriya Raksha University in Gandhinagar on Monday, Mr Singh said India had emerged over the past decade as a […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 16 India’s apex adoption body has directed all states and Union territories to strictly follow legal adoption procedures, preserve adoptee records and ensure children’s identities are protected. The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) issued three office memorandums to State Adoption Resource Agencies (SARAs), asking them to strengthen compliance with […]
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New Delhi, March 16 Aiming to increase water supply to the capital, the Delhi government is in talks with its Haryana counterpart for a water exchange project, Delhi minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said on Monday. Currently, the city’s average water production ranges between 900-1,000 million gallons per day (MGD), while the average requirement is around […]
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