What happened in Parliament would bring shame to any civilised society: BJP on Trinamool MPs tearing, throwing Bills at HM

IANS | August 20, 2025 8:06 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A major uproar broke out in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after Opposition MPs, including members of the Trinamool Congress, tore and hurled copies of three key bills towards Union Home Minister Amit Shah while he was introducing them. The BJP has strongly condemned the incident, calling it a “shameful act that would bring disgrace to any civilised society.”

Asim Munir’s existential crisis: Lies, bluster and narrative battles

Vicky Nanjappa | August 20, 2025 7:52 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has done it again. This time at an event in Belgium, he boasted that India begged for a ceasefire during the recent India-Pakistan conflict.

EPFO records all-time high addition of 21.89 lakh net members during June

IANS | August 20, 2025 7:46 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recorded a net addition of 21.89 lakh members in June this year, marking the highest ever increase since payroll data tracking began in April 2018, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday.

Elevating morality in public life and restoring integrity in politics: Amit Shah explains purpose behind three bills

IANS | August 20, 2025 7:34 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, hours after presenting the three bills in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, said that the purpose behind introducing these legislations was to “elevate the declining level of morality in public life and bring integrity to politics.”

Presidential reference: Elected government can’t be at 'whims of Governors', remarks SC

IANS | August 20, 2025 7:04 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that allowing a Governor to withhold assent to Bills without returning them to the state Assembly would place the functioning of an elected government at the "whims and fancies" of a Governor.

'Limit to everything... ': Madras HC summons ED Joint Director in contempt case over TASMAC scam

IANS | August 20, 2025 6:47 PM

Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Joint Director of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Chennai Zone-I unit to appear before it in connection with a contempt petition filed by film producer Akash Bhaskaran.

Delhi CM assault: BJP claims attacker linked with AAP, shares his photo with party MLA

IANS | August 20, 2025 6:35 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) In a sensational twist to the Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta assault case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday claimed that the attacker Rajesh Khimji Sakriya was linked to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

JeM regroups via ‘EasyPaisa’, ‘SadaPay’: Rs 391 crore raised for new 313 camps after Op Sindoor

Saurabh Sharma | August 20, 2025 5:59 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Three months after Operation Sindoor destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM’s) headquarters Markaz Subhanallah, along with four other training camps - Markaz Bilal, Markaz Abbas, Mahmona Joya, and the Sargal training camp - Pakistan is desperately turning no stone unturned to rebuild these terror infrastructures and is asking donations from the common people.

Lok Sabha passes online gaming bill without debate

IANS | August 20, 2025 5:51 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, through a voice vote, bypassing debate amid intense protests from Opposition members seeking discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bihar.

US tariffs: How New Delhi can convert this crisis into momentum for reforms

IANS | August 20, 2025 4:51 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India has every reason to be angered by US President Donald Trump’s bullying via tariffs, but what matters is how New Delhi converts this crisis into momentum for further reforms, a report said on Wednesday.

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What happened in Parliament would bring shame to any civilised society: BJP on Trinamool MPs tearing, throwing Bills at HM

Asim Munir’s existential crisis: Lies, bluster and narrative battles

EPFO records all-time high addition of 21.89 lakh net members during June

Elevating morality in public life and restoring integrity in politics: Amit Shah explains purpose behind three bills

Presidential reference: Elected government can’t be at 'whims of Governors', remarks SC

'Limit to everything... ': Madras HC summons ED Joint Director in contempt case over TASMAC scam

Delhi CM assault: BJP claims attacker linked with AAP, shares his photo with party MLA

JeM regroups via ‘EasyPaisa’, ‘SadaPay’: Rs 391 crore raised for new 313 camps after Op Sindoor

Lok Sabha passes online gaming bill without debate

US tariffs: How New Delhi can convert this crisis into momentum for reforms

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