New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was admitted to a hospital in Delhi on Sunday. The 73-year-old leader is being treated for fever and breathing issues, according to reports from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. Her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were also at the hospital, reports said, adding the Congress…
Budget Session: Economic Survey tabled in Parliament
January 31, 2020Union Budget to be presented tomorrow • Session to be held in two phases • First phase from Jan. 31 to Feb. 11 • Second phase from Mar. 2 to Apr. 3 New Delhi: The Budget Session of the Parliament began today with the Union Budget to be presented tomorrow. The budget session will be…
Deny tickets to candidates with criminal antecedents
January 25, 2020Supreme Court asks Election Commission to prepare framework within a week to curb criminalisation of politics New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court that the direction asking poll candidates to declare their criminal antecedents in the media has not helped curb criminalisation of politics, and said political parties should be…
Arbitrary Income Tax results in social injustice: CJI
January 25, 2020New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.A. Bobde said that while tax evasion was injustice to fellow Indian citizens, arbitrary or excessive taxation on income resulted in social injustice by a government. He was speaking at the 79th Foundation Day of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in New Delhi yesterday. He said speedy…
Govt. preparing law to link Aadhaar to Voter ID
January 25, 2020New Delhi: The Union Law Ministry has been working on a Cabinet note to prepare a new law after considering the Election Commission’s proposal to give it statutory backing to collect the Aadhaar numbers of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in the electoral rolls. The Ministry is working to amend the…
New Triangular Parliament Complex to seat 1,350 MPs
January 20, 2020New Delhi: A new Lok Sabha Central Hall big enough to house 900 Members of Parliament (MPs) and flexible enough to house up to 1,350 MPs for a Joint Parliament Session will be the centrepiece of the Central Vista redevelopment plan that has a deadline of 2024. The new Parliament Complex, which has an earlier…
Register drones by Jan.31 or face action: Aviation Ministry
January 14, 2020New Delhi: The Aviation Ministry announced a scheme on Monday asking operators to voluntarily register their drones by January 31. The Ministry said that those who fail to register will face action under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Aircraft Act. The Ministry said in a notification, “The presence of such drones as well as…
First time in 166 years, Indian Railways report zero passenger deaths in 2019-20
December 26, 2019New Delhi: In its 166-year-long history, Indian Railways has reported financial year 2019-20 as its safest year. The national transporter saw zero passenger deaths during the current fiscal, marking a big achievement for it on the safety front. Also, the Narendra Modi Government is actively engaging in the restructuring of the Indian Railways. According to…
PM Modi addresses mega poll rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi
December 22, 2019Modi begins speech with a call for ‘Unity in Diversity’ Unprecedented security deployed at venue New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally this morning at the large Ramlila Maidan, a little over a kilometre from Old Delhi’s Daryaganj that was hit by violence during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act. An…
Fire at luggage factory leaves 43 dead in Delhi
December 8, 2019New Delhi: As many as 43 people were killed when a fire broke out at a luggage manufacturing factory in Anaj Mandi on Rani Jhansi Road, a crowded area in North Delhi this morning. Most of the people who died were labourers who were sleeping at the factory when the fire broke out at 5…
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