NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday accused Congress MPs of storming into Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s chamber and hurling abuses at him.“At least 20-25 Congress MPs entered the Lok Sabha Speaker’s chamber and abused him. I was also there. The Speaker is a very soft person, otherwise strict actions would…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo will, from Wednesday (Feb 11), operate flights as per the requirements of the new safety-enhancing flight duty norms for pilots. The dispensation given by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the airline from following the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) for its Airbus A320 family pilots lapsed on Tuesday. The…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on actor Salman Khan over his presence at the RSS’s 100th anniversary celebrations, alleging that the Bollywood star may have attended the event under pressure. He also claimed that the actor lacks the courage to refuse to an invitation sent by the…
NEW DELHI: In a major push to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, the Centre on Monday rolled out a nationwide annual mass drug administration campaign across 12 endemic states, signalling a decisive shift in strategy to meet its 2027 elimination target.Launching the campaign, Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said the move from biannual to a single,…
New Delhi: As the opposition gathered to decide strategy for the upcoming discussion on Budget on Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi faced a unanimous demand from allies that he should start the debate, if only to get back at BJP which had not let him speak for seven days. The demand was led by DMK’s T R…
NEW DELHI: The India-US interim trade deal looks more like a “pre-committed purchase agreement” that overturns every principle of reciprocity, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday, adding that Union ministers S Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal have avoided giving clear answers regarding the scale, timeline or fiscal impact of agreement with the US.Initiating a discussion…
NEW DELHI: Emboldened by Penguin’s statement that former Army chief General (retd) M M Naravane’s memoir has not been published yet and the author’s endorsement of the same, BJP on Tuesday demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi and accused him of making baseless claims that were in violation of not only parliamentary conventions but also…
NEW DELHI: A political row erupted in RS Tuesday during Question Hour after BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya raised encroachment of Kolkata Port land and said the area had been publicly referred to as “mini Pakistan” by the Kolkata mayor, a Trinamool MLA.Amid protests from opposition MPs, particularly TMC, MoS ports, shipping and waterways Shantanu Thakur…
NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog has proposed a roadmap for a net zero pathway for the transport sector which includes phasing out diesel vehicles and focusing on cleaner technologies, as well as tightening Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms.“The transition strategy should begin with the phased elimination of polluting diesel vehicles and the adoption of lower-emission…
NEW DELHI: Discussion on the no-motion confidence against Lok Sabha Speaker is likely to take place on March 9, news agency ANI reported citing sources.This comes after opposition parties put in motion the process to oust Om Birla as Lok Sabha speaker, alleging that he had acted in a “blatantly partisan” manner in the House…
