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Running away from discussion in Parliament on price rise, GST hike ‘unparliamentary’: Rahul
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the government over the issues of price rise, hike in GST rates and depreciating value of Rupee and alleged that it is…
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AAP MP claims candidates’ caste being asked in Army recruitment; Defence Minister dismisses ‘rumour’
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday alleged that the Indian Army was using caste as a factor in recruiting youth under the Agnipath scheme, prompting a swift rebuttal from Defence…
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Railways removes service charges for food, drinks; tags it on to prices of meals
New Delhi: The Railways has removed on-board service charges on all meals and beverages that are not pre-ordered on premium trains. But there is a catch — the Rs 50 charge has…
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Funds for Jamia, AMU dip but doubled for BHU during Modi tenure
The fund allocation, in comparison to the last financial year, has considerably decreased for two Central universities – Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia. This was confirmed by the Ministry of…
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Stop persecution of Hindus in B’desh: WB BJP leader writes to PM
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to intervene in the incidents of communal violence against the Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh. Adhikari, also the…
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SC issues notice on Varavara Rao’s plea for permanent bail on medical grounds
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a plea filed by Bhima Koregaon case accused, P Varavara Rao, seeking permanent bail on medical…
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RSS would sack Agniveers based on caste: Tejashwi Yadav
Patna: After Upendra Kushwaha, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the Narendra Modi government for asking for the caste certificate in the recruitment of Agniveers in the defence forces. Tejashwi Yadav also attacked…
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Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Hoisting Tricolour must in Karnataka madrasas
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has made it mandatory for the madrasas to hoist the national flag on the occasion of celebration of 75 years of Independence for six days from August 11 to…
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SC transfers all pending petitions against Agnipath to Delhi HC
The Supreme Court of India has transferred all petitions against the recently launched Agnipath welfare recruitment scheme to the Delhi high court, stating that there are a number of similar petitions that…
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Service charge issue: Eatery owners challenge guidelines in Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear in detail on Thursday a plea moved by the eatery owners challenging the newly issued Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) guidelines which restrained restaurants…
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Supreme Court set to hear pleas of Nupur Sharma, Varavara Rao
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear various cases including the petition of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma seeking revival of her plea for clubbing of FIRs lodged over…
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Complaint about girl told to remove innerwear before NEET exam ‘fictitious’, NTA told
New Delhi: The police complaint about a girl in Kerala asked to remove innerwear before appearing for medical entrance exam NEET is “fictitious” and has been filed with “wrong intentions”, the exam…
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India reports 15,528 new Covid cases, 25 deaths
New Delhi: India reported 15,528 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, which is a decline from the previous day’s count of 16,935, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. In…
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Karnataka set to oppose implementation of Kasturirangan report
Bengaluru: All party leaders, farmers in Karnataka have announced to launch series of agitations against the implementation of the recommendations of the Kasturirangan Committee on Western Ghats by the Centre from July 27.…
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Rupee sinks to all-time low against dollar, depreciates 25 pc since Dec 2014
Mumbai: Indian rupee on Tuesday hit a fresh record low of 80.06 against the US dollar amid surge in crude oil price and foreign fund outflow. On Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
