Rulings given by the chair should not be criticised directly or indirectly in or outside the House and members should not raise slogans, including "Vande Mataram" and "Jai Hind", MPs have been reminded ahead of the Parliament session beginning Monday. The members have also been reminded that displaying "exhibits" on …...Read More

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the state was in the dark even as there were talks of renewal of the Farakka water sharing treaty with Bangladesh, despite West Bengal being a key stakeholder as the river passes through it to the neighbouring country. She raised apprehensions …...Read More

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

The students were taken away from their hostel rooms on Wednesday, officials said. (Representational) The CBI on Thursday arrested four MBBS students of AIIMS Patna in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said. Three students of MBBS third year -- Chandan Singh, Rahul Anant, and Kumar Shanu -- …...Read More

Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is now the state's Leader of Opposition, has drawn up a shadow cabinet to scrutinise and take on the ruling BJP and its Chief Minister Mohan Majhi. The move comes ahead of the budget session of the state assembly, which is set to …...Read More

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he was "deeply anguished" over the death of five Army personnel in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. Singh said counter-terror operations are underway and the soldiers are determined to "usher in peace and order" in the region. Five Army …...Read More

The Election Commission on Monday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar to accept donations keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra. The Sharad Pawar-led outfit had requested the commission to certify the status of the party for it to accept voluntary contributions from the public. The poll panel …...Read More

The arrests were made based on complaints from invigilators and administrators. (Representational) Seventeen people, including three women, have been arrested in Bihar for allegedly impersonating candidates in the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)-2024, police said on Monday. Police said while 12 were arrested in Darbhanga, four were picked up in …...Read More

The incident took place around 1 pm on Monday, police said (Representational) A 72-year-old retired police inspector allegedly shot himself on Monday with his double barrel gun, police said. The retired police inspector named Rameshwer Dayal Gaur was living in Nehru Nagar colony of the city, they said. The incident …...Read More

The accused was arrested under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. (Representational) A 24-year-old man was arrested on Monday after a car allegedly driven by him rammed into a motorbike of two policemen on patrolling duty, leaving one of them dead and another injured, in Pune city, officials said. …...Read More