As the viral video from Manipur has once again united the opposition, the centre is desperately trying to find ways to pacify the state violence by communicating with Kuki and Meitei community leaders. On Wednesday, the central government’s appointed IB official for the Northeast, Akshay Mishra, held talks with the leaders of Kuki militant groups...
The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023, to enhance ease of doing business, decrease compliance burden for individuals and industry, and alleviate judicial load by decriminalising minor economic offences. Spearheaded by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the Bill proposes to revise 183 provisions...
In a fresh wave of criticism, the opposition BJP has once again unleashed a scathing attack on the incumbent AAP government in Delhi, accusing them of neglecting the woes of the city’s farmers. Senior BJP leader Ramvir Singh Bidhuri has taken the lead in asserting that the Kejriwal-led government has failed to address the concerns of...
India and Japan on Thursday emphasised the role of their bilateral partnership in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific and discussed ways to deepen their cooperation on defence equipment. These issues figured in the 15th India-Japan foreign ministers’ strategic dialogue between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi. The meeting provided an opportunity to review...
The ruling NDA will have to lean on the support of Biju Janata Dal, YSR Congress Party, nominated members and Independents in the Rajya Sabha to ensure the passage of the bill to replace the Delhi Services Ordinance. While there is no official word on when the bill, which was approved by the Cabinet on...
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday heard a plea against a district court order directing the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi was built upon a temple. After hearing arguments in the matter, Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker posted it for further hearing on Wednesday. The...
Heavy rainfall lashed several parts of the national capital and its neighbouring cities, including Noidaand Ghaziabad, leading to waterlogging on roads on Wednesday. Parts of the city such as ITO got waterlogged causing traffic snarls and hinderance in trafficmovement. The Yamuna River in the national capital still flows just a few centimetres below the danger...
A majority of G20 members are now in sync with the view of India’s central bank that cryptocurrencies could pose huge risks to the stability of the financial system, people aware of the development said adding that these countries may work to institutionalise an internationally-accepted regulatory framework for crypto-assets while allowing individual jurisdictions to impose...
The central cabinet today cleared a bill to replace the ordinance allowing the centre to take away from the Delhi government the control over the posting of officers, said sources. The bill will be introduced in the parliament soon, they said. The ordinance had become one of the latest flashpoints between the BJP and the...
The Delhi BJP on Tuesday staged a protest near the AAP office here demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the alleged failure of his government on “all the fronts”. Addressing the protesters, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva charged that Kejriwal government’s failure on all the fronts was evident during the flood faced...