As visa-seekers wait, US vows faster processing
The US State Department has said it is working to reduce wait time for visas in several countries following complaints that processing of some visa classes is taking as much as 500 days in India […]
The US State Department has said it is working to reduce wait time for visas in several countries following complaints that processing of some visa classes is taking as much as 500 days in India […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at 25 locations in connection with a case of coins worth Rs 11 crore going missing from the vaults of an SBI branch in Karauli in Rajasthan. The […]
Bengaluru (TIP)- The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Sunday, August 14, shared a seven-minute video blaming the first Indian Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru, and the Communist party for the Partition of India in 1947. […]
Mumbai (TIP)- Chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday, August 14, allocated portfolios to all 20 members of the council of ministers keeping urban development, transport and public works department with himself, while key ministries — […]
The Congress will get three ministerial berths in the new Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, a senior party leader said on Sunday, August 15. State Congress in-charge Bhakta Charan Das said two party MLAs would […]
New Delhi (TIP)- India has helped the world discover the true potential of democracy and the keyword for the country today is compassion for the downtrodden, needy and those on the margins, President Droupadi Murmu […]
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday, August 14, approved 107 gallantry awards for soldiers, said a government statement. Among the recipients are a soldier who went above and beyond the call of duty and killed two […]
Jagdeep Dhankhar, 71, was declared elected as the Vice President on Saturday, August 6, after he bagged 528 votes against his rival candidate Margaret Alva’s 182. Dhankhar was born on May 18 May 1951 in […]
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday, August 4, recommended the name of Justice UU Lalit, the senior-most Supreme Court judge, to be appointed the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Lalit has been […]
New Delhi (TIP)- The Reserve Bank of India hiked its key lending rate by 50 basis points to pre-pandemic levels of 5.40 per cent on Friday, a third increase in a row to tame surging […]
New Delhi (TIP)-The Union Cabinet on Wednesday, August 3, approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) incorporating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Panchamrit’ strategy announced at the Glasgow conference aiming to strengthen global efforts to tackle […]
New Delhi (TIP)- Distribution of freebies inevitably leads to “future economic disaster”, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, August 3, where it came out in full support of a PIL against the practice […]
African-American singer Mary Milben, who is known for her moving rendition of ‘Om jai jagadish hare’ and ‘Jana gana mana’, is travelling to India to attend the celebrations related to the country’s 75th anniversary of […]
New Delhi (TIP)- Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday, August 5, said that members of Parliament cannot be exempted from being arrested in criminal cases when a session of the House is underway, […]
New Delhi (TIP)- Dressed in all black, Congress leaders took to streets on Friday as they held a nationwide protest against price rise, unemployment, and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike on essential items. […]
As India marks its 75 years of independence, search giant Google has found its way to narrate the story of India’s achievements online. Google, on Friday, launched an online project,’ India ki Udaan’ that will […]
“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we are literally criminals.” – James Baldwin July 29 Birthday – Benito […]
Heaps of money with denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 and bundles of cash in sealed envelopes were recovered from the flat of Partha Chatterjee’s aide Arpita Mukherjee during the ED raids. Kolkata (TIP)- […]
New Delhi (TIP)- In a crucial judgment endorsing the powers of the Enforcement Directorate, the Supreme Court rejected almost all objections to its powers to probe, arrest and seize properties as proceeds of money laundering. […]
India logged 20,409 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,39,79,730, while the active cases declined to 1,43,988, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll […]
New Delhi (TIP)- The number of MPs suspended from both Houses of Parliament in the eight years since 2014 — when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance rose to power — has gone […]
As the ED questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the third time, Congress MPs protested at Vijay Chowk over the government’s alleged misuse of investigative agencies and called it “murder of democracy”, claiming the Centre […]
New Delhi (TIP)- Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s “Rashtrapatni” remark against President Droupadi Murmu on July 28 snowballed into a major political row with the BJP accusing Congress president Sonia Gandhi of “sanctioning the humiliation […]
Former Governor of Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu scripted history to become India’s first tribal President. Ruling NDA’s Draupadi Murmu and Opposition’s Yashwant Sinha were pitted against each other in the contest, and in an expected outcome, […]
New Delhi (TIP)- In a significant order, the Supreme Court Thursday, July 21, expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act to include unmarried women and allowed a 25-year-old woman to abort her […]
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