CENTRE & OPPOSITION SPAR IN DEBATE ON NO-TRUST AGAINST LOK SABHA SPEAKER
NEW DELHI,11 March 2026 : The second half of the Budget Session of Parliament began on a stormy note, with the Lok Sabha set to take up an opposition-backed resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla. The ongoing conflict in West Asia is also likely to dominate the proceedings, with the Opposition criticising the […]
ASSAM PARTY ACCUSES BETRAYAL OF CONG IN KEEPING IT OUT OF ALLIANCE
NEW DELHI,11 March 2026 : Raijor Dal president and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi on Sunday said that the Congress has “betrayed” them by not informing them about an alliance meeting. Addressing a press conference in Kaziranga, Gogoi said that talks between the two parties had collapsed over seat-sharing disagreements, particularly over the Dhing assembly constituency. […]
CENTRE REGULATES NATURAL GAS SUPPLY AS HOTELS CRY FOR COMMERCIAL LPG
NEW DELHI ,11 March 2026 : The Centre has stepped in to regulate the supply and distribution of natural gas across the country after disruptions in global shipments triggered by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In an order issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the government said shipments of liquefied […]
PILOT QUESTIONS GOVT SILENCE ON GAS SUPPLIES
NEW DELHI,11 March 2026 : Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Tuesday attacked the government for its silence on the shortage on the cooking gas cylinders, asserting that it was hiding some facts regarding the gas crisis. He said the tension in the Gulf countries is bound to hit the global markets and the government […]
CABINET NOD TO JAL JEEVAN MISSION TILL DEC 2028
NEW DELHI,11 March 2026 : The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the extension of Jal Jeevan Mission up to December 2028 with an enhanced outlay of Rs 8.7 lakh crore, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The project was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019 to provide safe and adequate drinking water through tap […]
SC CHAMPIONS UNIFORM CIVIL CODE TO GIVE EQUAL RIGHTS TO MUSLIM WOMEN
NEW DELHI,11 March 2026 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested Uniform Civil Code to give equal rights to Muslim women along with men in the property rights. Chief Justice Surya Kant was, however, cautious that the court does not deprive the Muslim women in a hurry. Advocate Prashant Bhushan said removal of the Shariat […]
The Historian of Consciousness: K.N. Panikkar and the Architecture of Modern India
The landscape of Indian historiography lost one of its most luminous and courageous architects on 9 March , 2026. Professor K.N. Panikkar, who passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 89, was far more than a chronicler of the past; he was a philosopher of culture and a tireless sentinel of secular ethics. At […]
SC ASKS CENTRE TO FRAME NO-FAULT COMPENSATION POLICY FOR COVID VACCINE ADVERSE EVENTS
NEW DELHI ,11 March 2026 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to frame a no-fault compensation policy for serious adverse events following Covid-19 vaccination. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the existing mechanism for monitoring adverse events following immunisation shall continue. “No separate court-appointed expert body is considered […]
