NEW DELHI: The Modi government on Tuesday took a big step forward to implement its dream of “one nation, one election” by successfully introducing two bills that lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections in the country. The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal after…
UP govt presents second supplementary budget of Rs 17,865 crore LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday presented the second supplementary budget for financial year 2024-25, amounting to Rs 17,865 crore. The budget was tabled on the second day of the winter session of the state assembly. After the Question Hour, Finance and Parliamentary Affairs…
India’s premier testing authority, the National Testing Agency (NTA), managed to conduct only 29 exams in 2024, a record low that hasn’t been seen since 2019. Known for its expansive reach and scale in conducting major admissions and recruitment exams, the NTA now finds itself grappling with a sharp decline in performance, fuelled by a…
After the two bills are tabled in LS, they are likely to be referred to a joint parliamentary panel. NEW DELHI: Govt on Sunday dropped the two bills on one nation, one election (ONOE)from its revised list of business for Monday in Lok Sabha. Sources later said the two important bills will be introduced in…
PATNA: A day before the launch of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s ‘Mahila Samvad Yatra’, former deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday announced ‘Mai Bahan Maan Yojana‘ (MBMY), promising Rs 2,500 per month each to women from poor and deprived sections of society if RJD forms a govt. “This scheme will be launched and implemented within…
HYDERABAD: The Centre slammed Allu Arjun’s arrest on Friday saying the Congress govt in Telangana was “indulging in publicity stunts” by arresting the national award-winning actor to deflect the blame for the stampede outside Sandhya Theatre on Dec 4 which claimed the life of a woman. However, CM A Revanth Reddy justified the action saying…
Govt to hold talks with NLSIU council over 25 per cent direct reservation to Karnataka students BELAGAVI: Disappointed with the National Law School of India University’s (NLSIU) stand on providing 25 per cent domicile reservation to Karnataka students, MLCs cutting across the party lines demanded the state government to commit the prestigious law school to…
Jyotiraditya Scindia (PTI file photo) Telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that support to the mobile industry will continue as govt wants at least four-five players to back up the country’s digital infrastructure. Also, amid a debate around satellite communications and entry of new players such as Elon Musk’s Starlink, the minister said satcom services…
There is no proposal to criminalise sexual intercourse or sexual acts by man with his own wife, the wife not being under 18 years of age, the home ministry informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Junior home minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar said “Sections 74,75,76 and 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Domestic Violence Act, 2005…
JAMMU: National Conference chief, Farooq Abdullah, on Tuesday pressed for the restoration of J&K statehood at the earliest, reminding the Centre of its promise. “Union government should deliver on its pledge in Supreme Court,” he told reporters in Kathua.A day after BJP demanded a CBI probe to identify the facilitators helping Rohingyas and Bangladeshis illegally…