Articles by Isha Sahai Bhatnagar
Congress’s RPN Singh jumps ship, joins BJP; former party slams move
Addressing the media, RPN Singh, without mentioning the Congress, lamented that the party he was associated with for 32 years is not what it used to be
Updated on Jan 25, 2022 05:09 PM IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Isha Sahai Bhatnagar
Impersonation of customs officers to extort money, Customs dept warns public
The office of the commissioner of customs advised the public to not pay any amount in the name of customs to any person or private account.
Published on Jan 25, 2022 11:46 AM IST
Covid outbreak in Parliament: 875 staff members test positive for coronavirus
Before the Budget Session gets underway on January 31, as many as 2,847 Covid-19 tests were conducted at the Parliament complex
Updated on Jan 24, 2022 10:12 AM IST
Vijayan, Stalin add voices to chorus against proposed changes to IAS rules
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee earlier on January 18 expressed her “strong reservations” over the move.
Published on Jan 24, 2022 09:35 AM IST
ED raids on Channi’s nephew were politically motivated: Congress to EC
In their memorandum to the poll body chief, the delegation, which also comprised senior leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala and Abhishek Singhvi, alleged that raids were a “violation of the model code of conduct”, which came into force on January 8 after the poll schedule was announced.
Updated on Jan 21, 2022 04:47 AM IST
Isha Sahai Bhatnagar, New Delhi
PM Modi to interact with over 150 startups on January 15
The interaction between the PM and the startups aims to understand how startups can successfully contribute to the nation’s needs.
Published on Jan 14, 2022 07:12 PM IST
PM-President meeting: Kovind calls Modi’s security incident a ‘serious lapse’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first rally in poll-bound Punjab was cancelled on Wednesday after protesters blocked a route and forced his convoy to spend 15 to 20 minutes on a flyover
Updated on Jan 06, 2022 03:07 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for failing to reduce fuel rates
Congress spokesman Gourav Vallabh said if there is an increase in the global crude oil prices, then the burden is transferred to the consumers
Published on Jan 05, 2022 04:16 PM IST
Bulli Bai app: IWPC condemns harassment of Muslim women
Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested an 18-year-old woman and a 21-year-old engineering student for allegedly putting up webpages where Muslim women were “auctioned”
Updated on Jan 05, 2022 10:34 AM IST
Vice Admiral Sree Harilal Sarma passes away at 99
Sarma, who celebrated his 99th birthday on December 5, also fought the 1965 war with Pakistan and the Second World War
Updated on Jan 04, 2022 11:45 AM IST
MPs seek more women in House panel to discuss bill to increase age of marriage
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi expresses her disapproval to just one woman in the committee to examine the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Updated on Jan 04, 2022 06:36 AM IST
Isha Sahai Bhatnagar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Priyanka Chaturvedi seeks more women MPs in panel to discuss marriage age bill
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the parliamentary panel examining the marriage age bill consists of only one female member, Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev.
Updated on Jan 03, 2022 08:12 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir set to have district-level Good Governance Index
The index will enable each district of Jammu and Kashmir to rise to the level of some of the best-administered districts of the country
Updated on Jan 03, 2022 01:19 PM IST
BJP accuses SP of trying to incite violence during Modi’s Kanpur rally
Patra alleged the people, who allegedly vandalised the vehicle have been identified as SP’s student workers including national secretary Sachin Kesarwani
Published on Dec 29, 2021 05:56 PM IST
Missionaries of Charity’s troubles continue
Missionaries of Charity was in the news earlier this month when a case was filed against its Children Home for Girls in Gujarat’s Vadodara for alleged forceful conversions to Christianity.
Published on Dec 28, 2021 03:45 PM IST
Kashi Indian International Film Festival to begin in Varanasi today
The first three-day Kashi Indian International Film Festival will begin in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi from Monday
Published on Dec 27, 2021 09:16 AM IST
Congress claims credit for booster jab announcement, slams Centre
The Congress party organized a press conference and slammed the Centre for its handling of the pandemic
Updated on Dec 26, 2021 05:00 PM IST
ED freezes former govt employee’s assets worth ₹1.46 crore
A money-laundering investigation was initiated on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) dated October 7, 2013
Updated on Dec 24, 2021 10:41 AM IST
Rajnath Singh interacts with Indian students at Harvard
The defence minister called the students the country’s soft power, who are learning best management and governance practices at the top-class institutes in the United States
Updated on Dec 23, 2021 01:14 PM IST
Cong slams govt for disallowing discussions during Parliament’s winter session
The Congress party on Wednesday accused the Union government of deliberately suspending lawmakers who are most vocal
Published on Dec 22, 2021 05:42 PM IST
When will govt allow Covid vaccine booster shots, asks Rahul Gandhi
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told Parliament on Monday that over 50% of the eligible population has been double vaccinated.
Published on Dec 22, 2021 02:38 PM IST
India has 877,000 registered electric vehicles, minister tells Parliament
Union minister of state for power and heavy industries Krishan Pal Gurjar said the government has taken several steps to encourage use of electric vehicles
Updated on Dec 22, 2021 10:51 AM IST
94% of allotted Oxygen plants commissioned: Centre
Data released by the ministry showed ₹24.46 crores was released in 2020-21 and ₹368.04 crores was released in 2021-22 (so far) to vendors for setting up the oxygen plants.
Updated on Dec 22, 2021 01:38 AM IST
Isha Sahai Bhatnagar, New Delhi
Word ‘lynching’ was unheard of before 2014, says Rahul, stirs row
Hitting back, the BJP raked up the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 and called former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi the “father of mob lynching”.
Updated on Dec 22, 2021 04:39 AM IST
Isha Sahai Bhatnagar, New Delhi
BJP’s biting response to Rahul Gandhi on his one-line tweet attack on PM Modi
BJP leaders hammered Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his tweet on lynching, reminding him about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and accusing the Congress leader of “selective amnesia”.
Updated on Dec 21, 2021 03:54 PM IST
NCERT trans inclusion manual had to evolve hence dropped, Edu Min to Parliament
The Ministry of Education informed the Parliament, on Monday, that the recently removed training manual titled, ‘Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmaps, was dropped because it had to undergo various stages of finalisation before its release.
Published on Dec 21, 2021 01:59 PM IST
Isha Sahai Bhatnagar, New Delhi
Opposition parties seek scrutiny of electoral reforms bill
The Bill proposes to allow Election Commission officials to seek Aadhaar details of registered voters on a voluntary basis and make the language of the Representation of the People Act gender-neutral
Published on Dec 21, 2021 11:05 AM IST
NCERT trans training manual removed from website wasn’t final, Centre to LS
NCERT on November 6 removed the teachers’ training manual on the integration of transgender or gender non-conforming students in schools from its website on a request from NCPCR
Updated on Dec 20, 2021 06:18 PM IST
Prasar Bharati signs MoU to promote Indian culture, episodes to telecast on Doordarshan
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to promote Indian culture
Updated on Dec 20, 2021 04:59 PM IST
Parliamentary delegation from Vietnam calls on President Ram Nath Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind spoke about the cooperation between India and Vietnam at multilateral fora, underlining that “our coordinated efforts at the UN and other fora have given voice to the majority of developing countries.
Published on Dec 20, 2021 09:56 AM IST