New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to make the deliberate insult of the National Song 'Vande Mataram' a punishable offence on par with existing provisions for the National Anthem and other national symbols.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday questioned Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, over his silence on paper leak cases reported in states governed by the Congress party and its INDIA bloc allies.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday criticised Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for his remarks about Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a discussion in the House, alleging that he spoke without verifying facts and lacked basic knowledge of administrative procedures.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Investigators have found no abnormality in the fuel control switch locking mechanism of the Air India Boeing Dreamliner that crashed just 35 seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on June 12 last year, killing 260 people on board and on the ground, the government said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The marathon debate on the anti-paper leak bill in the Lok Sabha descended into utter chaos and disarray on Wednesday, as Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi hurled ‘idiot’ jibes, accused the RSS of interference in country’s education system and attacked Home Minister Amit Shah over alleged police excesses in the national capital, including the use of pellet guns, during students’ stir.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The political fallout from the developments in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is likely to extend beyond the region and eventually reach Islamabad, where allegations of electoral rigging are expected to intensify political tensions.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of "capturing" the education system, terming it the "real enemy" of the students and wanting them to be "Andhabhakts (blind adherents)".
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests in Delhi have largely been portrayed as a public outpouring against examination paper leaks, unemployment and corruption. Within weeks, what began as a movement over specific grievances evolved into a nationwide political agitation that eventually led to the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday recounted his chats with students participating in the Jantar Mantar protests and said that one of them presented a "very interesting perspective" before him.
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) In a sudden raid and search operation that started early Wednesday morning, the West Bengal Police have recovered crores of rupees in cash and 10 kg of gold from the residence of a relative of an influential stone-quarry owner in Birbhum district of West Bengal.
