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New Delhi: With the Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar Prepared to make a statement in Parliament on the situation in West Asia, Congress Sunday said the opposition wants a full-fledged debate on the issue in the second phase of the budget session starting Monday.On Monday, before the session begins, a joint opposition meeting will…

New Delhi: India’s maritime regulator, DG Shipping, has advised all Indian seafarers to “exercise constant vigilance and heightened situational awareness” in vessels in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman and neighboring waters, taking note of the unprecedented recent incidents.Referring to two sailors trapped in the accommodation area of ​​a tanker when the…

New Delhi: Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Having become a “law unto itself”, the BJP said on Sunday, its allegation that the party is using President Draupadi Murmu for political reasons stems from a guilty conscience. “Commenting that we are using the President is shameful and nonsense,” the BJP said Ravi Shankar Prasad…

Calcutta: Chief Minister of Bengal Mamata Banerjee A redundant photo of Prime Minister Modi seated and the President was unearthed on Sunday Draupadi Murmu standing at an event, flagged it as “proof of who actually shows respect” while contesting his allegation that the TMC government had “grossly insulted” the President’s chair by violating a protocol…

New Delhi: The Indian embassy in Riyadh early Monday denied reports of Indian casualties in an incident in which an Iranian “military missile” hit a residential building in Saudi Arabia’s Al Kharj amid the crisis in the Middle East region. However, an Indian national was reported injured.In a post on X, the embassy said the…

Patna: 50-year-old son of outgoing Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar Nishant Kumarwho stayed away from public life for long, entered active politics and joined the party on Sunday after his father submitted his Rajya Sabha nomination three days ago.Crowds of party workers thronged the JD(U) headquarters in Patna, welcoming Nishant with garlands…

New Delhi: “I grew up in a family where women were the boss,” Congress’ Rahul Gandhi told the students during a lunchtime conversation in Kerala, and noted, “The boss of my family was my grandmother and I have always outnumbered women in my family, like this table”.He added, “Women are generally more intelligent than men….

New Delhi: Amid reports of two leopards moving from Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP) to Rajasthan’s Baran district, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on Sunday said the move strengthens the strategic rationale for the proposed 17,000 sq km Kuno-Gandhi civilization inter-wall districts. Eight from Rajasthan and MP.Calling the inter-state movement a success story…

Dimapur/Shillong: Opposition to the Union Home Ministry’s directive to sing the full six-level version of the Vande Mataram has intensified in Christian-majority Nagaland and Meghalaya, sparking student protests, political objections and petitions to state governments.Several students and research scholars of Nagaland University boycotted the singing of the national anthem at the eighth convocation on Friday….

New Delhi: Out of 4,666 MPs/MLAs across the country, only 464 or 10% are women, highlighted a report on ‘Women’s Political Participation and Representation in India’ released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Sunday.Analysis by ADR and National Election Watch (NEW) shows that 74 (14%) of…