INDIA CLINCHES RUSSIAN SUBMARINE DEAL AS PUTIN ARRIVES
NEW DELHI: India will pay about $2 billion to lease a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia, according to people familiar with the matter, finalising delivery of the vessel after roughly a decade of talks just as President Vladimir Putin makes a visit to New Delhi this week. It is, however, for training purposes and cannot be […]
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT HAS OWN SECURITY DURING FOREIGN TRAVEL
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India has once again put the spotlight on the meticulous and secretive measures surrounding his foreign travel. While host nations organise their own arrangements, Putin’s journeys are defined by extreme caution, strict logistical control and a security network that operates largely out of public view. The Federal […]
OPPOSITION PROTESTS AGAINST DELHI AIR POLLUTION
NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs held a protest at the Parliament House complex against the air pollution in Delhi as the winter session entered its fourth day on Thursday. Delhi’s air quality was in the “poor” category Thursday morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 299. Three Congress MPs — Manickam Tagore, Manish Tewari […]
PROTESTS OVER RAJ BHAWANS RENAMED AS LOK BHAWANS
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha witnessed a heated exchange on Wednesday after AITC member Dola Sen raised the issue of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ November 25 directive to rename all Raj Bhavans in the country as Lok Bhavans during Zero Hour. “But first of all, we would like to say that neither the Parliament, […]
LAND REFORMS ARE UPSETTING PROGRESS
NEW DELHI: Welcome to India’s real investment killer. Not labour laws, not tax rates, not infrastructure—though those matter too. It’s the Change of Land Use approval, or CLU, that breaks more business plans than any competitor ever could. Here’s how the scam works: if you want to convert agricultural land to industrial use, you need […]
OPPOSITION STAGES STRONG PROTEST IN PARLIAMENT AGAINST NEW LABOUR CODES
New Delhi ;Several Opposition MPs, led by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and including senior leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday staged a sharp protest in the Parliament House complex against the newly-notified labour codes, demanding their immediate withdrawal. MPs from the DMK, Trinamool Congress, Left parties and other INDIA bloc constituents joined the […]
SANCHAR SATHI NOT MANDATORY, SAYS MINISTER SCINDIA
NEW DELHI: Amid the massive uproar surrounding the Centre’s directions to phone manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on all phones sold in India, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday clarified that mobile phone users will have the option to delete this app if they don’t want to use it. The Congress has flagged […]
CENTRE READY FOR VOTER LIST CLEANUP AFTER LOK SABHA STORM OVER SIR
NEW DELHI: The government has agreed to the opposition’s demands to hold a parliamentary debate on electoral reforms, with special focus on the controversial Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls ordered for each state, sources said, stating that the House’s Business Advisory Council will decide the time to be allotted for this debate later on […]
BJP LOCKS HORNS, SECURES BIHAR ASSEMBLY SPEAKER FOR PREM KUMAR
NEW DELHI: In a decisive political manoeuvre, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to take full control of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly, with long-time MLA Prem Kumar emerging as the new Speaker. On Monday, Prem Kumar filed his nomination for the post, and with no opposition candidate in the fray, his election as […]
SECOND POWER BREAKFAST IN KARNATAKA TODAY
NEW DELHI: The Siddaramaiah-DK Shivakumar tug-of-war over the Karnataka Chief Minister’s post – a squabble that has rumbled on since the Congress won the 2023 election – seemed to lurch to an end Monday evening, after party boss Mallikarjun Kharge (finally) put his foot down. Congress sources said Kharge demanded the warring leaders – to […]
