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29 Awami League leaders, family members found dead in Bangladesh violence

Bangladesh crisis: In the wake of Sheikh Hasina's resignation, Bangladesh is experiencing a wave of violence as mobs target members of her party, along with their families and businesses

Bill to overhaul Waqf Act likely today in Parliament: 5 proposed changes

The draft Bill seeks to omit Section 40 of the Waqf Act, which is linked to the powers of the Board to decide if a property is Waqf property

On Vinesh Phogat's win, Bajrang Punia's veiled jab at BJP: 'Placed thorns…'

Paris Olympics: Feisty wrestler Phogat etched her name in history as she defeated the defending Japanese wrestler Yui Susaki and Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez to enter Paris Olympics finals

13 children die in last 20 days at Delhi's Asha Kiran shelter; order probe

Deaths at shelter home: So far, 27 deaths have been reported at the government-run facility for the specially abled since January this year

'Chai, biscuits on me': Rahul Gandhi says ED raid being planned against him

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is planning a raid against him for his 'chakravyuh' comments made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi

'Divider in-chief Rahul Gandhi': BJP defends Anurag Thakur on caste row

Anurag Thakur triggered a row on Tuesday during his Lok Sabha speech by apparently targeting Rahul Gandhi by making veiled references to his caste

Anurag Thakur's caste remark 'on Rahul Gandhi' expunged; Oppn seeks apology

BJP MP from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Thakur stoked a political row on Tuesday over his controversial Lok Sabha speech, apparently targeted at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi

Cong moves Privilege Motion against PM Modi over Thakur's expunged remark

Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi submitted Privilege Motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for posting expunged remarks made by Anurag Thakur

Parliament session all set to be stormy over Budget, coaching centre deaths

Congress Lok Sabha Whip Manickam Tagore has submitted an Adjournment Motion notice to discuss the delay in conducting Census 2021, which has delayed the implementation of women's 33 per cent quota

Odisha govt presents Rs 2.65 trn budget for FY25, renames several schemes

The BJP government in Odisha presented its maiden budget on Thursday with a total estimate of Rs 2.65 lakh crore for the 2024-25 fiscal, laying emphasis on agriculture and women empowerment. The size of the budget for the current financial year was around 15 per cent more than the budgetary estimate of Rs 2.30 lakh crore for the 2023-24 fiscal, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said in the assembly. Majhi, who also holds the finance portfolio, modified and renamed several popular schemes like KALIA, 'Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana' (BSKY) and 'Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana' (BPGY). He proposed an outlay of Rs 33,919 crore for agriculture, which is about 36 per cent more than the allocation made in the previous year. Of the total budget estimates, programme expenditure was pegged at Rs 1.55 lakh crore, administrative expenditure at Rs 97,725 crore and an outlay of Rs 3,900 crore for Disaster Risk Management Funds, he said. To ensure the speedy empowerment of women, as promised by the BJP in

Karnataka becomes third state to adopt resolution to scrap NEET exam

Earlier, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu passed resolutions demanding NEET be scrapped amid the nationwide protests over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the examination

Defamation case: Why Rahul Gandhi will appear in UP court despite bail

Rahul Gandhi is set to appear before the MP-MLA court in Sultanpur on July 26 for a defamation case filed by BJP leader Vijay Mishra over alleged remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Himachal HC issues notice to Kangana Ranaut over Mandi election challenge

Kinnaur resident Layak Ram Negi filed a petition in the Himachal Pradesh High Court asking the court to annul Kangana Ranaut's election

BJP, JD(S) organise all-night dharna in K'taka Legislature over MUDA 'scam'

The opposition BJP and JD(S) held an all-night dharna in both Houses of the Karnataka Legislature demanding a discussion on the alleged fraudulent allotment of sites to land losers by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), which involves plots given to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife. The BJP and JD(S) legislators spent the night in the Assembly and Council. As part of the protest, they held demonstrations holding placards, and raised slogans -- in the form of "bhajans" -- against the Congress government, Siddaramaiah and Speaker U T Khader for not allowing a discussion. The legislators including Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka, and BJP state President and MLA B Y Vijayendra later slept in the Assembly premises. Similar scenes were seen at the Legislative Council too. The opposition parties said they would continue their protest on the issue in both the Houses on Thursday too. Claiming that the needle of suspicion in the MUDA "scam" is pointing towards the .

Congress CMs to boycott NITI Aayog meet over 'discriminatory' 2024 Budget

Union Budget 2024: Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Revanth Reddy (Telangana), Sukhvinder Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh) will boycott the NITI Aayog meeting on July 27

Centre denies Bihar's 'special category' status; no new designation allowed

The Centre said that no new states are being awarded 'special category' status at present, as the Indian Constitution does not accommodate such classification

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From T V Somanathan to Vivek Joshi, meet FM Sitharaman's Budget team

The July 23 Budget, coming after the general elections, would be watched for coalition compulsions, electoral lessons

Time for accommodation

A string of setbacks is manifesting in various ways for the BJP, most starkly in state politics

SC to hear petitions seeking SIT probe in electoral bonds scheme on July 22

A top court bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Friday took the note of the submissions made by senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan and listed the PILs for July 22