India, Aug. 14 -- In a historic first, the national song Vande Mataram was played to open the final Monsoon Session proceedings on Thursday. The move came days after a new law granted the National So... Read More
India, Aug. 14 -- The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has agreed in principle to formulate a policy for granting railway travel concessions to acid attack survivors to enable them to... Read More
India, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) not to finalise, till August 18, the names of probable officers for appointment of the Director General ... Read More
India, Aug. 14 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved the Supreme Court, challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court which directed the CBI and ED to verify the allegations of disproportionate... Read More
India, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court's recent push to clear execution backlogs has shown that much can be achieved through existing judicial powers, without waiting for Parliament. But it has also expo... Read More
India, Aug. 14 -- Opposition parties maintained solidarity through the Session, while the Government blamed Congress for disruptions The Monsoon Session of the Parliament, marked by repeated disrupti... Read More
India, Aug. 14 -- Sukhbir Singh Badal, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and former deputy chief minister of Punjab, was attacked with a kirpan (a curved, single-edged dagger worn by Sikhs) i... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radha Krishnan on Thursday instructed the government to conduct a thorough inquiry into the alleged "purification of a site" where Congress president Mall... Read More
JHANSI, Aug. 14 -- Governor Anandiben Patel on Wednesday urged graduates to become agents of social change and nation-building, calling on them to complement academic knowledge with skills, compassion... Read More
Bengaluru, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said victimisation of women in the name of "witchcraft" reflects a deep-rooted social prejudice that seeks scapegoats rather than solutions, and war... Read More