New Delhi, December 21 (PTI): Parliament on Tuesday passed a Bill to link electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem with Rajya Sabha passing it by voice vote amid a walkout by the Opposition.
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New Delhi, December 21 (PTI): A bill that seeks to fix 21 years as the uniform age of marriage for women and men was introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday with Union Minister Smriti Irani terming the move a "
New Delhi, December 21 (PTI): Amid Opposition criticism of a bill to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls, sources in the government on Tuesday said the move would solve the "major problem" of multiple e
New Delhi, December 21 (PTI): Apex court judge and chairperson of the Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Committee S Ravindra Bhat has emphasized on the need to sustainably continue supporting and monitoring the ne
New Delhi, December 21 (PTI): There is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on Omicron variant of coronavirus, though some of the mutations reported on spike gene may decrease the efficacy
New Delhi, December 20 (PTI): A Bill to link electoral roll data with Aadhaar ecosystem was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday after a brief debate amid continuous protest by opposition members over various issues,
New Delhi, December 17 (IANS): Contrary to the impression of pristine blue skies and clean air that people usually have about the country's northeastern region, a new analysis by the Centre for Science and
New Delhi, December 17 (PTI): The Supreme Court in a significant development on Friday stayed the ongoing inquiry by a West Bengal government appointed commission headed by former apex court judge M B Lokur to
New Delhi, December 17 (PTI): The Delhi University's executive council on Friday approved holding of entrance examinations for admissions from next year, officials said.
The executive council (EC) is the
New Delhi, December 17 (PTI): As many as 101 positive cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected across 11 states and union territories so far, the government said on Friday and advised
New Delhi, December 17 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant any relief to an editor of a Kannada weekly, jailed for a month for publishing defamatory articles against a lawyer, noting that consi
Varanasi, December 17 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday mooted the idea of publicising a list of cities where a blind eye has been turned to the cleanliness campaign so as to build public pressure on t
Bengaluru/New Delhi, December 17 (PTI): Karnataka Congress MLA K R Ramesh Kumar's "enjoy rape if it is inevitable" remarks caused a furore on Friday, with the BJP, the National Commission for Wome
New Delhi, December 16 (IANS) Due to a 'Western Disturbance', the maximum temperature this Christmas will be colder with light to moderate rain or snowfall over the western Himalayan region, northwest I
Dehradun, December 16 (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP government of ignoring the role of then prime minister Indira Gandhi in the 1971 War as India celebrates the 50th anniversar
New Delhi, December 16 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to farmers across India, especially 80 per cent who are small land holding farmers, to adopt natural farming and look for nature-
New Delhi, December 16 (IANS): The Union Cabinet has passed a proposal to increase the minimum legal age for marriage of women from 18 to 21 years. Sources said the government approved the proposal in a meeting
New Delhi, December 16 (PTI): The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the provisions of the Information Technology Act do not provide for the removal of court orders passed against a person on account of
New Delhi, December 16 (IANS): As a stop-gap arrangement before the appointment of a new Chief of Defence Staff following the demise of General Bipin Rawat, the Centre has placed in an old system and appointed
Noida, December 16 (PTI): The Noida police on Thursday claimed to have arrested five members of a gang involved in impersonating candidates in a Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exam for recruitment in paramili