Rijiju asks Rahul, Congress to back women’s quota Bill NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday targeted Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks on women’s freedom of expression and challenged him to support the BJP-backed Women’s Reservation Bill “unconditionally”.Rijiju’s remarks came after Rahul Gandhi posted a video calling…
Long wait at hospital registration counters is slowly giving way to a QR code NEW DELHI: The long wait at hospital registration counters is slowly giving way to a QR code. In a sign of India’s growing digital health footprint, patients have now completed 25 crore outpatient (OPD) registrations through the ABHA-based ‘Scan and Register’…
With Nitish Kumar stepping down as CM on April 15, the council of ministers was dissolved; Samrat Choudhary’s council, constituted on May 7, included Prakash NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought records from the Bihar government relating to the appointment of Deepak Prakash, who was not a member of the assembly, as a…
Akal Takht panel flags Punjab govt response, seeks compliance report on anti-sacrilege law NEW DELHI: The expert panel appointed by the Akal Takht on Friday asked the Punjab government to first submit a compliance report on the objections raised by the Sikh temporal seat before any further talks on the proposed anti-sacrilege law.The panel, formed…
SAD leadership is learnt to be keen on joining hands with BJP, more so as the regional party has been on a decline since AAP came to office in 2022 NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, fuelling buzz about the revival of the alliance between…
India discarded over 17.4 lakh blood components in 2025 NEW DELHI: India discarded over 17.4 lakh blood components in 2025, even as blood collection reached a record 1.58 crore units, according to state-wise data tabled in the Rajya Sabha, highlighting continued challenges in blood inventory management despite a steady rise in donations.Available official data indicate…
NEW DELHI: In a fresh crackdown on food safety violations, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has acted against two food products, penalising the manufacturer of a fortified sunflower oil after it was found to be substandard and stopping the sale of a Monk Fruit Sweetener over alleged licensing and labelling violations.The…
An MP said PM Modi articulated the idea of a strong and stable NDA government at the Centre which is also catering to regional aspirations by joining hands with regional forces and satraps NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday drove home the significance of his government’s stability by contrasting his continuing stint since…
BJP demanded replies from Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi on Congress functionaries’ claim about money was exchanged for ministerial berths NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday seized on a leaked conversation allegedly between two Congress functionaries to claim that money was exchanged for ministerial berths in the recent expansion of the Karnataka cabinet and…
The petition sought transfer of the investigations to the SC-monitored SIT. NEW DELHI: A former Calcutta high court judge who is presiding over one of the SIR appellate tribunals on Friday sought protection from the Supreme Court, claiming that before elections, she and her family members were repeatedly given life threats and their home CCTV…