Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:56:13
The Central government Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to defer the hearing on pleas to criminalise marital rape while maintaining that it was committed to protecting "the liberty, dignity, and rights of every woman who is the fundamental foundation and pillar of a civilised society."
The Centre, in an affidavit filed before a bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar, said it wil
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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:46:45
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a notice to Sadhvi Vibhanand Giri, seeking her explanation for allegedly making communal remarks against Muslim women.
In a tweet, the NCW said it has asked that the reply is given within 48 hours.
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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:43:27
The Union health ministry on Thursday refuted as misleading media reports which claimed that 50 lakh unused Covishield doses may go waste by the end of this month.
It said the Centre had proactively advised all state governments to review the availability of vaccines, right from the start of the vaccination drive against COVID-19, to ensure that the wastage of doses is reduced to a minimum.
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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:42:09
The BJP continued to attack Rahul Gandhi on Thursday over his speech in Parliament, with Union minister Kiren Rijiju saying the Congress leader used to behave like India's "yuvraj" and now thinks that he is its king.
BJP vice president Baijayant Jay Panda mocked him saying that the "king of comedy is increasingly turning out to also be the prince of darkness".
"Yes, of course the Constitutio
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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:40:18
The government on Thursday said it is planning to roll out e-passports with advanced security features such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in Rajya Sabha that the personal particulars of an applicant would be digitally stored in the chip that would be embedded in the passport booklet.
The government is expected to ro
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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:38:59
The Congress is likely to declare its chief ministerial face for Punjab on February 6 when former party chief Rahul Gandhi will visit the poll-bound state, party sources said.
Rahul Gandhi had announced during his last visit to Punjab on January 27 that the Congress will go into the Punjab Assembly election with a CM face and the decision on it will be taken soon after consulting party workers.
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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:36:17
Accusing the BJP of spreading communalism, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary said on Wednesday that those fighting polls on issues of “Jinnah, Aurangzeb, Pakistan” will face a major defeat in the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing a poll event in Shamli's Kairana area with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Chaudhary said the tie-up between their parties for UP asse
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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:34:14
Direct tax collections are expected to breach the revised target of Rs 12.50 lakh crore and set an all-time high and "historic" record by the end of this financial year in March, CBDT Chairman J B Mohapatra has said.
Multiple reasons like "easing" of tax compliance processes for tax payers and enhanced ability of the taxman in data processing were cited by him for mopping up these high-volume o
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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:32:47
The Delhi police on Wednesday opposed the bail application of former JNU student Umar Khalid and six others before a court here that, alleging that they conspired to incite violence and planned attack on police officials during 2020 riots in the national capital.
The prosecution also told the court that the main conspirators in the case tried to shift the blame to the Bhim Army and BJP leader K
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