Quote of the day by American comedian Richard Pryor: ‘I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse…’Richard Pryor, a legendary comedian, used his platform to address uncomfortable truths. His powerful words challenged society's casual acce...
20 Apr, 2026, 11.46 AM IST
Amartya Sen raises concerns over SIR that risks 'disenfranchising' poor peopleNobel laureate Amartya Sen voiced concerns regarding the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, cautioning that it could disenfranc...
22 Aug, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
Amit Shah praises PM Modi's vision in foreword to book 'Modi's Niti Shastra: The World's His Oyster'Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised Adish C Aggarwala's book, "Modi's Niti Shastra: The World's His Oyster," which highlights PM Modi's t...
07 Dec, 2024, 12.17 PM IST
Don't need poll bugle, people keep doing it for me: PM Narendra Modi in BulandshahrPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth over Rs 19,100 crore in Uttar Pradesh...
25 Jan, 2024, 04.17 PM IST
Adoption of unborn child unknown to law: Karnataka High CourtThe biological parents and adoptive parents of the child had filed a petition before a trial court to declare the latter as the adoptive pa...
10 Dec, 2022, 02.58 PM IST
- Supreme Court directs states, Union Territories to submit information on welfare schemes for elderly
"We direct that schemes operating for the welfare of the elderly with respect of (i) pension for the elderly, (ii) old age homes in each di...
06 Oct, 2022, 02.53 PM IST
Important to protect, promote independence & integrity of judiciary at all levels: CJI Ramana“The mind of the Indian judiciary can be known to millions largely through the actions of the Trial Court and the District judiciary. For a...
14 Nov, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
Explain rationale behind decision to send children at child care centres back to their parents: SC to NCPCR“Such repatriation may be done on a case to case basis but not as a general order…. This may be problematic for the children who are sent b...
09 Oct, 2020, 10.42 PM IST
Rs 2,000 special assistance scheme in Tamil Nadu stopped in view of Lok Sabha pollsMaking the submission before Madras HC, State Advocate General Vijay Narayan said the enumeration of beneficiaries had also been stopped.
21 Mar, 2019, 10.10 PM IST
Supreme Court slams Tamil Nadu government for indifference to farmers hit by droughtTN was under an obligation not to allow "impecunious and poverty-stricken farmers to resign to their fate or leave the downtrodden and the ...
14 Apr, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
Yogi Adityanath keeps Home, Mining ministries; Keshav Prasad Maurya gets PWD and FoodYogi has also kept the Information, Housing & Urban planning, Food & Civil Supplies, Mining, Personnel, Finance, Estate and several other d...
23 Mar, 2017, 12.25 AM IST
Full list: PM Modi's new-look CabinetPM Modi today inducted 19 news ministers in his Cabinet and carried out a reshuffle of the portfolios of his ministers. Here's the complete...
05 Jul, 2016, 11.30 PM IST
Full list: PM Narendra Modi's new-look CabinetPM Modi today inducted 19 news ministers in his Cabinet and carried out a reshuffle of the portfolios of his ministers.
05 Jul, 2016, 11.27 PM IST
India asks developed countries to honour their commitmentsIndia has asked developed countries to honour their commitments towards development assistance, particularly to least developed nations.
12 Dec, 2015, 09.51 AM IST
- Model bill for rights of non-motorized vehicles
Vyas had constituted the expert group, headed by retired chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Mukul Mudgal, in January to study t...
16 Oct, 2013, 08.54 PM IST
- Cabinet clears Rs 4,038 crore plan to tackle JE/AES in 5 states
Cabinet approved a Rs 4,038-cr comprehensive multi-pronged plan for prevention & control of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) & Acute Encephalitis...
18 Oct, 2012, 09.29 PM IST
- Maharashtra govt to build 1.86 lakh houses for backward class
Under the Centre's Indira Aawas Yojana, the Maharashtra Government will construct 1.86 lakh houses for the backward class in the state.
26 Jul, 2011, 11.18 AM IST