Following the reports of alleged sexual harassment of girls during college fests, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday asked the police, Delhi University and the colleges concerned to submit an Action Taken Report by April 18. In the latest incident on March 28, some outsiders entered the […]
New Data Protection Bill likely to be introduced in Monsoon Session in Parliament, Centre to SC
The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar fixed the matter for hearing […]
SC dismisses TN Govt’s appeal against Madras HC order allowing RSS marches
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Tamil Nadu Government’s appeal against the Madras High Court’s order allowing RSS route marches in the state. A bench of justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal upheld the Madras High Court order which allowed RSS route marches. The Tamil Nadu govt stressed issues concerning […]
Rajasthan: Sachin launches fast, BJP says “last nail in Gehlot govt coffin”
Senior Congress leader and the former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, sat on a daylong fast at Shaheed Samarak in Jaipur on Tuesday, calling for action by the incumbent Ashok Gehlot government against alleged corruption during the previous BJP rule under former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. Before launching […]
MP: 4 killed, 1 injured in accident on Indore-Ahmedabad national highway
Four people were killed while one person was injured after a speeding vehicle hit them on the National Highway 59 in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, a police official said on Tuesday. The mishap took place on the Indore-Ahmedabad National Highway under the Sardarpur police station limits in the district on the intervening night of Monday […]
Last nail in coffin of Congress, says Rajasthan BJP leader Rajendra Rathore on Sachin Pilot’s fast
Rajasthan Congress leader former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot day-long protest fast calling for “action on corruption” will prove to be the last nail in the coffin of the ruling Congress government in the State according to senior BJP leader Rajendra Rathore. Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly said […]
Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav joins ED probe in land-for-jobs case
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday joined the Enforcement Directorate investigation in a land-for-jobs case involving his father and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and other family members. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader reached the Enforcement Directorate headquarters here in the national capital around 10.53 am […]
PM Modi to flag off Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express train, via video conferencing, on Wednesday. The inaugural Vande Bharat Express in Rajasthan will ply between Jaipur and Delhi Cantt. railway station. The regular service of this Vande Bharat Express will start from April 13. It will operate […]
Delhi: Elderly woman killed, son critically injured in Kirti Nagar fire
An elderly woman died and her son was seriously injured after a sudden fire broke out at a flat in Delhi’s Kirti Nagar area on Monday night, police said. The deceased woman was identified as Mahendra Kaur, aged 78 years, police informed further, adding that her son was in critical […]
Assam: Fire breaks out in Rampur market area of Nalbari district
A massive fire broke out in a market area in Rampur of Assam’s Nalbari district. According to the police, around seven to eight shops were gutted in Monday night’s blaze. As per latest information, the fire was brought under control by the fire department and police. “Firefighters brought the situation […]
After mid-flight brawl, DGCA issues advisory to deal with unruly passengers
Amid multiple reports of unruly behaviour by passengers onboard flights, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued an advisory to all airlines asking them to action against such behaviours during flight operations. The advisory comes in the wake of a London-bound Air India flight returning to Delhi airport following a mid-air brawl in which […]
‘Atonement for past deeds’ of Sangh Parivar: Kerala CM on PM’s church visit
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for visiting a church in Delhi on Easter and said it is a good thing if it was done as an “atonement for past deeds” of the Sangh Parivar. PM Narendra Modi on Sunday evening visited the Sacred Heart Church […]
“BJP is democratic party, not a dictatorship like Congress,” Karnataka CM Bommai
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday took a jibe at the Congress party and said that Bharatiya Janata Party is a democratic party and not a dictatorship party like Congress. Bommai said that this is the reason BJP is thinking well and talking in detail before releasing the first list of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly […]