‘ONE NATION, ONE ELECTION’ SUBTERFUGE FOR DISMANTLING FEDERAL STRUCTURE: MALLIKARJUN KHARGE A day after the Centre named an eight-member high-level committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind to “examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous elections&
GOVT SETS BALL ROLLING, FOR ONE NATION, ONE ELECTION Setting the ball rolling on its party’s manifesto promise of working towards simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the country, the govt Friday announced a committee that would submit its report to Parliament. W
PUTIN DIALS MODI, SAYS UNABLE TO ATTEND G20 MEET In their first conversation after the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t attend the G20 summit, PM Narendra Modi reviewed progress with him on a number of issues of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on
NEERAJ CHOPRA CREATES HISTORY AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships when he pipped Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem in the men's javelin on Sunday. Chopra won Olympic gold in Tokyo but managed on
PM MODI LEAVES FOR BRICS SUMMIT TODAY As prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for the BRICS (a grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in Johannesburg today, he’s likely to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for a one-on-one meet. It would be their f
CHANDRAYAAN-3 CLOSER TO MOON, LANDER SET FOR SEPARATION TODAY Chandrayaan-3 came further close to the Moon on Wednesday, the ISRO said, with the spacecraft bringing itself into a near-circular 153×163 km orbit and setting the stage for the separation of the Lander Module on&
BILLS REPLACING CRIMINAL LAWS NEED WIDE CONSULTATIONS: CONGRESS Days after Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act, the Congress on Sunday accused him of
SC STAYS RAHUL’S CONVICTION IN DEFAMATION CASE OVER MODI SURNAME REMARK Stating that the trial court in Surat had not given reasons for awarding the maximum punishment of two years to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Supreme Court Friday stayed his conviction in a criminal
LOK SABHA CLEARS BILL THAT CLIPS DELHI GOVT WINGS Amid protests and a walkout by some Opposition parties, the Lok Sabha passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, by a voice vote on Thursday. The Bill replaces the ordinance on control of servic
GOVT FAILED IN MANIPUR, PM INDIFFERENT, OPPN DELEGATION TELLS GOVERNOR A day after visiting relief camps in Manipur, the delegation of 21 Opposition MPs met Governor Anusuiya Uikey in Imphal on Sunday and submitted a memorandum in which they flagged the “anger” and “aliena
