New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party has urged the Centre to order an independent inquiry into the alleged misuse of legal provisions to suppress social media content critical of the Andhra Pradesh government. A delegation of YSRCP Members of Parliament led by Y.V. Subba Reddy met Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi and Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw at Parliament House on Tuesday.The delegation submitted a detailed represent…
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Amaravati, July 21 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party on Tuesday claimed that the Centre has exposed the TDP-led coalition government’s ‘investment mirage’ in Andhra Pradesh. The YSRCP said that the coalition government’s relentless publicity campaign claiming lakhs of crores of investments and lakhs of jobs in Andhra Pradesh has been exposed by the Union government’s own data placed before Parliament.Contrary to the grand claims repeatedly made by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and the coal…
Amaravati, July 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday appealed to the Centre to protect the interests of aquaculture and tobacco farmers. The Chief Minister has written separate letters to the Central ministers.In a letter to the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, the Chief Minister urged the Centre to permit shrimp feed manufacturers to import genetically modified (GM) soybean meal to support the aquaculture …
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Centre is holding consultations with stakeholders on possible safeguards for children on social media, including proposals to restrict access for users under 16, Electronics & IT Secretary S. Krishnan said. Krishnan said India is closely studying global developments before deciding on its own approach. “We need to study what other countries have done with social media. It is a matter of global concern,” he told NDTV Profit.Prime Minister Narendra Modi public…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Sunday refused to pass any interim order on a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife challenging his continued hospitalisation at Safdarjung Hospital, observing that the government’s decision to shift him from the Jantar Mantar protest site in view of his deteriorating medical condition could not be termed arbitrary. Issuing notice on the petition, a single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the Centre and other respondents, including th…
Chennai, July 19 (IANS) The DMK on Sunday urged the Centre to provide a clear roadmap for implementing the Constitution amendment that grants 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies, while reiterating its demand that the quota be calculated on the existing strength of the Lok Sabha and not be linked to a future delimitation exercise.The demand was raised by DMK’s Rajya Sabha member Tiruchi Siva during the customary all-party meeting convened in New Del…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) on Sunday criticised Opposition parties for walking out of the all-party meeting convened by the Centre, calling the protest unprecedented and inappropriate. The Opposition MPs, however, returned shortly afterwards and participated in the meeting.Speaking to IANS, NCPI MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said: “We have 20 MPs with us. It’s the first time the NDA will have three Muslim MPs. Out of 20, we have more than one-third female M…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Centre is set to introduce five new bills during the monsoon session of Parliament which kicks off on Monday, which include proposals related to income tax and MSME reforms, an increase in the strength of Supreme Court judges and changes in the birth registration laws.Among the new legislations to be taken up during the Eighth Session of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha, the government is expected to introduce the Income-tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Supreme Court (Nu…
New Delhi/Bhopal, July 18 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh has urged the Centre to allow NEET PG‑2026 candidates to choose their preferred examination cities instead of only selecting states while filling the application form. In a letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Singh said the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has changed the examination centre selection process this year by allowing candidates to choose only three pre…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Centre on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court judgment that set aside the technical evaluation process for outsourcing Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) services at Indian Missions in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kuwait, Singapore and Canberra (Australia). Appearing before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned the matter and sought an urgent hearing on the Union government’s plea.In respon…