India

Bihar legislative assembly passes bill to curb malpractices in public examinations

The bill was introduced by the state parliamentary affairs minister, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, and passed with a voice vote, despite a walkout by the opposition.

Rahul Gandhi meets farmers, discusses MSP guarantee

The meeting focused on the farmers' demand for a legal guarantee of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops, a long-standing issue that has been at the heart of ongoing farmer protests.

YouTuber Dhruv Rathee summoned in defamation case

New Delhi: A Delhi court has issued a summons to YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suresh Nakhua. The case revolves around Rathee’s alleged characterization of Nakhua as a “violent and abusive” online troll in one of his videos. Dhruv Rathee, a prominent social commentator and content […]

Opposition protests in Parliament over alleged discrimination in Union Budget

Congress leaders, including President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi, and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, led the demonstration, joined by MPs from the TMC, Samajwadi Party, DMK, and the Left.

Supreme Court rejects re-examination plea for NEET UG 2024

The bench, comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra, rejected the petition which claimed widespread question paper leaks. The petitioner failed to provide convincing evidence to support these allegations.