Withdraw ‘draconian’ amendments to IT Rules: Editors Guild | India News

Withdraw 'draconian' amendments to IT Rules: Editors Guild | India News

NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild of India on Friday said it was “deeply disturbed” by the “draconian” amendments to the Information Technology Rules that gave the government “absolute power” to determine fake news.In a statement here, the Guild urged the government to withdraw the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules … Read more

Shah: Rioters will be hanged upside down if BJP comes to power in Bihar: Amit Shah on Ram Navami clashes | India News

Shah: Rioters will be hanged upside down if BJP comes to power in Bihar: Amit Shah on Ram Navami clashes | India News

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday held a rally in Bihar‘s Nawada and attacked the Nitish Kumar government for failing to curb the violence that broke out in several towns during Ram Navami celebrations. A total of 77 people have so far been arrested for the clashes. No point in speaking to … Read more

FSSAI allows labelling curd in regional names amid political controversy | India News

FSSAI allows labelling curd in regional names amid political controversy | India News

NEW DELHI: Food safety regulator FSSAI on Thursday revised its order and allowed the use of regional names in printed labels of curd packets amid political controversy in Tamil Nadu. Food Business Operators (FBOs) are now allowed to use the term ‘curd’ along with any other prevalent regional common name in brackets on the label. … Read more

Idea of elected leaders was common in ancient India, it’s indeed mother of democracy: PM Modi | India News

Idea of elected leaders was common in ancient India, it's indeed mother of democracy: PM Modi | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India is indeed a mother of democracy where the guiding philosophy is that of “sabka sath, sabha vikas”. He was virtually addressing the leader-level plenary session on the Summit of Democracy hosted by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. Speaking at the event, PM Modi … Read more

Pan Aadhaar link last date: Aadhaar card PAN card linking deadline extended to June 30 | India News

Pan Aadhaar link last date: Aadhaar card PAN card linking deadline extended to June 30 | India News

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday extended the deadline for linking PAN card with Aadhaar to June 30, 2023 from March 31, 2023.The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said that the date for linking PAN and Aadhaar has been extended to provide some more time to the taxpayers. Earlier, the last day to link … Read more

Shah: Modi government decides to reduce ‘disturbed areas’ under AFSPA in Northeast: Amit Shah | India News

Shah: Modi government decides to reduce 'disturbed areas' under AFSPA in Northeast: Amit Shah | India News

NEW DELHI: Union home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has once again decided to decrease the jurisdiction of “disturbed areas” declared under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur. In a series of tweets, Shah said this decision has been taken on account … Read more

Rahul Gandhi Lok Sabha: What next for Congress leader rahul gandhi after lok sabha disqualification | India News

Rahul Gandhi Lok Sabha: What next for Congress leader rahul gandhi after lok sabha disqualification | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified as a Lok Sabha member following his conviction in the criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.Also See: Rahul Gandhi News Live UpdatesThe announcement of disqualification of the Wayanad MP comes a day after a court in Surat sentenced him to two years in the … Read more

Parliament: Adani and UK remarks issues stall Parliament yet again; war of words between BJP, Congress gets ugly: Top developments | India News

Parliament: Adani and UK remarks issues stall Parliament yet again; war of words between BJP, Congress gets ugly: Top developments | India News

NEW DELHI: Several opposition party leaders on Tuesday held a protest in the corridors of Parliament and raised slogans demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue, even as the BJP accused the opposition MPs of repeatedly insulting Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar and stalling the parliamentary process.Both houses of Parliament adjourned … Read more

Legal recognition of same-sex marriage: SC refers pleas to 5-judge constitution bench, hearing to begin from April 18 | India News

Legal recognition of same-sex marriage: SC refers pleas to 5-judge constitution bench, hearing to begin from April 18 | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday referred a clutch of petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage to a five-judge constitution bench. The hearing on the petitions would commence from April 18. The Centre has said it is for Parliament to decide whether same-sex marriage could be statutorily recognised.On Sunday, the Centre submitted an … Read more

‘Is everyone in BJP a brother of Raja Harishchandra’, KTR asks after ED summons K Kavitha | India News

'Is everyone in BJP a brother of Raja Harishchandra', KTR asks after ED summons K Kavitha | India News

NEW DELHI: Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday hit out at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his sister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha was summoned for questioning in the Delhi excise policy case.“Is everyone in the BJP a brother of Raja Harishchandra,” the KTR asked.Stepping up his … Read more

Bill Gates meets PM Modi, praises India for remarkable progress in crucial fields | India News

Bill Gates meets PM Modi, praises India for remarkable progress in crucial fields | India News

NEW DELHI: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, where he praised India for making “remarkable progress” in crucial fields like health, development and climate change, and noted the “incredibly innovative work” being done in the country over the past few years. My conversation with Prime Minister @narendramodi left me more … Read more

Pumping up the price: Why are petrol prices still so high in India? | India News

Pumping up the price: Why are petrol prices still so high in India? | India News

Petrol prices remain high across India with the price being close to 100 rupees per litre in New Delhi, the nation’s capital. The petrol hike has made citizens miserable as they find it difficult to afford essential commodities and transportation in their day to day lives. These soaring gas prices remain high and keep rising … Read more

Nitish Kumar: Upendra Kushwaha launches new party, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar ‘helpless’ | India News

Nitish Kumar: Upendra Kushwaha launches new party, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar 'helpless' | India News

NEW DELHI: Disgruntled JD(U) leader Upendra Kushwaha announced his resignation from the party on Monday and launched his own outfit, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal. The move comes on the heels of a prolonged tussle between him and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar over the party’s strategy moving forward and alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal … Read more

Justice: Law minister Kiren Rijiju announces appointments of Chief Justice for four High Courts | India News

Justice: Law minister Kiren Rijiju announces appointments of Chief Justice for four High Courts | India News

NEW DELHI: Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday, announced the appointments of Chief Justices for four High Courts in the country.“As per the relevant provisions under the Constitution of India, the following Judges are appointed as Chief Justices of different High Courts. I extend best wishes to all of them!” Kiren Rijiju … Read more

Avalanche hits J&K’s Gulmarg: Police | India News

Avalanche hits J&K's Gulmarg: Police | India News

SRINAGAR: An avalanche hit the upper areas of the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday, police said.No loss of life has been reported yet, they said.“The avalanche has occurred in Affarwat Gulmarg today morning. So far, no reports of any loss,” a police official said.The area has already been … Read more

Northeast Diary: Why interstate border issues should not be politicised | India News

Northeast Diary: Why interstate border issues should not be politicised | India News

Opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Meghalaya has turned the border dispute with Assam into a major poll issue. In its manifesto for the February 27 assembly elections, the party has vowed to “revoke” the border agreement signed with the neighbouring state if it comes to power.However, chief minister Conrad Sangma is hopeful that the NPP-led … Read more

North India headed for severe cold spell this week, temperature to drop to -4°C: MeT expert | India News

North India headed for severe cold spell this week, temperature to drop to -4°C: MeT expert | India News

NEW DELHI: Already in the grip of a severe cold spell, north India is likely to experience a further drop in temperature next week.According to a weather expert, vast swathes of north India are likely to witness a temperature of -4° Celsius and a maximum of 2° Celsius in the plains.Jammu and Kashmir, which has … Read more

Vehicle carrying Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s mother meets with minor accident, none injured | India News

Vehicle carrying Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's mother meets with minor accident, none injured | India News

MORIGAON (ASSAM): A vehicle carrying the mother of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met with a minor accident on National Highway 37 in Morigaon district on Tuesday, an official said.However, no injuries were reported in the accident.“Sarma’s mother Mrinalini Devi and brother Diganta Biswa Sarma were travelling from Guwahati to Diphu in Karbi Anglong … Read more

PMO to hold high-level meeting on Joshimath crisis | India News

PMO to hold high-level meeting on Joshimath crisis | India News

NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Office will hold a high-level meeting on the Joshimath crisis on Sunday afternoon amid alarm in the Uttarakhand region due to sinking of land and cracks in houses at several places.P K Mishra, the principal secretary to the prime minister, will hold the review meeting with the cabinet secretary, other … Read more

Haldwani demolition case: Hearing under way in Supreme Court | India News

Haldwani demolition case: Hearing under way in Supreme Court | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is hearing a petition challenging the Uttarakhand high court‘s order to evict 4,365 families from 78 acres of ‘encroached’ railways land in Haldwani.According to local residents claim that the 78-acre area has around 25,000 voters, including several elderly persons and pregnant women, as well as 15,000 children.On December 20, the … Read more

Supreme Court’s demonetisation verdict: What Justice BV Nagarathna said in dissenting judgment | India News

Supreme Court's demonetisation verdict: What Justice BV Nagarathna said in dissenting judgment | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the government’s 2016 decision to demonetise the currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice S.A. Nazeer and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai, A.S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian, and B.V. Nagarathna pronounced the judgment on a clutch of petitions challenging the Centre’s … Read more

BJP constantly reminding me what should not be done, consider it my guru: Rahul Gandhi | India News

BJP constantly reminding me what should not be done, consider it my guru: Rahul Gandhi | India News

NEW DELHI: Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that he considers it his guru and the more the saffron party attacks them, the better it is for the Congress to understand its ideology.“I want them (BJP) to attack us aggressively, this will help Congress party understand its … Read more

Sangh Parivaar dividing India into ‘tukde-tukde’: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar | India News

Sangh Parivaar dividing India into 'tukde-tukde': Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Thursday said Sangh parivaar are dividing India into ‘tukde-tukde’ on the basis of religion.Aiyar while replying to media persons on Opposition raising doubts over Bharat Jodo Yatra’s aim said we have to fight against the attempts to break the country.“It’s the people of ‘Sangh Parivaar’ who’re dividing … Read more

Bharat Biotech’s nasal vaccine to be priced at Rs 800/dose in pvt markets, Rs 325/dose for governments | India News

Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine to be priced at Rs 800/dose in pvt markets, Rs 325/dose for governments | India News

HYDERABAD: Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said that its intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNCOVACC will be priced at Rs 800 per dose for the private markets and Rs 325 per dose for central and state governments.The company also said iNCOVACC, which has already made its debut on CoWin, will be rolled out in the fourth week of … Read more

Collegium System: Supreme Court rejects plea seeking disclosure of details from 2018 Collegium meeting on Judges Appoitment | India News

Collegium System: Supreme Court rejects plea seeking disclosure of details from 2018 Collegium meeting on Judges Appoitment | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday has rejected a petition seeking disclosure of the details of a meeting of the collegium held on December 12, 2018. The petitioner had sought the details under the Right to Information Act. The court observed that the Collegium is multi-member body, whose tentative decision cannot be brought in … Read more

Over 10 lakh turned up for PM Modi’s roadshow, the longest ever | India News

Over 10 lakh turned up for PM Modi's roadshow, the longest ever | India News

AHMEDABAD: With over 10 lakh people said to have attended the mega roadshow taken out by prime minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on Thursday, it is being billed as the longest and largest in the country and is also seen with the potential of helping the BJP big way in the second phase of the … Read more

SC quashes Kerala HC order granting anticipatory bail to 4 in ISRO espionage case | India News

SC quashes Kerala HC order granting anticipatory bail to 4 in ISRO espionage case | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the Kerala high court order granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former Director General of Police (DGP), in a case of alleged frame-up of scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO espionage matter. A bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar remanded … Read more

Some nations ‘support terrorism’, cost must be imposed on them: PM Modi at international meet | India News

Some nations 'support terrorism', cost must be imposed on them: PM Modi at international meet | India News

NEW DELHI: Asserting that certain countries “support terrorism as part of their foreign policies” by providing political, ideological and financial support, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday suggested that a cost must be imposed on the nations that support terrorism. “It is well known that terrorist organisations get money through several sources. One source is … Read more

Elon Musk to TOI Plus: I was always nuts | India News

Elon Musk to TOI Plus: I was always nuts | India News

Twitter’s increasingly unpredictable owner seems on course to set a record for the number of tweets he fires off daily. What’s behind this seemingly crazy behaviour? By now, it’s unlikely that anyone in the literate world has not read something about Elon Musk’s antics on his latest possession, Twitter. Whether it’s cutting costs by firing … Read more