CPM MP calls Rijiju’s reply on judges’ vacancies ‘misleading’, submits notice to move privilege motion against him
JULY 24, 2021 8:40:05 AM
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha that a time frame for filling up vacancies of judges cannot be indicated as it is continuous, integrated and collaborative process between the executive and the judiciary.
‘Mahad like a river, city under water’
JULY 24, 2021 7:47:31 AM
Taliye in Mahad taluka, where a huge landslide occurred on Thursday evening, is a village of 240 people, located 22 km from Mahad city. Around 35 houses were buried under the debris of a hillock that came crashing down on the houses.
‘Concerned govt agencies being used to suppress journalism’
JULY 24, 2021 5:10:48 AM
The Editors Guild of India Friday expressed concern over government agencies being “used as a coercive tool” to “suppress free and independent journalism”.
Bhupender Yadav calls for science for urgent global climate action at G20
JULY 24, 2021 5:03:51 AM
The G20 Energy and Climate Joint Ministerial Meeting held today at, Naples, Italy was attended virtually by the Indian delegation.
Centre never asked Chhattisgarh for data on oxygen deaths during second wave: T S Singh Deo
JULY 24, 2021 8:11:37 AM
He said that the Central government had not demanded any figures from state governments regarding these deaths so far.
12 Central University V-Cs appointed
JULY 24, 2021 4:32:10 AM
The universities which finally got a V-C include central universities in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad.
73 dead, 8 at a Covid hospital: rain batters west Maharashtra
JULY 24, 2021 8:00:18 AM
Among the dead were eight admitted to a Covid hospital in Chiplun, Ratnagiri, who were killed when water entered the premises.
‘I object to even manner of suspension…I was not given chance to defend myself’: TMC MP Santanu Sen
JULY 24, 2021 8:11:14 AM
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dr Santanu Sen said “I don’t care about my individual suspension. Suspending me cannot suppress the voices of Mamata Banerjee and TMC on the Pegasus issue.”
JD(U): Centre non-committal on caste census
JULY 24, 2021 8:38:29 AM
JD(U) national spokesperson K C Tyagi said: “We are incensed by the central government’s response towards caste census. The government remains non-committal on the issue.”
Gyanvapi mosque gives land near it for Kashi temple corridor project
JULY 24, 2021 7:37:02 AM
The land ceded by the mosque had been given by it earlier on a perpetual lease to the administration, to build a police control room, in the wake of the demolition of the Babri Masjid, mosque officials said.
All my phones tapped, says Rahul Gandhi; hand them for probe, counters BJP
JULY 24, 2021 7:43:29 AM
Gandhi accused the BJP government of having used the Pegasus spyware, which he called a weapon, against the Indian state and institutions.
BSP kicks off Brahmin outreach programme from Ayodhya
JULY 24, 2021 4:01:00 AM
Misra prayed at Hanuman Garhi and Ram Lalla temple along with his family before addressing the gathering.
TMC MP is suspended, Naidu says his conduct assault on democracy
JULY 24, 2021 4:00:53 AM
Santanu Sen digs his heels in, his party says faced hooliganism in Rajya Sabha
Mamata Banerjee new chairperson of TMC parliamentary party
JULY 24, 2021 3:41:14 AM
Although not unprecedented, it is rare for parties to appoint leaders who are not MPs as their parliamentary party leaders.
30 years of economic liberalisation: Road ahead more daunting, need to recalibrate priorities says Manmohan Singh
JULY 24, 2021 8:13:09 AM
He said the road ahead is even more daunting than during the 1991 economic crisis and the nation would need to recalibrate its priorities to ensure a dignified life for all Indians.
Was 10-fold rise in NSC budget meant to purchase Pegasus: Congress
JULY 24, 2021 3:16:39 AM
The Congress said the budgetary allocation for NSCS was Rs 17.43 crore in 2011-12 when the UPA government was in power.
Snoop list: Hurriyat leaders, Mufti kin, late DU lecturer
JULY 24, 2021 8:31:17 AM
The news website reported that top separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Hurriyat Conference executive member Bilal Lone, family members of separatist patriarch Syed Ali Geelani were among more than 25 people from the Valley selected as potential targets.