NEW DELHI: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday he expressed his distress if his comments made earlier in the day had hurt some members and after this, the Lok Sabha the procedure was resumed after repeated postponements. The lower house saw four postponements after Thakur’s comment on the Nehru-Gandhi family …
Read More »Rajya Sabha passes bills to reduce MPs, ministers’ salaries, opposition demands restoration of MPLAD | India News
NEW DELHI: On Friday, Parliament approved a bill to reduce MPs’ salaries by 30 percent for one year “to meet the demands arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.” The bill was passed in Rajya Sabha with voice vote. Lok Sabha had passed the 2020 Members of Parliament (Amendment) Salary, Allowance and …
Read More »‘Punjab, Punjabiyat, all Punjabis’ with farmers: Navjot Singh Sidhu | India News
CHANDIGARH: Amid protests by farmers over three agriculture-related bills proposed by the government, Punjab MLA and former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday he said “Punjab, Punjabiyat and all Punjabi” are with the peasants. Breaking his silence after his resignation as minister last year, the cricketer-turned-politician described agriculture as the …
Read More »Meet YouTuber Anmol Bakaya who sang ‘Modiji’ for 24 hours on PM’s birthday
Written by Shreya Das | New Delhi | Updated: September 18, 2020 6:54:07 pm Modi’s dedicated fan managed to chant the leader’s name over 1.03 lakh times. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his birthday on September 17, a YouTuber marked the occasion by chanting the prime minister’s name non-stop …
Read More »BJP and Congress are on the same page: Cong leader expelled on agricultural sector bills | India News
NEW DELHI: Congressional Leader Suspended Sanjay jha on Friday he claimed that the recent abolition of the APMC Act by the NDA government was one of the agendas mentioned in the 2019 manifesto of the Congress party. “Friends, in our Congress Manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha Choices, we ourselves had …
Read More »Shopian Encounter: Army Finds ‘Prima Facie’ Evidence Against Troops, Initiates Procedures Under Army Law | India News
SRINAGAR: The army has found “prima facie” evidence his troops violated powers under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act during an encounter in the Shopian district of Kashmir in which three men were killed in July this year and has initiated disciplinary proceedings, officials said Friday. On July 18, the …
Read More »Prime Minister Modi Calls Agricultural Reforms “Historic” and Attacks Opposition | India News
NEW DELHI: Ensuring that the government will continue to buy agricultural products in MSPs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the agricultural reform bills introduced in Parliament are historic, as he attacked parties that oppose the projects of law and urged farmers to be careful about spreading “misinformation” …
Read More »Top National Security and Political Leaders Likely to Discuss LAC Situation Today | India News
NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of multiple shooting incidents on the Royal Line of Control in eastern Ladakh, senior political and national security officials are likely to meet on Friday to discuss the way forward in the ongoing conflict with China on the border. Top political and national security officials, …
Read More »India News from Nepal: Nepal Describes Areas of India as Its Own in Book | India News
NEW DELHI: Three months after passing an amendment to enact a new political map that identifies Indian territory in Uttarakhandit is Pithoragarh as my own, Nepal you have recorded the changes in your academic curriculum and its effectiveness. The Office of the Minister of Education of Nepal Giriraj Mani Pokharel …
Read More »Narendra Modi: Oppn Trying To Fool Farmers, Says Prime Minister Modi Amid Dispute Over Agriculture Bills | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on Friday he said farm bills approved by Lok Sabha are “historic” and attack opposition parties for “misleading” farmers. With opposition parties calling three bills “anti-farmers” and the BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal By resigning his government to protest against them, Prime Minister Modi …
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