NEW DELHI: Parliament is on the verge of making history, PM Narendra Modi said on Monday ahead of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha taking up his govt’s bills to implement women’s reservation in legislatures from 2029, as he expressed confidence amid demurring voices from Congress and its allies that the opposition will back the…
NEW DELHI: In what could give a political handle to TMC, SC on Monday observed a person born in India has the right to be on electoral roll and the right to vote to elect a government. A part of the bench led by CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, “Somewhere we are getting…
NEW DELHI: Two tankers carrying Iranian crude have reached Indian ports, marking the first such deliveries since May 2019. According to ship-tracking data from Kpler, Felicity, a very large crude carrier carrying about two million barrels of oil, anchored off Sikka on Gujarat’s coast late on Sunday. A second tanker, Jaya, also carrying a similar…
NEW DELHI: Nepal PM Balendra “Balen” Shah accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India even as he initiated a sweeping and radical 100-point governance agenda at home targeting VIP culture, political influence in campuses and bureaucracy, delays in public service, free healthcare access for the poor, safer public transport for women and stress-free…
NEW DELHI: In what may be bad news for India’s farm sector and rural economy, IMD on Monday predicted a ‘below normal’ southwest monsoon (June-Sept) in the country amid growing risk of El Nino, which is linked to depressed summer rainfall over India. “Quantitatively, the seasonal rainfall over the country is likely to be 92%…
Ambedkar is a gypsy icon in Hungary,” says Tibor Derdak over the phone from Miskolc, a city two hours from Budapest. It was here 20 years ago that Derdak co-founded a school named after B R Ambedkar, who never visited Hungary. Today, an Ambedkar statue stands near the building of Dr Ambedkar School. “Ambedkar’s life…
SRINAGAR: Environmentalist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk urged the Centre Monday to initiate dialogue on Ladakh’s key issues, issuing the appeal almost a month after his release from jail and saying the Union territory is “hanging between trust and mistrust”.“Today marks a month since the revocation of my National Security Act (NSA)…
JAMMU: A 25-year-old man transporting a milch cow and two calves in a pick-up truck from Jammu went missing after jumping into a rivulet in J&K’s Ramban district to escape from miscreants chasing him on Sunday, sparking protests leading to the arrest of four accused on Monday.Police have formed an SIT to probe the disappearance…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought responses of the Centre and state govts on a PIL seeking fair implementation of provisions of free and compulsory education at the pre-primary level as provided under National Education Policy 2020 and bringing this within the ambit of right to education guaranteed under Article 21A of the Constitution….
Who is Elfilea VTuber? Her streaming journey explored as she speaks out in Sykkuno controversy (Image via Getty) Elfilea, a small but growing VTuber, is now part of a serious online controversy linked to streamer Thomas Sykkuno. The issue started when another streamer, Mal Hemomal, shared a long public document with strong claims about him….