NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Friday rejected criticism of India’s foreign funding law, saying the issue is an internal matter on which Parliament will take a decision.During a bi-weekly media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said several countries, including the United States, regulate foreign funds and foreign financing.“Regarding the issue you are referring…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday issued a whip to its MPs, directing them to be present in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha as the government is set to take up the contentious FCRA Amendment Bill for discussion.Congress has asked its parliamentarians to remain present in their respective Houses on August 10, 11 and…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Basavaraj Horatti on Friday tendered his resignation as Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council.Asked about the reason behind his decision, Horatti said, “I was asked to resign, so I tendered my resignation.”“I don’t know why they (the Congress government) asked me to resign,” he added. Source link
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday criticised RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent remarks on Gen Z and Gen Alpha, saying young Indians do not need his “certificate” or endorsement.Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, the Congress general secretary and Wayanad MP said, “They don’t need a certificate from RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat ji.”Priyanka…
Students protest in Ranchi’s Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium. NEW DELHI: The protest by JPSC and JSSC aspirants in Jharkhand entered its 14th day on Thursday, with students demanding action over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations, while political pressure on the Hemant Soren government intensified.The protest, launched on July 25 under the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch at…
Aule On-screen setup running multibody dynamics simulations and tracking system capturing hardware test data for position and velocity for correlation BENGALURU: What if satellites could simply plug into a power bank instead of drifting away when they run out of fuel? That’s the idea driving a Bengaluru startup building “jetpack” satellites designed to latch onto…
Rahul Gandhi raises Ken-Betwa displacement issue NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of tribal affairs on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that it has received several representations raising concerns over the displacement of people due to the Ken-Betwa river-link project in Madhya Pradesh. The ministry said it has forwarded the representations to the state government and…
Passenger vehicle retail sales increased 19% year-on-year to 4.1 lakh units, crossing the four-lakh mark for the first time in July NEW DELHI: Alternative-fuel passenger vehicles are on the verge of overtaking petrol-powered models in India, with CNG, hybrid and electric vehicles accounting for 40.6% of passenger vehicle retail sales in July, just behind petrol’s…
SC said in court monitored investigations, sanctions for prosecution should be granted promptly NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has put a spoke in efforts of defaulting realtors to escape CBI probe by settling with a few homebuyers. The court said these builders would continue to be investigated for cheating homebuyers and siphoning off their deposits…
Abhishek Banerjee’s secretary granted a week long interim bail NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a week-long interim bail to Sumit Roy, personal assistant to TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, in the Salboni land-grabbing case but asked him to make himself personally available for investigation in the police station concerned without being accompanied…
