New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday appealed to the Opposition to allow the House to function smoothly and participate in a detailed discussion on the exam amendment bill, saying the proposed legislation is aimed at safeguarding the future of students and strengthening the country’s examination system. The Centre introduced the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha on Monday amid intense sloganeer…
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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding accountability for the alleged assault on students who were peacefully protesting in Delhi on July 20. In his letter, Gandhi said that the students were protesting for a fair and accountable education system but were met with excessive force by security personnel.”I write to demand accountability for the barbaric assault on students who were peacefully protes…
Guwahati, July 23 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday visited flood-hit areas of Golaghat district, reviewed rescue and relief operations, and assured affected families that the government would ensure the timely supply of all essential assistance as the state continued to grapple with the aftermath of the recent floods.The Chief Minister inspected relief camps at Bhaskar Senior Basic School in Kamarbandha and Numaligarh Higher Secondary School, where displaced families h…
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) On the first day of the extended Budget Session, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced in the Assembly that from September 1, the use of Bengali as the official language will be obligatory in the operations of every government department in West Bengal.Addressing the House, the Chief Minister informed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who came to the state for a three-day visit last week, had written a letter to the Chief Minister suggesting further use of the langu…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, is scheduled to appear at Bidhannagar Court in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Wednesday to give his voice samples in the hate speech case registered against him.This follows an ultimatum given to him last week by a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court.Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, last week skipped the sec…
Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Friday while countering charges by Union Minister of State, Shobha Karandlaje, has defended its decision to issue Permanent Residency Certificates (PRC) to people and stated that it has constitutional authority in this regard.It can be noted that the Congress government’s notification regarding distribution of Permanent Residency Certificate (PRC) has triggered a political controversy in Karnataka, with the BJP alleging it could be misused to…
Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday seeking his immediate intervention against the Karnataka Permanent Residence (PRC), 2026, on Constitutional and national security grounds. It can be noted that Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has announced the issuance of Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs) to help eligible citizens participate in t…
Gandhinagar, July 8 (IANS) A target of planting more than 1.1 crore trees across the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency during 2026-27 has been set as part of a large-scale afforestation campaign led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, with a mass tree-plantation drive scheduled for July 12. The campaign, to be held under the theme “Gandhinagar Lok Sabha – Green Lok Sabha”, will cover all seven Assembly segments of the constituency.Citizens have been urged to plant one sapling for each family me…
Jaipur, July 7 (IANS) In a significant step towards strengthening cooperative federalism and resolving long-pending inter-state disputes, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday signed a historic agreement to settle outstanding payments related to the Narmada Award. The agreement was signed in New Delhi by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan …
Gandhinagar, June 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that 2014 would be remembered as a “defining year” in India’s history and predicted that historians writing about the country’s journey to the centenary of Independence would divide modern India into two distinct periods, before and after 2014. Addressing a gathering at the launch of the pilot project of the PM Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT) and Health Passports in Gandhinagar, HM Shah attributed the transformation to the ele…