Nisha Srivastava

All-party meeting held ahead of Winter Session of Parliament

The Winter Session of Parliament will commence on December 4 with a gathering of floor leaders from various political parties in both houses. The meeting took place today at 11 a.m. in the Parliament Library building and was chaired by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi. It's noteworthy that the winter session...

Congress MP requests review of Ethics Committee’s proceedings in Cash-for-query case

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday, requesting a thorough review of parliamentary committee procedures primarily concerned with the rights of members of the House, in light of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee's recommendation that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra be expelled in...

Dec 4: Counting day preparations in full swing in Mizoram

The Election Commission of India shifted the Mizoram assembly election vote counting to December 4. To ensure that the event goes off without a hitch, a lot of preparation has been done. Nearly 4000 personnel will be engaged in the counting of votes, as per the state election department. The...

Two CRPF soldiers injured in IED blast in Dantewada

An improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the vicinity of the Barsoor police station injured two soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), according to Dantewada Police in Chhattisgarh. The incident happened on the Barsur Palli route, close to a bridge, while 195th Battalion soldiers were removing a banner...

PM Modi concludes his day-long visit to Dubai for COP28

Three Delhi-bound Vistara flights diverted due to low visibility at airport

Three Delhi-bound Vistara flights were diverted on Saturday due to low visibility at the Delhi airport. One flight was diverted to Ahmedabad, while two flights were diverted to Jaipur. Flight UK954 and Flight UK928 from Mumbai to Delhi (BOM-DEL) were diverted to Jaipur, said Vistara Airlines in a series of...

AQI recorded as ‘very poor’ in several areas of Delhi

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) rated the air quality in the nation's capital to be 'very poor' in a number of areas. According to official data, the air quality in Anand Vihar and Ashok Vihar was rated as 'Very Poor'. Anand Vihar recorded an AQI reading of 388 at...

KV Subramanian, Executive Director of IMF, praises India for its strong GDP growth

Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, KV Subramanian commended the nation for its exceptional Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collection in November 2023. Speaking on the topic, he expressed optimism that two lakh crores of rupees would...

ED office in Madurai continues to be searched by TN vigilance and anti-corruption wing

Regarding the case of ED officer Ankit Tiwari, detectives from the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) searched the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sub-zonal office in Madurai all night long on Friday. After accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a doctor in the Dindigul district, Ankit Tiwari,...

Kharge directs in-charges to monitor vote counting process in election states

The president of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC), Mallikarjun Kharge, gave all five election state incharges and observers instructions to monitor the vote-counting process on Friday, ahead of the announcement of the results of the five state assembly elections. Senior Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is...