Parliament continues to witness disruption across both houses over Opposition demands
Parliament logjam continued for the third day on Thursday with both the houses adjourned for the day amid opposition protests over the violence in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and the Adani issue. In the Lok Sabha, Opposition members were in the Well of the House raising slogans demanding action against the...
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Judiciary short of over 5,000 judges: Govt in RS
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Manipur schools, colleges reopen from November 28
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Kerala finishes survey of unrecognised schools
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Security heightened ahead of Friday prayers in Sambhal
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Hemant Soren takes oath as Jharkhand CM
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Opposition MLAs occupy teasury benches in Bihar Assembly in protest
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India-Russia Working Group on Military Cooperation holds fourth meet in Moscow
29 November 2024 | Pioneer News Service
More than 1.12 crore public grievances redressed in past five years using Govt portal: Jitendra Singh
More than 1.12 crore public grievances were redressed in the last five years, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. These complaints were raised on the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal -- pgportal.Gov.In. “A total of 1,12,30,957 grievances were redressed from 2020-2024 and an annual all-time high of...
Over a third of children under five enrolled in anganwadis are stunted: Government data
Painting a worrying picture, the latest government data shows that over a third of children under five enrolled in anganwadis— childcare centers—are stunted, a condition that signals long-term nutritional deficiencies and developmental setbacks. The findings, shared by Union Women and Child Development Minister of State Savitri Thakur in response to a...
Survey of Ajmer Sharif: CPI(M) seeks SC’s intervention
The CPI(M) on Thursday sought Supreme Court’s immediate intervention on a local court in Ajmer’s decision to entertain a petition seeking a survey of the Ajmer Sharif shrine. Terming the local court’s decision as unwarranted and without legal standing, the CPI(M) polit bureau said that the decision goes against the...
LS extends tenure for Waqf Bill Joint Committee amid Opp walkout
The Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted a resolution to extend the tenure of the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill till the last day of the Budget session of Parliament next year. Committee Chairman and BJP leader Jagdambika Pal moved the resolution in the Lok Sabha, which approved it...
LeT member extradited from Rwanda in CBI, NIA, Interpol op
Rwanda extradited to India on Thursday a member of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) facing an Interpol Red Notice in an operation coordinated by the NIA and the CBI. Salman Rehman Khan, a member of the internationally proscribed terrorist organisation, had assisted in providing arms, ammunition and explosives to further...
J and K, internal security, pro-Khalistan elements to figure at DGP, IGPs conference
Issues related to internal security, Jammu and Kashmir, pro-Khalistan elements and cyber crimes are likely to be discussed at the three-day conference of top police officers in the country beginning Friday in Bhubaneswar, officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval...
Malaysian court drops one of the graft cases against Najib Razak
A Malaysian court on Wednesday dropped charges against jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak over criminal breach of trust linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of a state fund. Najib had already been convicted in his first graft case tied to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund, or 1MBD, scandal and began...
