The bill introduced in the Lok Sabha seeks to do away with nomination of the president of the Indian National Congress as a trustee of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust. New Delhi: Emboldened by the passage of the Triple Talaq Bill in the Rajya Sabha, and to the displeasure of the Congress party, the government may push for another legislation in the Upper House to amend the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill introduced in the Lok Sabha seeks to do away with nomination of the president ofRead More

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that electricity would be free for those who consume less than 200 units. New Delhi: In a pre-election sop, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that electricity in the capital would be free for those who consume less than 200 units a month while those who consume between 201 and 400 units would be given a 50 per cent subsidy by the state government. Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said Delhi had the cheapest electricity in the country and this wasRead More

Chief K Lakshman further said that many Telangana NRIs in the United States were attracted by the Narendra Modi government’s policies and want to join the BJP to strengthen it. Hyderabad: The state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Lakshman on Wednesday vowed to bring an end to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) rule as the saffron party was all set to come to power after the 2023 elections. Hitting out at Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for offering a corrupt and family-dominated rule, Lakshman said the TRS government failed toRead More

Parliament LIVE: The alleged suicide of Café Coffee Day founder and former Karnataka chief minister SM Krishna’s son-in-law VG Siddhartha is likely to rock Parliament today as the Congress has moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha over the ‘harassment’ of the Coffee King by Income Tax officials, which allegedly forced him to take the extreme step. In his alleged suicide note, which was recovered after he went missing, Siddhartha blamed one of his private equity partners for “creating pressure” to buy back stocks. He also alleged harassment byRead More

Many state legislators, who used to stay outside on rent ever since the old residential flats were demolished, would be given possession by December this year. Patna: As a pre-poll gift, the Bihar lawmakers will be entitled to purchase residential plots of two kathas each at a rate fixed by the state government. The Bihar State Cooperative Federation and Bihar Land Development Bank will be the nodal bodies to make available the required land in Ashiananagar area of the state capital to the Swablambi Grih Nirman Sahyog Samiti headed by stateRead More