Bengaluru, July 20 — Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda's wife, Chennamma Deve Gowda, will be laid to rest on Monday with full traditional rites at the foothills of the Bettada Ranganathaswamy Temple near Haradanahalli in Hassan district, Karnataka. Union Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and…
New Delhi, July 20 — The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till noon amid heavy sloganeering by the Opposition on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.Speaker Om Birla assumed the proceedings of the House by paying homage to the former MPs who passed away. Soon after that, the Opposition…
Mumbai, July 20 — The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Monday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of committing an "assault on Indian democracy, freedom, and the Constitution".In an editorial in the party's mouthpiece 'Saamana', the party focused on two key developments over the…
New Delhi, July 20 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that amid global uncertainties, India requires the knowledge of experienced parliamentarians to ensure the Parliament functions smoothly, to facilitate meaningful discussions, and to foster a collective determination to advance the…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 — What began as a commemorative edition marking the first death anniversary of former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan (VS) has snowballed into one of the biggest editorial controversies faced by the CPI(M)’s party organ 'Deshabhimani' in recent years.After a day's…
New Delhi, July 20 — A large number of protesters, who had gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Monday, tried to organise their ‘Chalo Sansad’ march, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged NEET paper leak issue. The situation turned tense as…
New Delhi, July 20 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while lauding the Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace for successfully launching Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital rocket, said on Monday that the feat was achieved by youngsters with an average age of 28 years and not by a…
New Delhi, July 20 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India maintaining a growth rate of 7.7 per cent despite the West Asia crisis reflects India's "inherent strength" and "offers a reflection of the enthusiasm and zeal" with which India aspires to achieve new milestones.Addressing…
Jabalpur, July 20 — Six friends were killed after a speeding truck ran them over while they were standing by the roadside on the Jabalpur-Bhopal National Highway-45 in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district, police said on Monday. The victims were returning after visiting Hathinala Waterfall on the…
New Delhi, July 20 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed hope that both the monsoon season and the Monsoon Session of Parliament are productive for the nation, while also hailing the youth of the nation for achieving numerous milestones, stating that the potential and aspirations of…
Kolkata, July 20 — The South 24 Parganas district administration is considering a reinvestigation into how the party office of the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee was constructed over the land of an erstwhile bakery, which was suddenly gutted by a…
New Delhi, July 20 — Three Delhi Metro station gates were temporarily closed on Monday morning ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) planned march to Parliament, as thousands of supporters began gathering at Jantar Mantar to participate in the "Chalo Sansad" protest.According to the Delhi…
New Delhi, July 20 — Political leaders across party lines expressed differing views on the proposed Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which is set to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.Reacting to the proposed legislation, Uttar Pradesh Leader of Opposition…
Patna, July 20 — The five-day monsoon session of the Bihar Legislative Assembly will commence on Monday and continue until July 24. Despite its short duration, the session is expected to witness important legislative business, including the presentation of the first supplementary budget for the…
Kolkata, July 20 — The extended Budget Session of the West Bengal Assembly will start from Monday for discussions on the departmental budgets. The session will continue till July 25.The extended session will begin with the 'mentions phase', where different legislators will briefly bring urgent…
Chennai, July 20 — The online counselling process for admission to engineering courses in Tamil Nadu enters its next phase on Monday with the commencement of counselling for students under the general category. The process, conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE), follows the…
New Delhi, July 20 — Congress Lok Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) office in Parliament, just ahead of the Monsoon Session. During this meeting, the parliamentarians will be briefed on the decisions made during the…
Jammu, July 20 — As the horrors of unprecedented death and destruction caused by the flood unfold in the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, bone-chilling reports of human suffering and infrastructure collapse came to light on Monday, with hundreds of fortunate civilians…
Kovilpatti, July 20 — A major political controversy erupted in Tamil Nadu after Vilathikulam DMK MLA Markandeyan was arrested in the early hours of Monday for allegedly making threatening remarks against Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay during a public meeting in Kovilpatti. The arrest came after…
New Delhi, July 20 — Moderate rainfall lashed several parts of Delhi on Monday morning, providing much-needed respite from the hot and humid weather that had gripped the national capital over the past several days.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast more rainfall over the next…
Chennai, July 20 — A weak southwest monsoon, poor inflows into major reservoirs and prolonged heatwave conditions have sharply reduced hydel power generation in Tamil Nadu this year, increasing the state’s dependence on expensive electricity purchases from the power exchange to meet rising demand.…