Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:57:07
Ruling NDA and Opposition INDIA bloc MPs came face-to-face at Parliament's main gate on Tuesday -- with security personnel forming a cordon between them -- as they staged protests and raised counter-slogans over "brutal" police action on job aspirants in Jharkhand and issues surrounding the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:47:57
Senior bureaucrat Deepti Gaur Mukerjee has been appointed as the new Higher Education Secretary, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday.
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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:36:08
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday condemned the alleged police lathi-charge on student protesters in Jharkhand and expressed solidarity with student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who is undergoing treatment in hospital following the incident.
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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:32:08
UPI payments remain free for consumers, and any future merchant charges (MDR) will apply only to certain categories of merchant transactions, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:10:28
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the government is ready for a debate in the Lok Sabha on the student protests as well as police action, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will reply to the debate but the Opposition should give an assurance that they will not run away from it and listen peacefully.
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:00:13
The Jharkhand government committee set up to talk to students protesting the alleged recruitment exam irregularities, on Sunday talked to Devendra Nath Mahto, one of the individuals who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for the past eight days, an official said.
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:57:25
Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday faced a hostile reception in Halisahar as protesters surrounded her vehicle, shouted “chor” slogans and hurled mud and slippers when she went to meet a TMC worker’s family, who allegedly died in custody.
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Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:02:49
No country can be successful, and remains stunted, if its women do not express themselves, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday.
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Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:55:54
More than 1.55 lakh people remained affected by Assam floods, with the toll in this year’s deluge reaching 98 with one more fatality, officials said on Saturday.
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