Employers having 10 or more employees must have committee to probe sexual harassment complaints
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) Every employer and organisation, whether in public or private sector, employing 10 or more people must set up an internal committee for receiving complaints of sexual harassment, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said the government has enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at […]
Parliamentary panel calls for framing price control regime for COVID medicines, medical devices
New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel has recommended framing a new price control regime specific for medicines and medical devices for COVID-19 management and put them under price control with no annual increase in prices allowed till the pandemic is entirely over in the country. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers, in its report […]
‘The Kashmir Files’ creating situation that may harm country: CPI(M) leader Yechury
Nagpur: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday said the recently-released film ‘The Kashmir Files’ was creating a situation that could cause great harm to the country’s social unity and integrity. The film, which set around the exodus of Kashmir Pandits from Kashmir, has become a huge box office success, though […]
SC-appointed panel was against repealing three farm laws
New Delhi: A Supreme Court-appointed panel to study the three farm laws, which was scrapped by Parliament in November last year, had recommended that the three legislations should not be repealed saying they would be beneficial for farmers. The report, which was submitted to the apex court on March 19, 2021, was made public on […]
Peace in eastern Ladakh essential for normalisation of ties with China, says India for 2nd time in 3 days
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday apprised his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison about the situation in eastern Ladakh and emphasised that peace and tranquillity in the region is an essential prerequisite for normalisation of India’s ties with China. It was the second time in the last three days that India asserted that the […]
22,500 Indians returned from Ukraine between Feb 1 and Mar 11: Govt
New Delhi: Around 22,500 Indian nationals returned to India from Ukraine between February 1 and March 11, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh said on Monday. The Ukrainian authorities shut down the country’s airspace for civilian aircraft after the Russian invasion on February 24. India started evacuating its citizens from Ukraine’s neighbouring […]
Sharad Yadav merges his party with RJD, seeks opposition unity
New Delhi: Former Union minister and socialist leader Sharad Yadav merged his party Loktantrik Janata Dal with Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday, pitching for unity in opposition ranks to take on the BJP. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed the veteran leader, who had fought some of the keenest Lok Sabha poll battles against his father […]
Kejriwal tells ministers in Punjab to perform or be ready to be replaced, lauds CM Mann
Chandigarh: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday told the newly-appointed ministers in Punjab in no uncertain terms to perform or be ready to be replaced and said those unhappy with missing out on ministerial berth need to leave behind personal ambitions for the state’s progress. While he will be there “like an elder brother […]
Biren Singh named chief minister of Manipur for second term
Imphal: Union Finance Minister Nirmala on Sunday announced that N Biren Singh would remain the chief minister of the northeastern state of Manipur for a second term. Sitharaman, has been sent to Manipur as central observer by the BJP party said Singh was unanimously chosen by party’s state legislature party as their leader. The legislature […]
Uddhav rejects AIMIM alliance offer, says it’s part of BJP’s game plan to defame Shiv Sena’s Hindutva agenda
Mumbai: Asserting that Shiv Sena is a “Hindutvavadi” party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday rejected AIMIM’s offer for an alliance calling it a “conspiracy” by the opposition BJP to defame the Sena, which heads the Maha Vikas Aghahdi (MVA) government. Thackeray, who heads Shiv Sena, virtually addressed a meeting of the party MPs […]
