Amid opposition’s walkout, Rajya Sabha clears it by voice vote NEW DELHI: Parliament on Thursday approved a bill to amend the anti-paper leak law, prescribing stricter punishment, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying an important step towards building a credible exam system has been taken.In a selfie-video message, the Prime Minister asserted that gangs behind…
Vande Mataram Bill passed from Parliament Parliament on Thursday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, extending legal protection to national song Vande Mataram against insult and placing it on a par with the national anthem.During a brief discussion in the Lok Sabha, the DMK opposed the bill, accusing the government of…
File photo: Tanker attacked during ongoing Middle East crisis NEW DELHI: Since the outbreak of the Middle East conflict earlier this year, sixteen Indian nationals, including 10 seafarers, have lost their lives in the region (eight in Oman, four in UAE, two in Kuwait and one each in Iran and Saudi Arabia) and 75 have…
NEW DELHI: Four hundred and fourteen Indians were deported from the US till the end of March 2026, EAM S Jaishankar informed Parliament on Thursday. Government data also showed deportations from the US rose sharply from 617 in 2023 to 1,368 in 2024 and 2,025 last year.After the US, the highest number of Indians were…
Cauvery Water Management Authority upholds Karnataka water release directive to Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI: Upholding the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s order, Cauvery Water Management Authority on Thursday directed Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days. As per the direction, Karnataka will have to release a…
File photo: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi NEW DELHI: Over 200 academicians have written an open letter objecting to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra‘s ‘gaumutra’ expert jibe at IIT Madras director V Kamakoti and said dismissing a scholar through a label risks undermining the scientific temper promoted by the Constitution.The first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, is credited with…
File photo: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Accusing leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of demeaning the Parliament’s dignity and making offensive remarks against citizens with his “idiots” and “andhbhakts” jibes in Lok Sabha, BJP on Thursday submitted a notice of “breach of privilege and contempt of…
File photo: External affairs minister S Jaishankar with Ukraine foreign minister Andrii Sybiha NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar discussed attacks on commercial shipping and Indian seafarers in the Black Sea with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha, underscoring India’s position that such attacks by any party are absolutely unacceptable and condemned unequivocally. India had…
Quote of the day by Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner, published in 2003, was one of the greatest works of Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir and Hassan against the backdrop of an unstable Afghanistan. In the novel, Rahim Khan, the moral guide and father figure to Amir says…
Meta (representative image) NEW DELHI: After the temporary removal of PM Narendra Modi’s Facebook video a few days ago, Meta has introduced new protocols for handling the accounts of prominent individuals.Electronics and IT secretary S Krishnan told reporters on the sidelines of a CII event that Meta had informed govt that the additional safeguards were…