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New Delhi, April 19 -- The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved a two-percentage-point increase in dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners, raisi... Read More


CITIZENSHIP CASE: Allahabad HC defers ORDER onFIR AGAINST RAHUL

Lucknow, April 19 -- The Allahabad High Court has deferred its final order on a BJP worker's plea seeking an FIR against LoP Rahul Gandhi in a citizenship case. The HC withheld a judgment, dictated in... Read More


modi targets oppn

New Delhi, April 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday compared the Opposition's vote against a constitution amendment bill that sought to expand the Lok Sabha to "foeticide", and vowed that ... Read More


DMK, Congress deprived women of quota for narrow political ends, says Amit Shah in Erode

CHENNAI, April 19 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday flayed the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress over the Opposition's vote against a constitution amendment bill that so... Read More


Women's quota active, parties brace for seat reshuffle

India, April 19 -- With the Centre notifying the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam into force on 16 April, even as the Lok Sabha debated amendments to its implementation, India's political parties are now ... Read More


Centre's women's quota pitch fails to shift southern focus on delimitation

India, April 19 --  The defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha on Friday has exposed a clear mismatch between the Centre's framing of the proposal as a measure t... Read More


World on Edge over Hormuz Strait Peace

India, April 19 -- France and Britain announced an initiative to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and invited other countries to join. 38 immediately did, including India. Before the first (virtual) meeti... Read More


Akshaya Tritiya 2026: Gold, silver trade seen topping Rs 20,000 cr despite record prices and decline in volumes

New Delhi, April 19 -- Akshaya Tritiya 2026 is set to deliver record-value sales of precious metals even as sky-high prices reshape how India buys gold and silver, with trade expected to exceed Rs 20,... Read More


DMK intensifies Tamil Nadu politics over Bill defeat in LS

India, April 19 -- With the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill that included Women's Reservation and the delimitation defeated in Parliament on Friday, the DMK on Saturday said that it is just the tr... Read More


Will fuel price hikes stoke inflation? Not necessarily, says finance minister

Dhaka, April 19 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the latest fuel price hike may or may not push up inflation, adding that the overall impact will depend on supply conditions a... Read More