Rajya Sabha adjourns for month-long break
The Rajya Sabha on Monday failed to go through the Question Hour and adjourned for the second part of the Budget Session from 13th March, as Congress members shouted slogans for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani Group affair and raised other issues. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar adjourned the proceedings minutes after the […]
₹ 20 Lakh Penalty For Air Asia After Lapses Found In Pilots’ Training
New Delhi: AirAsia (India) Ltd has been fined ₹ 20 lakh by the aviation regulator DGCA after its surveillance operation found that a few mandatory exercises of the pilots of the airline were not done during Pilot Proficiency Check/Instrument Rating check (which is an International Civil Aviation Organization requirement) as per schedule, resulting in violation […]
PM Modi to reply on ‘Motion of Thanks’ in Rajya Sabha today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address at 2 pm in Rajya Sabha on Thursday during the ongoing Budget Session of the Parliament. “Reply by the Prime Minister will be at 2 pm tomorrow,” said Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar after the last speaker spoke on the […]
Ten Indians stuck in quake-hit areas of Turkey; one missing
Even as India launched ”Operation Dost” to send relief supplies to earthquake-hit people of Turkey and Syria, the government on Wednesday confirmed that at least ten Indians were stuck in affected areas of Turkey while one was missing. “We set up a control room in Turkey’s Adana. Ten Indians are stuck in remote parts of […]
SC issues notice to Centre on pleas against blocking of BBC documentary
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on petitions challenging the Centre’s decision to ban BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots. The apex court declined to pass an interim order, but directed the Centre to place before it the original record of decision taken and scheduled the next hearing in April. A bench comprising Justices […]
Budget: Govt announces advanced landing grounds to boost air connectivity
During the Union Budget speech in the House, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced that 50 additional airports, helipads, water aero drones, and advanced landing grounds will be revived to improve regional air connectivity in the country. “50 additional airports, helipads, water aero drones, and advanced landing grounds will be revived to improve […]
SC to hear on Feb 6 PIL against ban on BBC documentary
The Supreme Court, on Monday, agreed to hear on February 6 a PIL challenging the Centre’s decision to ban a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots in the wake of February 27, 2002, burning of S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express at Godhra railway station in which 59 Kar Sevaka coming from Ayodhya killed. A […]
162 IEDs recovered in Bihar’s Aurangabad
According to an official statement, initially, 13 IEDs were detected in the Maoist dominated areas in Laduiya Pahad in Aurangabad. During the course of the search operation, the troops reached a cave and recovered 149 IEDs weighing about a kilogram each. The CRPF destroyed the IEDs in a controlled explosion while following all precautions. “With […]
Most sectors of Indian economy have shaken off pandemic effects: Prez Murmu
Most sectors of the Indian economy have shaken off effects of COVID-19 which has hurt it badly in the initial phase, President Droupadi Murmu said in her maiden address to the nation on the eve of 74th Republic Day. “With the outbreak of the pandemic, the world has changed within a matter of days. During […]
Traditional parties envy me for my humble background: Mann
With Opposition parties accusing the Punjab Chief Minister of being “remote controlled” by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership in Delhi, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said here on Friday that traditional political parties are envious of him because they are not able to digest that the son of a common man is governing the state […]
