Alwar lynching: 4 sentenced to 7 years imprisonment

Jaipur: A court here on Thursday sentenced four people to seven years imprisonment for lynching Rakbar Khan on the suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan’s Alwar district in 2018. The fifth accused in the case was acquitted due to lack of evidence. Hearing the matter, the additional district judge court-1 held Paramjit Singh, Dharmendra Yadav, […]

Inauguration of new Parliament building: 19 opposition parties to boycott ceremony

Inauguration of new Parliament building: 19 opposition parties to boycott ceremony

New Delhi: Nineteen opposition parties, including the Congress, Left and TMC, on Wednesday collectively announced their decision to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming it as an “undignified act” that insults the high office of the president. In a joint statement, they said the inauguration of the […]

‘Govt has invited all parties, they’re allowed to act as per their wisdom’: Shah

‘Govt has invited all parties, they’re allowed to act as per their wisdom’: Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday that the government had invited all political parties for the inauguration of the new Parliament building on Saturday (May 28) and that “they are allowed to act as per their wisdom”. This came shortly after nineteen political parties, including the Congress, issued a joint statement saying […]

Historic sceptre ‘Sengol’ to be placed in new Parliament building

New Delhi: The inauguration of the new parliament building this Sunday will also see Prime Minister Narendra Modi install a historic golden sceptre near the Speaker’s seat, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. This sceptre, Mr Shah said, was handed over to the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to mark the transfer of […]

India’s rise unstoppable will be global leader by 2047: VP Dhankhar

New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said India is moving on an unprecedented growth trajectory, and the country will become a “global” leader by 2047, the year when it will commemorate a hundred years of Independence. He stressed that the economic progress of the country was deeply connected to its security, and defence […]

Rahul Gandhi’s fresh passport plea: Court posts matter on Friday

New Delhi: A court here on Wednesday posted the hearing on a plea for a fresh passport by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, an accused in the National Herald case, on May 26. Gandhi had moved the court Tuesday seeking a ‘no objection certificate’ to secure a fresh “ordinary passport” after having surrendered his diplomatic travel […]

DU plans to introduce two 5-year integrated LLB progs

New Delhi: The Delhi University plans to introduce two five-year integrated LLB programmes in the next academic year to provide a “more affordable and high-standard legal education”, a senior university official said on Tuesday. These are the Bachelor of Arts-LLB and the Bachelor Business Administration/Bachelor of Commerce-LLB, the official said, adding that initially, 102 students […]

Oppn, BJP lock horns in fiery debate over new Parliament: Who said what

Oppn, BJP lock horns in fiery debate over new Parliament: Who said what

New Delhi: The Opposition’s criticism of the inauguration of the new Parliament building as being ‘unconstitutional’ met with sharp responses from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, snowballing into a full-fledged argument on Twitter. Opposition parties have criticised the Centre for alleged breach of Constitutional propriety for getting Prime Minister Modi to inaugurate the […]

Congress leaders from Delhi, Punjab deliberate AAP’s demand for support against Centre’s ordinance

Congress leaders from Delhi, Punjab deliberate AAP’s demand for support against Centre’s ordinance

New Delhi: Congress leaders from Delhi and Punjab held a meeting here in the wake of AAP seeking the support of opposition parties against the ordinance brought by the Centre on control of service in the national capital. Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa, Ajay Maken, Sandeep Dikshit and other leaders were present at the meeting. […]

ISRO to launch navigation satellite with domestic atomic clock on May 29

New Delhi: India will send up its first second-generation navigation satellite on May 29 morning, using its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Monday. For the first time, an indigenous atomic clock will be flown in the navigation satellite NVS-01. According to the Indian space agency, the […]