New Delhi: As the situation gets from bad to worse for the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, the Congress seemed to be somewhat divided on the issue. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said 15 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs in Karnataka “ought not” to be compelled to participate in the proceedings of the […]
Guwahati: The flood situation remains grim in Assam on Wednesday with death toll climbing to 20. More than 57 lakh population across 30 districts of the state were reeling under the floods which have inundated or marooned more than 4626 villages under 114 revenues circles of 30 districts of the […]
Ranchi: After its directive created a furore, a local court here waived off the condition to distribute five copies of Quran to grant bail to a woman for allegedly posting communal comments on social media. The court dropped the condition on a petition of the police citing difficulties in its […]
New Delhi: Raising the issue of “algorithmic bias on social media platforms”, BJP MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Wednesday urged the government to ensure a legal and organisational framework to check bias and said that the country needs an Algorithmic Accountability Bill to ensure that digital intermediaries are held responsible. During […]
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with Home Minister Amit Shah assuring the House against its misuse. The Bill aims at enhancing the jurisdiction of NIA to investigate scheduled offences committed outside India targeting Indians as well as Indian assets abroad. […]
New Delhi: In a major move aimed at giving more power to the National Investigation Agency and enable it to probe terror attacks on Indians and Indian properties abroad, Parliament on Wednesday approved the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill. Two days after the Lok Sabha passed the Bill, Rajya Sabha […]
New Delhi: Narendra Modi-led NDA government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that it will detect “all the illegal infiltrators living on every inch of our country and deport them as per the international law”. Making Modi government's stand clear on the issue, Union home minister Amit Shah, while replying to […]
New Delhi/Bengaluru: Six days after Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced in the state Assembly that he would be seeking a trust vote to prove that he still had the numbers in the House despite the resignation of 16 Congress and JD(S) legislators, the Janata Dal(S)-Congress coalition government will on […]
Washington: Going after four Democratic congresswomen one by one, a combative President Donald Trump turned his campaign rally Wednesday into an extended dissection of the liberal views of the women of colour, deriding them for what he painted as extreme positions and suggesting they just get out. “Tonight I have […]
New Delhi: In a major victory for India in the high-profile Kulbhushan Jadhav case, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague in the Netherlands on Wednesday held Pakistan guilty of a violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations for its failure to give India consular access to […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister on Wednesday said that the truth and justice has prevailed after the International Court of Justice’s order. The order is seen as a huge win for India as court said that Pakistan must review the death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav. The world court also granted India […]
Bengaluru: In some relief to the embattled coalition government in Karnataka, Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy Wednesday said he has decided to withdraw his resignation from the Assembly and will vote in favour of the trust vote to be sought by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. I will take part in […]
Bengaluru: Janata Dal Secular-Congress coalition government, led by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, will face its trust vote in the state Assembly on Thursday. The discussion on the vote of confidence will start at around 11 am in the Assembly. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday issued whip to all 37 MLAs of JD(S) […]