NEW DELHI: The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day on Wednesday amid unrelenting protests by opposition members over the issue of suspension of 12 MPs. When the House assembled at 3 pm following an adjournment post-lunch, the opposition members again started their protest inside the Well and continued their sloganeering. The […]
MUMBAI: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday made a fresh pitch for the unity of opposition parties to take on the BJP after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here. Banerjee, notably, made a cryptic remark that there was “no UPA” now. The Trinamool Congress supremo paid a visit to Pawar on Wednesday after […]
NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday extended his support to those seeking jobs in the Railways and called for stopping the “injustice” towards them. In a tweet, he also claimed there are now “no jobs” in the Railways. “Earlier a job in the Railways was an honour, today there are no jobs […]
NEW DELHI: The country saw 645 events of heavy rainfall and 168 of very heavy rainfall in November, the highest in the month in five years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. It recorded 11 extremely heavy rainfall (more than 204.5 mm) events in the month, equalling the number reported last year. The […]
LUCKNOW: A case was registered against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and 49 others on the order of a court in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh over an alleged defamatory post against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, police said. A senior district police official, however, said, “During the course of investigation Zuckerberg’s name was dropped, while […]
NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India has sought from India’s drug regulator approval for Covishield as a booster dose citing adequate stock of the vaccine in the country and a demand for a booster shot due to the emergence of new coronavirus variants, official sources said. In an application to the Drugs Controller General of […]
New Delhi: Members of Congress and other opposition parties on Tuesday staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha after Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu justified the suspension of 12 MPs for the entire winter session of Parliament, saying they haven’t shown any remorse for their act of sacrilege of the House in the previous session in August. […]
NEW DELHI: Over 37,000 hectares of land has been approved for tree plantation under National Afforestation Programme (NAP), the Centre’s scheme for the development of forest areas, the Environment Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey said the ministry has been making constant efforts to increase forest […]
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a dig at the government on Tuesday over the repeal of the farm laws without a debate in Parliament, saying “long live debate-less parliamentary democracy”. Parliament on Monday passed the bill to repeal the three contentious agricultural laws at the centre of protests by farmers for over […]
NEW DELHI: India logged 6,990 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 551 days, taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,87,822, while the active cases have declined to 1,00,543, the lowest in 546 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,68,980 with 190 fresh […]