New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) The President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce Suzanne Clark met with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here today, during which they discussed deepening partnership in trade and investments. EAM Jaishankar said in a post on X: “Glad to meet President & CEO @USChamber @SuzanneUSCC today. “A useful…
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) Terming it as “shocking”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a controversial order of the Allahabad High Court which said that acts such as ‘grabbing the breasts of a minor girl, breaking the string of her pyjama and attempting to drag her beneath a culvert’ do not amount to the…
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday moved a privilege notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah accusing him of “casting aspersions” on Sonia Gandhi. In a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Ramesh alleged, “While replying to the debate on Disaster Management Bill, 2024 on Tuesday, the…
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said in the Rajya Sabha that the caste system in the country has been abolished under the constitutional provisions and efforts are on to fill up the reserved posts and not reservation in the higher judiciary. Replying…
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) The issue of reducing the incentive amount given to pregnant and lactating women under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) was raised by Congress member Sonia Gandhi in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Sonia said that the scheme originally included a provision to…
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the controversial order of the Allahabad High Court, which ruled that acts such as grabbing the breasts of a minor girl, breaking the string of her pyjama, and attempting to drag her beneath a culvert do not amount to the offence of attempt to…
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking the registration of an FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma, a Judge of the Delhi High Court, over the alleged discovery of illicit cash at his official residence recently. The petition was mentioned before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on…
Kiev, Mar 26 (UNI) Washington has proposed a new version of the minerals deal to Kiev based on a previous framework agreement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday. “After the framework deal, a full agreement is being developed. Now the United States has offered us a ‘major’ deal,” he said. Describing the US…
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met with a delegation of retired personnel of six Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) at the Parliament House here. Giving information about the meeting, Rahul Gandhi said that the delegation conveyed to him their concerns about the insufficiency of…
Shimla, Mar 26 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of former HPPCL director Desh Raj, one of the accused in the alleged suicide of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited engineer Vimal Negi, whose body was recovered from the Bhakra Dam earlier this month. Announcing the order in the open court,…
