Every prisoner shall be allowed reasonable facilities, the letter read. (Representational) The Union Government has written a letter to States and Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal rights in prison and there is no discrimination in access to goods and …...Read More

It was a well organised gang and its members worked in teams, police said (Representational) In the 2002 hit Hollywood film "Catch Me If You Can", Leonardo DiCaprio plays the role of a conman in the late 1960s who makes millions of dollars by forging cheques. Cut to now and …...Read More

Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the Congress parliamentary party, attacked the BJP and the right wing today over their treatment of Mahatma Gandhi, saying his legacy is "under threat from those in power in New Delhi and the ideologies and institutions that have nurtured them". "These organisations never fought for our …...Read More

The Centre has listed six new bills for introduction in the upcoming session of Parliament The Centre has listed six new bills for introduction, including the one which seeks to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act, to provide enabling provisions for ease of doing business in the aviation sector, in the …...Read More

The fake message doing rounds contained a number of spelling mistakes. (Representational) The government on Sunday dismissed reports that the Agnipath Scheme has been relaunched, terming the social media message fake and clarifying no such decision to this effect was taken. "A #fake WhatsApp message claims that the Agnipath Scheme …...Read More

Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey in Parliament on July 22. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey in Parliament on July 22, a day ahead of the Union Budget, which will be a report card on the economy and also the growth outlook ahead. The survey …...Read More

The Adani Group is the Principal Sponsor of India's Olympic team. Indian athletes are set to leave for Paris for the 2024 Olympics, which will be held from July 26 to August 11. The Paris Olympics is expected to draw a large number of Indian visitors. India will be sending …...Read More

However, his House colleagues didn't seem convinced with his demand. Goa BJP MLA Premendra Shet's demand to ban alcohol consumption in the coastal state has found no takers among his colleagues in the legislative assembly. Speaking in the House on Tuesday, Shet had said, "For 'Viksit Bharat' and 'Viksit Goa', …...Read More

Mr Paswan also spoke about his party's stand on the caste census. A day after the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) posted on social media that it is not in favour of the Supreme Court verdict allowing sub-classification within the reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Union Minister Chirag …...Read More

Since October 2021, 39 soldiers and 20 civilians have been killed in the region. A sense of unease hangs in the air of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, even at a bustling marketplace. The mountains overlooking the border town are hiding a troubling reality of Pir Panjal region -- highly trained …...Read More