Category: National

Rajnath Singh inaugurates 125 strategic border infra projects

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday inaugurated 125 strategically significant infrastructure projects constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). The ceremony was conducted from the newly completed Shyok Tunnel in Ladakh, marking a major milestone in strengthening border infrastructure and enhancing the nation’s defence preparedness. These projects, spread across seven States and two Union Territories, […]

Centre slams brakes on soaring airfares amid chaos

With widespread flight disruptions pushing up ticket prices on several domestic routes, the Centre on Saturday capped airfares in the range of Rs7,500 to Rs18,000, depending on the distance, amid soaring air ticket prices due to the IndiGo flight disruptions. Invoking its regulatory powers to ensure fair and reasonable fares across all affected routes, the Ministry […]

Amit Shah slams Opposition over Vande Mataram debate

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that opposing ‘Vande Mataram’ is in the blood of the Congress and said that had Jawaharlal Nehru not divided the song in two parts to begin appeasement, the partition of the country would not have taken place. Initiating the debate in the Rajya Sabha to mark the 150th […]

Virat Kohli offer prayers at Simhachalam temple

dian cricketer Virat Kohli, his family members, all-rounder Washington Sundar, and others offered prayers at the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple here on Sunday, an official of the temple body said. Team India defeated South Africa by nine wickets, sealing the series 2-1 with a dominant win in the final match at the Andhra […]

PM Modi Revives Debate: ‘Nehru Upheld Jinnah’s Objection to Vande Mataram’

The ongoing parliamentary debate on Vande Mataram has been framed around a significant milestone — the 150th anniversary of the song’s first publication in 1875. To commemorate the occasion, Parliament scheduled a special discussion: a ten-hour session in the Lok Sabha on 8 December 2025 and a corresponding debate in the Rajya Sabha the next […]

Government turns heat on IndiGo

The civil aviation minister on Monday informed the Parliament that the Government has initiated a probe into aviation disruptions caused by IndiGo and warned of action against the airline to set an example for other airlines. Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu was replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha. “We are doing […]

SC orders 30% seats for women in bar councils

The Supreme Court on Monday directed that 30 per cent seats in State Bar councils, where the election process has not been set in motion, be kept for women advocates. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said for the current year, the State Bar councils where elections are yet to be […]

China positive on Putin’s India visit; calls for stronger trilateral cooperation

China on Monday reacted positively to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India, framing the three countries as an important part of the Global South and saying that sound trilateral ties are conducive to regional and global peace and stability, besides their own national interests. “China, Russia and India are emerging economies and important members […]

India’s latest decolonisation drive aims at British titles in textbooks

After renaming Rajpath as Kartavya Path, Race Course as Lok Kalyan Marg, Prime Minister’s residence as Seva Teerth, Raj Bhawan as Lok Bhawan and countless other pieces of infrastructure by the BJP in an attempt to decolonise the Indian mind, a party leader has now urged the Parliament to drop titles of British viceroys and […]