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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the passage of the farm bills in the Rajya Sabha, saying these bills will revolutionise the agriculture sector. With this, the government’s proposed reforms for the agriculture sector have cleared the legislative hurdle. These bills will now go to President Ram Nath Kovind […]

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the farm bills that were passed in the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) on Sunday, saying that the ‘democracy is ashamed’ by the decision. “The farmer who grows gold forom earth, Modi government’s pride is making that farmer cry tears of blood,” the Congress […]

Rajya Sabha chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu will take a call on the action that could be taken against the opposition MPs who trooped into the well of the House on Sunday while protesting against the farm bills. According to people aware of the details, the chair has called a meeting […]

India on Sunday provided a soft loan of $250 million to the government of the Maldives as budgetary support to mitigate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest in a string of support measures for the Indian Ocean archipelago. The aid was welcomed by the Maldives’ foreign minister […]

Sudarshan News today said it will file an affidavit by the end of this week after the Supreme Court criticised it over its “Bindas Bol” show, which claimed a “big expose on conspiracy to infiltrate Muslims in government service”. The channel’s head Suresh Chavhanke had also coined the term “UPSC jihad“, […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took on critics of his government’s farm liberalisation plan, a day after the lower House passed two of the three farm bills, accusing detractors of spreading “misinformation and lies”, while reassuring farmers that the reforms were in their best interests. His comments, made in […]

Several ministers demanded the restoration of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds even as two legislations to reduce the salary and allowances of Union ministers and Members of Parliament (MP) were passed in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Parliament Affairs minister Prahlad Joshi moved the Bill to […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed the passage of agriculture bills in the Lok Sabha and slammed the Opposition for not supporting reforms that he claimed will prove to be “farmers’ shields” against middlemen. Farmers will have more opportunities to sell their produce without having to worry about middlemen […]

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader who stepped down as the Union food processing minister on Thursday night, said on Friday farmers all across India are protesting against the three bills seeking to liberalise agricultural markets. Harsimrat Kaur Badal had on Thursday resigned from the Union Cabinet in protest […]

Bombay High Court is on Friday scheduled to hear the bail pleas of three people, including actor Rhea Chakraborty’s associate Samuel Marshal Miranda, arrested in the drugs case related to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. A bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal is expected to hear the bail […]

The PM had touched the feet of veteran Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) leader and former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal (92), which was recorded by TV cameras for posterity. Badal is over two decades senior to the PM both in age and politics. The PM’s respect for the SAD’s […]

United States, India, Australia and Japan are in conversation to decide the venue and date of QUAD security dialogue next month, which will be followed by the 2 plus 2 dialogue between India and US here. As of now, Japan is an option for the QUAD dialogue or both QUAD […]