Politics

NEW DELHI: In a sharp twist of fate, a Canada-based gangster Sukhdool Singh Gill alias Sukha Duneke, who was listed by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) only a day ago, has been shot dead, further escalating tensions between Modi and Trudeau administrations over harboring pro-Khalistan Sikh ultras. The killing took place barely 24 hours after […]

NEW DELHI: In a historic victory for Indian women in the political sphere, parliamentarians finally passed the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, on Wednesday.  Breaking the proverbial glass ceiling, female parliamentarians celebrated the victory by securing a regurgitating majority of 454 votes in favour of the bill while two were against it. As […]

NEW DELHI: Several Canadian diplomats posted in New Delhi are on the watch list of Indian security agencies on suspicion of supporting pro-Khalistan activities in India and may soon face action. As the diplomatic standoff, sparked by Canada’s allegation of Indian role in the murder of a Khalistani leader, continues, security agencies have prepared a list […]

NEW DELHI: Female MPs from opposition parties in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday took on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the proposal for delayed implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill. Speaking during the special parliament session, lawmakers expressed unhappiness with the government’s decision to link the implementation of the bill to the delimitation […]

NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for external affairs & parliamentary affairs, V Muraleedharan, has expressed his excitement about the new Parliament building, calling it a “depiction of the developed India” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisioned. “I look forward to going to the new building which will be the depiction of the developed India […]