How wooden barrels shaped liquid history from oil to feniIran's planned oil toll through the Strait of Hormuz will generate significant revenue, a consequence of the 19th-century US decision to st...
12 Apr, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
April 3 in world history: From Panama Paper leak to first handheld mobile phone callApril 3rd is a day of historical impact. In 1922, Joseph Stalin's rise began. 1933 saw the first flight over Mount Everest. The Marshall Pl...
03 Apr, 2026, 10.44 AM IST
91,000 missing girls traced in Maharashtra over 13 years, most cases linked to love ties: CM Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra has successfully traced and reunited over 91,000 missing girls with their families in 13 years, with nearly 60% linked to love ...
25 Mar, 2026, 07.16 PM IST
BNS not seen as establishing justice-oriented system: Legal expertThe Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BAS) have replaced the British-...
21 Jul, 2024, 05.33 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session: Amid suspension row, 3 new Bills to replace criminal laws to be placed before RS todayAmid ongoing opposition suspensions, Parliament resumes for the 14th day. The Upper House will discuss three Bills replacing colonial laws,...
22 Dec, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
BJP lauds bills introduced by Amit Shah in Lok Sabha; calls them 'pro-people', 'pathbreaking'Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has welcomed bills introduced in the Lok Sabha that would overhaul the criminal justice system. The government...
11 Aug, 2023, 06.06 PM IST
Punjab Assembly passes bill to ensure free telecast of Gurbani from Golden TempleSikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023 to ensure free telecast of Gurbani from Golden Temple was passed in Punjab Assembly on Tuesday. As of...
20 Jun, 2023, 02.37 PM IST
Was Monsoon session the last sitting at old Parliament building?The Monsoon session of Parliament ended on Monday, four days ahead of schedule, after continued disruptions during the last three weeks ove...
09 Aug, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
UK judges resign from Hong Kong court over security law"I have concluded, in agreement with the government, that the judges of the Supreme Court cannot continue to sit in Hong Kong without appea...
30 Mar, 2022, 03.05 PM IST
Bill to scrap 58 old laws introduced in Lok SabhaOpposition members accused the government of "rushing through" bills without giving lawmakers due time to deliberate on their content.
25 Jul, 2019, 02.03 PM IST
Cabinet approves new Merchant Shipping BillCabinet approves a new Merchant Shipping Bill by repealing the 58-year old law, a move that will promote ease of doing business, transparen...
23 Nov, 2016, 11.28 PM IST
Bill on admiralty juridiction of courts introduced in Lok SabhaThe repealing of four admiralty statutes is in line with the government's commitment to do away with archaic laws which are hindering effic...
21 Nov, 2016, 05.54 PM IST
‘Westminster model of democracy not suited to us … India needs a presidential form of government’Parliamentary vulnerability to legislative majorities has also produced governments obliged to focus more on politics than on policy or per...
16 Nov, 2016, 03.44 PM IST
Devendra Fadnavis announces judicial probe in Mahad bridge tragedyTwo state-run buses, in which 22 people were travelling, and several other vehicles got washed away in the swollen Savitri river near Mahad...
04 Aug, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
Mahad Tragedy: CM Laxmikant Parsekar asks DGP to check on any Goan casualty"Till now there is no information about the Goans involved in the accident. We are in constant touch. We will do whatever is required," the...
03 Aug, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
Patna Collectorate shouldn't go the Dak Bungalow way: ExpertsThe spectre of demolition looming large over nearly 200-year-old Patna Collectorate has brought back memories of the lost colonial-era Dak ...
18 Apr, 2016, 04.38 PM IST
- Landmark names: Queen Elizabeth II deserves to be hailed as London’s Big Behen
Tourists can expect to be bewildered when it comes to the monikers of landmarks in India, especially those with a colonial provenance.
05 Jun, 2012, 03.21 AM IST