New Delhi: Amid outrage over a plan to give powers to its arm PIB to police fake news on social media, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday said that the government will next month hold discussions with stakeholders before the proposal is implemented. The minister said that the rules for regulating online gaming are expected […]
Jammu/New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday questioned the surgical strikes and accused the government of peddling lies, drawing furious reaction from the BJP which said the opposition party was blinded by its “hate” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has “insulted” armed forces. Addressing a public meeting during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday assured the petitioners to list the matter pertaining to the ban on Hijab in the educational institutes in Karnataka. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora mentioned the matter related to the headscarves before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. Arora said that many girls have lost […]
Hyderabad: The first episode of the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Gujarat riots in 2002 was screened at the campus of Hyderabad Central University yesterday in a special screening held by a students’ body. The Central government and the BJP have dismissed the documentary as “propaganda”. The Centre has not […]
New Delhi: Hitting back at the Oppsition leaders, who shared clips of the UK national broadcaster BBC’s controversial documentary series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on their social media handles, the BJP on Sunday said it was an attempt to politicise the 2002 Gujarat riots. They sought to remind the Opposition leaders that PM Modi […]
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing tussle between the judiciary and the government over the appointment of judges, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Sunday shared an interview clip of a retired Delhi High Court judge to highlight what he considered the “sane view” of the “majority”. Retired High Court Justice RS Sodhi in a recent interview […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud’s suggestion about making SC judgments available in regional languages. “At a recent function, the Hon’ble CJI Justice DY Chandrachud spoke of the need to work towards making SC judgments available in regional languages. He also suggested the use of […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will host a two-day international conference for election management officials from 17 countries from Monday with the focus on “use of technology and elections integrity”, it said in a statement on Sunday. The conference would be the second one the ECI is hosting under the US-led Summit […]
Jaipur: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said some level of factionalism exists in every political party, but leaders should look at the bigger picture and the collective goal. Tharoor’s remarks come in the backdrop of the ongoing power tussle between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot. Speaking on the […]
New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra made a strong pitch for big-tech aggregators to share a part of their revenue with publishers of digital news, who generate original content. In a message sent to the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) conference on Friday, Chandra said Australia, Canada, France and European Union have already […]