Working to have more Italy in India, more India in Italy: Antonio Tajani
New Delhi : Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani stated on Thursday that he discussed in detail the strategic and future common action to increase India-Italy bilateral cooperation during his meeting with External Affairs Minister…
Punjab Congress MP urges Home Minister to help stop extortion, gang wars
New Delhi : Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Congress Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, on Thursday sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s intervention to check extortion and improve the law-and-order situation in Punjab.
Speaking in the lower…
Nearly 9 lakh Indians renounced citizenship in last 5 year: MEA in RS
New Delhi : The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed Parliament on Thursday that nearly 9 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in the past five years, continuing a trend of high numbers of expatriates opting for foreign…
Aadhaar OTP verification now in 322 trains for online Tatkal booking, 3 crore fake user IDs busted
New Delhi : To curb misuse and improve fairness, Aadhaar-based OTP verification for online Tatkal ticket booking is now operational in 322 trains, and due to this, the confirmed Tatkal ticket availability time has increased by about 65 per…
JP Nadda recalls Nehru’s reservations on Vande Mataram in Rajya Sabha debate
New Delhi : Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, J.P. Nadda, on Thursday revisited the Constituent Assembly’s deliberations on the national anthem, drawing a sharp distinction between the treatment accorded to Jana Gana Mana and Vande…
‘They received votes when ballot boxes were looted’: BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi…
New Delhi : BJP MP Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday described India as the world’s only “vibrant living democracy” in the vast stretch from Eastern Europe to Japan.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during a debate on election reforms,…
RS Chairman Radhakrishnan cautions members on limits of debate over election reforms
New Delhi : Ahead of a scheduled discussion in the Rajya Sabha, Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan reminded members of the constitutional and procedural boundaries governing parliamentary debate, particularly when it touches upon institutions of…
Surge pricing: Bharat Taxi App in testing and trial phase, says Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi : Amid rising cases of surge pricing by private online cab aggregators, a mobile-based application called 'Bharat Taxi App' is in the testing and trial phase, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told…
Ethanol mixing in petrol shows no adverse impact on cars: Gadkari
New Delhi : The use of ethanol-blended petrol has helped the country save more than Rs 1.40 lakh crore in foreign exchange while also benefiting farmers, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Lok Sabha on…
Lok Sabha extends tenure of panel examining ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bills
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved an extension for the parliamentary committee tasked with examining the Bills proposing simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Legislative Assemblies.
Joint Parliamentary Committee…
‘He was very nervous, his hands were trembling’: Rahul Gandhi on Amit Shah’s LS…
New Delhi : A day after the debate on the election reforms in the Lok Sabha, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, made startling claims that Home Minister Amit Shah was "very nervous", “used wrong language” and “his hands were…
Jairam Ramesh shares Maniben Patel’s book pages with Rajnath Singh amid Nehru-Babri row
New Delhi : Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday handed over a set of pages from the book 'Inside Story of Sardar Patel: The Diary of Maniben Patel' to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as he arrived in Parliament for the day's proceedings.…
‘Towering statesman, scholar of exceptional depth’: PM Modi pays tribute to Pranab…
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday honoured former President late Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary, describing him as a "towering statesman" whose lifelong commitment to national service left an enduring impact on…
UN warns 1.7 million children at risk due to severe malnutrition in Afghanistan
Kabul : The United Nations (UN) humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has warned that 1.7 million children in Afghanistan are at risk of death due to severe malnutrition and termed the situation as "shocking."
In his remarks during a United…
India, Brazil discuss defence industry collaboration, capacity building initiatives
Brasilia : Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi met Chief Advisor to the Brazilian President, Celso Amorim, and Defence Minister Jose Mucio Monteiro on Thursday, discussing opportunities in defence industry collaboration and…
Global experts flag 550% surge in cases against journalists in Yunus-led Bangladesh
Ottawa : Several prominent international experts voiced serious concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, citing a rise in abuses and the use of "false and…
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate by 0.25%
New York : The US Federal Reserve has cut the interest rate by 0.25 per cent, bringing it to the 3.5 to 3.75 per cent range, as it tried to balance inflation risk with a labour market showing signs of cooling.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell…
HSBC upgrades India to ‘Overweight’, predicts Sensex at 94,000 by 2026
New Delhi : Indian equities are set to be in a stronger position in 2026 on the back of lower inflation, tax reforms, and an easier monetary policy, a HSBC Global Research report stated on Thursday, putting India's outlook as 'overweight'…
Indian DTH companies’ revenue degrowth to moderate to 3-4 pc this fiscal: Report
New Delhi : Private direct-to-home (DTH) television providers will continue to see revenue decline this fiscal (FY26), but at a reduced rate of 3–4 per cent compared with 5 per cent last fiscal, as they expand into Internet Protocol…
IndiGo offers travel vouchers worth Rs 10,000 to severely impacted customers
New Delhi : Limping back to normalcy, IndiGo on Thursday offered travel vouchers worth Rs 10,000 to customers who were severely impacted during the flight disruption earlier this month.
The airline “regrettably acknowledged” that several…
