The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Saturday witnessed a stormy debate on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor's address with the ruling Congress and the opposition BRS indulging in a war of words over the track record of the two parties while in power, alleging 'family rule' and others.
BRS Working President K T Rama Rao, who alleged that the Governor's address was full of untruths and that he is "shameful as a member" to listen to such a speech, attacked the Congress that its rule in undivided Andhra Pradesh was marked by parched lands, hunger...
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Friday, December 15, 2023
"Don't Need Confrontation But...": Vice President On Separation Of Powers
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday pitched for a "structured mechanism" of interaction among the heads of the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, saying it will not help if the heads of these institutions start sharing their thoughts from public platforms.
He also said Indian democracy thrives and blossoms only when its three wings act in tandem.
Addressing an event here to launch a poetry collection 'Roses without thorns' penned by Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani, Dhankhar said that "there will always be issues" but there...
सूरत हवाई अड्डे को अंतरराष्ट्रीय एयरपोर्ट घोषित करने की योजना को मिली मंजूरी
केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने शुक्रवार को सूरत हवाई अड्डे को अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा घोषित करने के प्रस्ताव को मंजूरी दे दी. एक आधिकारिक बयान में कहा गया, ''यह रणनीतिक कदम अभूतपूर्व आर्थिक क्षमता को उजागर करने के लिए है, जिससे सूरत अंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानन परिदृश्य में एक प्रमुख केंद्र बन जाएगा और क्षेत्र में समृद्धि के एक नए युग को बढ़ावा मिलेगा.''
यह फैसला प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता में मंत्रिमंडल ने लिया.
बयान में कहा गया कि सूरत हवाई अड्डे को अंतरराष्ट्रीय दर्जा देने से आर्थिक वृद्धि में तेजी लाने, विदेशी निवेश आकर्षित करने और राजनयिक संबंधों...
Thursday, December 14, 2023
6 Sentenced To Life For Killing Pregnant Woman Over Property Dispute
A court in Maharashtra's Jalna has sentenced six persons, including four women, to life imprisonment for killing a 35-year-old pregnant woman over a property dispute in 2020.
District and sessions court judge V M Mohite passed the order on Wednesday. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on each convict.
The victim, Heena Khan, was six months pregnant when she was murdered in Kazi Pura locality of Jalna city.
The court convicted Nilofar Zafar Khan (23), Nasima Zafar Khan (55), Arbaz Khan Zafar Khan (20), Ismail Ahmed Shah (38), Halima Bi (60)...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Gujarat Court Rejects Arvind Kejriwal's Adjournment Plea In PM Degree Case
A metropolitan court here on Wednesday rejected Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh's applications seeking adjournment in proceedings in a defamation case filed against them over their remarks regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational degree.
The court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate SJ Panchal rejected the adjournment applications moved by the lawyers representing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders. The court also reserved its order for Thursday on Kejriwal's plea stating that he cannot...
Over 2,000 Children Adopted By Indians, 224 By Foreigners This Year: Centre
More than 2,000 children have been adopted by Indians in the financial year 2023-24 so far while 224 children have been adopted by foreigners, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani informed the Parliament on Wednesday.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Ms Irani said the Women and Child Development Ministry had notified Adoption Regulations, 2022, which have been framed in line with the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (as amended in 2021), on September 23 last year.
The Adoption Regulations...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
IndiGo Pilot Approaches Court To Seek Approval To Carry 'Kirpan' On Plane
A pilot working with IndiGo, a private airline, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to the Union government to allow him to carry a 'kirpan' while flying.
Kirpan is a short knife with a curved blade, worn, sometimes in miniature form, as one of the five distinguishing signs of the Sikh Khalsa.
Angad Singh, a pilot with InterGlobe Aviation which operates IndiGo, claimed in the petition filed before the Nagpur bench of the high court that he has the right to carry a kirpan as part of the freedom of religion guaranteed under Article...