CABINET NOD TO PM’S NEW AGRICULTURE PLAN
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the launch of the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, a new agriculture-focused scheme targeting 100 low-performing districts over a period of six years starting from 2025–26. The scheme, inspired by NITI Aayog’s Aspirational District Programme, marks the first major national initiative focused […]
KHARGE, RAHUL WRITE TO PM TO BRING BILL FOR STATEHOOD TO J&K
NEW DELHI: Leaders of opposition in Parliament Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have jointly written to Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday to bring a legislation in the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament to grant full Statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. They also requested that the government bring forward legislation to include […]
SC QUASHES OVER 1,000 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR APPOINTMENTS IN PUNJAB
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the Punjab Government’s appointments of over 1,158 assistant professors and librarians of Punjab in 2021 over UGC norm violations, setting aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment, which had upheld the recruitment process. A Bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran delivered the judgment […]
MODI GOVT FACES TOUGHEST MONSOON SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi-led government has set a new record for the lowest number of parliamentary sitting days in the history of independent India, raising serious concerns among constitutional experts and opposition parties alike. Analysts say this trend reflects a deliberate attempt to avoid legislative scrutiny, especially in light of a stronger opposition post-2024 […]
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1] Preliminary investigation report of Ahmedabad plane crash came out. According to the investigation report, the US Federal Aviation Authority had alerted in 2018 about the fuel control switch in many Boeing planes.. 2] The accused father of Gurugram’s Radhika murder case will appear in court today.. 3] Crime is not stopping in Bihar… Panic […]
SUPREME COURT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER EC’S SPECIAL VOTER LIST REVISION IN BIHAR
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said there was logic and practicality involved in the Election Commission’s move to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar but questioned the timing of the exercise, coming months ahead of Assembly elections. Hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the EC’s decision, the top court said, “What […]
CONG: MODI GOVT UNDERMINES FOREST RIGHTS ACT
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday raised concerns over the environment ministry’s role in weakening the Forest Rights Act, 2006 quoting the ministry’s response to a recent letter addressed to Narendra Modi by over 100 civil society activists and organisations, which termed allegations of “subverting the Forest Rights Act” (FRA) as a “gross misunderstanding of […]
EC TO DISENFRANCHISE 2 CR VOTERS IN BIHAR
NEW DELHI: A delegation of the INDIA bloc led by the Congress had a meeting of over three hours with the Election Commission on Wednesday, protesting at a new rule incorporated to require the birth certificates of the voters or else they are not allowed to vote in the coming Assembly elections in Bihar in […]
SC SETS SHIV SENA’S SYMBOL HEARING ON JULY 14
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned urgency in plea over Shiv Sena’s symbol of ‘bow and arrow’ by the Udhav Thackeray group, but set the hearing on July 14. The symbol is allotted to the Eknath Shinde faction. The Thackeray group sought the hearing in view of the forthcoming local body elections in […]
CABINET OKAYS NEW NATIONAL SPORTS POLICY
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday approved the new National Sports Policy 2025, a landmark initiative aimed at reshaping the country’s sporting landscape and empowering citizens through sports. The new policy supersedes the existing National Sports Policy, 2001, and lays out a visionary and strategic roadmap to establish India […]
