New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured her of a joint meeting of Union and State government officials to discuss the issue of pending central funds for the state. Banerjee, who called on the Prime Minister along with nine Trinamool Congress MPs…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three criminal law bills seeking to comprehensively change the criminal justice system and replacing age-old legislations, including two introduced in the British era. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 were passed by the House…
Prayagraj, Dec 19 (UNI) The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all the five petitions of the Muslim side challenging the maintainability of an original suit and opposing the survey of the dispute site in Varanasi by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The order was passed by the single bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (UNI) A day after 45 MPs were suspended from the House for their alleged misconduct, Rajya Sabha on Tuesday again saw massive disruptions with opposition MPs refusing to budge from their demand seeking Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on the Parliament security breach. The continued protests and sloganeering led to adjournments…
Ankara, (UNI) Turkey has completed the delivery of the T-129 ATAK attack helicopters to the Philippines ahead of schedule, despite repeated delays in the sale due to US restrictions on engine exports, Turkish newspaper Patronlar Dunyasi reported on Monday. The delivery of six helicopters was supposed to be completed in 2024, but Turkey completed the…
Nagpur, (UNI) The Justice Sandeep Shinde committee, appointed by the Maharashtra government to finalise the procedure of giving Kunbi (OBC) certificates to Marathas, submitted the second report to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar, Ministers Chandrakantada Patil, who is also chairman of Maratha Reservation Cabinet Sub-Committee, Girish Mahajan, Dadaji Bhuse,…
Baghdad, (UNI) Iraq on Monday holds provincial elections in 15 of the country’s 18 provinces after a 10-year hiatus over political differences. Voting began after 7:00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when 7,166 polling centers opened under tight security measures as millions of Iraqis are expected to vote in Baghdad and other cities in all…
Tomar likely to become Assembly Speaker unopposed Bhopal: The first session of the 16th Assembly started from Monday. On the first day of this four-day long session, Protem Speaker Gopal Bhargava administered the oath to the newly elected MLAs. 207 MLAs took oath on the first day of the session. Protem Speaker Bhargava first administered…
Beijing, Dec 19 (UNI) A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Atux City of Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at 9:46 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 40.02 degrees north latitude and 77.86 degrees east longitude,…
Bengaluru, (UNI) The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are looking for some more bowling options, including overseas and homegrown bowling options, to give support to pacer Mohammad Siraj and the team’s spinners at the IPL auction to be held on Tuesday in Dubai. “We have got a strong core of retaining players, and we have got…
