Ahead of the crucial no-confidence motion against the government on Tuesday brought by the Opposition parties on the Manipur issue, the Congress got a shot in the arm with the Lok Sabha secretariat on Monday restoring Rahul Gandhi’s membership of the House.Gandhi, who had earlier visited Manipur, is expected to open the debate when the […]
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday resumed its scientific survey work at the Gyanvapi mosque here to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple.Government counsel Rajesh Mishra, who accompanied the ASI survey team during the day-long exercise a day before, on Saturday said the team […]
The Supreme Court in Australia’s Queensland state has overturned a law banning Sikh religious dagger (kirpan) on school grounds calling it “unconstitutional”.The ruling by the state’s highest court came after Kamaljit Kaur Athwal took the state government to court last year, claiming that the ban discriminated against the kirpan — one of five religious symbols […]
Three Army personnel were killed in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday, officials said.Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the higher reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir following inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the […]
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will continue to conduct a survey at the Gyanvapi premises to determine if the mosque was built upon a temple, the Allahabad High Court ruled today, saying it is “in the interest of justice”. The High Court dismissed the Muslim side’s petition against a Varanasi court order that had […]
Lok Sabha continued to witness disruptions on Thursday and the proceedings were adjourned till 2pm amid protests by opposition members on the Manipur issue.Speaker Om Birla, who is learnt to be upset at the repeated disruptions of the House, did not chair the proceedings during Question Hour for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Opposition […]
The violence that initially erupted in Haryana’s Nuh during a religious procession has now spread to Gurugram, where protesters from two communities clashed near Sohna Road, resulting in damage to several vehicles.During the confrontation, three vehicles were damaged, and one was set on fire along the Sohna Road highway. The situation escalated with stone pelting, […]
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday appealed to the opposition parties “not to disturb peace in Manipur” and instead discuss the matter in Parliament.“The government has said from day one that we are ready to discuss Manipur. What is the opposition’s compulsion that it is running away?” Thakur said, also wondering whether […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over the probe into the viral video of two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur. The government said it had a “zero-tolerance policy” towards crimes against women and requested the Supreme […]
The Congress moved a motion of no confidence against the government in Lok Sabha on Wednesday on the issue of “governance failures in the state (Manipur)”.Earlier, top party sources confirmed that the decision to give the notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had been taken, and the entire opposition was on board.According to rules, […]