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Alabama asks appeals court to let it continue nitrogen gas executionsAlabama is fighting a court battle to execute Jeffery Lee using nitrogen gas on Thursday. A federal judge ruled the method unconstitutional...
Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
Cadre crunch eased: Centre increases IAS cadre strength of Uttar Pradesh to 683The Central government has increased the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre strength in Uttar Pradesh from 652 to 683, effective Dec...
Trump hails 'total victory' as US court quashes $464 mn civil penaltyA United States court overturned the $464 million penalty against ex-President Donald Trump. The court deemed the fine excessive. However, ...
Odisha govt introduces fail system at Class 5, 8 examinationsThe Odisha government has reintroduced a fail system for Class 5 and 8 annual exams, effective this academic year. Amendments to the Odisha...
Big change in education rules: Govt scraps 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 students who fail to clear year-end examsThe central government has decided to discontinue the 'no-detention policy' for students in classes 5 and 8 in its schools. Students who fa...
Kerala to have a new name? Assembly passes resolution for second time to change state's nameThe Kerala Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday to urge the Centre to officially change the state's name to 'Keralam'. This ...
"Women's empowerment intrinsic to BJP's work culture": Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah emphasized that women empowerment is not a political issue for the BJP but an integral part of its work cultu...
"Will usher in new era of women-led development": Yogi on passage of women's reservation Bill in LSUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated the passage of the women's reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. The Bill aims to e...
"Major step, but...": BRS MLC K Kavitha flags "ommissions" in women's reservation BillThe women's reservation bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, which was seen as a major step towards stronger participation of women in politic...
Census, delimitation, nod by state assemblies key steps before women's quota becomes realityThe Bill "...shall come into effect after an exercise of delimitation is undertaken for this purpose after the relevant figures for the fir...
Govt lists women's reservation bill for introduction in Lok SabhaThe government on Tuesday listed the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha to provide one-third reservation to women in the Lower House...
Kerala assembly unanimously adopts resolution urging Centre to rename state as 'Keralam'The Kerala assembly has passed a resolution asking the central government to officially change the state's name from Kerala to Keralam, whi...
Curtain falls on Parliament's Budget SessionThe Budget Session had begun on January 31 with the address of President Ram Nath Kovind to the joint sitting of both the Houses. It was fo...
Govt amends law to get powers to raise excise duty on petrol, diesel by Rs 8/l in futureFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved an amendment to the Finance Bill, 2020, to raise the limit up to which the government can raise s...
- Govt fails to do homework, recalls three bills
For the Manmohan Singh government, the penultimate sitting of the monsoon session in the Lok Sabha did not earn any laurels for the floor-c...
- Pak set to clip Mushraf's powers, reinstate judges
Pakistan government is giving finishing touches to a sweeping constitutional amendment package that will clip President Pervez Musharraf's ...