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At Speaker’s chamber, a rare show of government-opposition bonhomie | India News

Modi, Priyanka At Post-Session Tea Meeting NEW DELHI: Rancour and blame game inside Parliament made way for conviviality and cordiality at a customary post-parliamentary session get-together of govt functionaries, including PM Narendra Modi, and opposition MPs at Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s chamber over tea on Friday.Congress and other opposition parties, which had skipped the […]

US’ BlueBird satellite launch on December 24: Isro

BENGALURU: Space PSU NewSpace India Limited (Nsil), which has a contract to put into orbit US’ commercial satellite “BlueBird Block-2” or “BlueBird-6” through Isro’s LVM-3, will implement the launch on Dec 24.Isro Friday confirmed the dates, and said: “The launch of LVM3-M6 is scheduled on Dec 2025 at 8.54 am from the second launch pad […]

U19 Asia Cup: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fails in semi final against Sri Lanka; departs cheaply | Cricket News

Viabhav Sooryavanshi. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Star teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi failed to perform and did not make an impact for India in the Under-19 Asia Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka on Friday.Sooryavanshi was dismissed for 9 runs in the fourth over of India’s innings. He was caught at short midwicket by Sri Lankan captain […]

‘Might appoint Hardik Pandya’: Shubman Gill not to be vice-captain for T20 World Cup? Former cricketer drops bombshell | Cricket News

Former India batter Aakash Chopra said Shubman Gill is likely to continue as vice-captain for the T20 World Cup 2026, though he noted that Hardik Pandya remains an option. Gill was named vice-captain under Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the Asia Cup 2025, but a drop in form has led to criticism. While selecting his India […]

Winter session ends: OM Birla meets MPs as Parliament concludes; PM Modi, Priyanka in attendance | India News

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday held a meeting with leaders of political parties and Members of Parliament in his chamber at Parliament House, marking the conclusion of the Winter Session of Parliament 2025.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and several other opposition leaders were present […]

‘Anti-state, anti-village’: Rahul Gandhi hits out VB-RAM G bill day after passage; what he said | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Modi government a day after Parliament cleared the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, calling it “anti-state and anti-village by design” and accusing the Centre of dismantling the core of the Mahatma Gandhi National […]

TikTok row: US joint venture deal signed to avert Chinese ownership ban; ByteDance’s stake capped at 19.9%

TikTok has signed a joint venture agreement with major investors to keep its platform running in the United States and avoid a potential ban linked to its Chinese ownership, according to an internal memo seen by news agency AFP.TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew told employees that the company and its parent ByteDance have agreed […]

Don’t show 6 films, ‘MEA warns’ Kerala fest, but 3 already screened, other 3 to be pulled | India News

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The organisers of International Film Festival of Kerala 2025 won’t show three films after very strong objections to six from the ministry of external affairs, which warned on Thursday of legal action if they were screened, state-run Chalachitra Academy (festival organiser) chairperson Resul Pookutty said at a press conference here.The six films that did […]

VB-G Ram G Bill cleared by Parliament: Rajya Sabha passes law hours after Lok Sabha approval; Opposition protests | India News

Parliament on Friday cleared the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G Ram G Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha passing the legislation hours after its approval in the Lok Sabha, amid strong opposition protests and repeated demands for scrutiny by a parliamentary committee.Earlier, the lower house passed the Bill […]

Bangladesh: Who was Sharif Osman Hadi? Key figure in Sheikh Hasina ouster

Sharif Osman Hadi (File pic) Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in the Bangladesh protest and ousting of Sheikh Hasina, died on Thursday in Singapore (local time), according to a press release from Singapore’s ministry of foreign affairs. He had been after fighting for his life for six days following a shooting in Dhaka.Hadi, a […]