Articles by Isha Sahai Bhatnagar
Tripura RS bypolls for seat vacated by CM Manik Saha to be held on Sep 22: ECI
The Election Commission of India has said that the last date for nomination for the Tripura Rajya Sabha bypolls is September 12 and the counting of votes will take place post 5pm on the election day on September 22

Updated on Aug 31, 2022 01:37 PM IST
PM Modi’s Economic Advisory Council releases ‘Roadmap for India@100’
The ‘Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100’ will guide the path of India to become a higher-income economy by 2047, when the country will mark the 100th year of Independence

Updated on Aug 30, 2022 02:13 PM IST
Senior leaders urge Rahul Gandhi to assume Congress’s leadership again
On Sunday, the CWC announced the schedule for polling for the Congress president’s election amid speculation that the Gandhi family could step aside to make way for a non-Gandhi chief of the party

Updated on Aug 29, 2022 10:18 AM IST
Modi urges people to watch DD serial on unsung heroes of freedom movement
On August 17, Modi attended a special screening of the serial along with Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda, Union home minister Amit Shah and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Published on Aug 29, 2022 09:04 AM IST
Azad move flags the uncertainty facing senior G23 leaders
A section of the members, including Anand Sharma, said Azad’s move had shocked them and the circumstances surrounding it were “entirely avoidable’’

Published on Aug 26, 2022 11:35 PM IST
Gehlot as Congress Prez?: List of non-Gandhi party presidents post Independence
Speculations are rife that senior leader and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot could be in the fray for the party president post

Updated on Aug 25, 2022 11:41 AM IST
‘Mile Kadam, Jude Vatan’: Congress releases slogan for Bharat Jodo Yatra
The Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra will cover 3,570 km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir over a period of five months beginning September 7

Published on Aug 23, 2022 03:55 PM IST
India finishes third in international astronomy Olympiad with 5 medals
In the Olympiad held between August 14 to 21, a total of 209 students from 37 main and six guest teams participated

Published on Aug 23, 2022 09:43 AM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate super-specialty hospital, cancer centre in Haryana, Punjab
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the super-specialty Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana, and the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in Mohali, Punjab on Wednesday

Published on Aug 22, 2022 03:46 PM IST
Rozgar Sansad on August 21 in Nand Nagri, says Delhi minister Gopal Rai
The ongoing movement in northeast Delhi is in demand for the National Employment Policy for which a draft has already been prepared by Desh Ki Baat Foundation to share with the central government

Published on Aug 19, 2022 10:49 AM IST
Congress lauds ‘bold response’ by Bihar leaders in forming Mahagathbandhan govt
On Tuesday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet by inducting 31 ministers, days after he and his deputy Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav took oath

Published on Aug 17, 2022 06:11 PM IST
Over 7.9 million enrolled under Bal Aadhaar initiative from April to July
The Bal Aadhaar, a precursor to a standard Aadhaar, is issued in blue colour to children aged up to five

Published on Aug 16, 2022 10:20 AM IST
Wishes pour in from global leaders on I-Day for India
Congratulating the world’s largest democracy, tech billionaire Bill Gates congratulated India and showered praises on PM Modi for his leadership

Published on Aug 16, 2022 10:12 AM IST
151 police personnel awarded excellence in investigation medal by home ministry
The Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation was constituted in 2018 and is announced on August 12 every year

Published on Aug 12, 2022 03:07 PM IST
Anubrata Mondal arrest: List of other TMC leaders already under ED, CBI radar
Partha Chatterjee, Abhishek Banerjee, Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee are few of the ministers who faced CBI, ED questioning

Updated on Aug 12, 2022 12:57 PM IST
Grand Alliance 2.0: What political leaders had to say on Nitish Kumar’s move
After Kumar’s announcement to split, several leaders from different political parties had their say on the political chaos in Bihar

Updated on Aug 10, 2022 10:47 AM IST
Assam, Mizoram sign memorandum of understanding to resole boundary dispute
Mizoram home minister Lalchamliana and Assam’s border protection and development minister Atul Bora signed the memorandum

Published on Aug 10, 2022 09:27 AM IST
Human trafficking: MHA instructs high courts to organise ‘judicial conferences’
In 2020, there were 1,714 registered human trafficking cases, the highest being reported from Maharashtra (184) and Telangana (184)

Published on Aug 09, 2022 03:46 PM IST
Unemployment rate dropped by 0.6% between 2019-20 and 2020-21: Centre
Sikkim (71.3%) had the highest Worker Population Ratio in 2020-21 followed by Himachal Pradesh (69.5%) and Chhattisgarh (63.6%) while Bihar had the lowest (39.9%)

Published on Aug 09, 2022 09:21 AM IST
VP Venkaiah Naidu’s farewell today, PM Modi to present memento
A publication chronicling the tenure of Naidu as the vice president and chairman of Rajya Sabha will be released by the Prime Minister

Published on Aug 08, 2022 10:00 AM IST
MPs have no immunity in criminal cases during session: Naidu
MPs do not enjoy any immunity from arrest in criminal cases when the House is in session and cannot avoid summons issued by law enforcement agencies, Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday.

Updated on Aug 06, 2022 12:35 AM IST
Isha Sahai Bhatnagar, New Delhi
8th National Handloom Day to be celebrated on August 7
In 2015, the Union government had declared August 7 as National Handloom Day to commemorate the Swadeshi Andolan that began in 1905 on the same day. The movement was aimed at encouraging Indians to wear clothes that were handwoven by indigenous communities instead of foreign-made apparel

Published on Aug 05, 2022 02:17 PM IST
Take part in discussion, maintain decorum, LS Speaker Om Birla urges Opposition
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings have been disrupted as Opposition lawmakers have protested since the beginning of the monsoon session

Published on Aug 05, 2022 01:07 PM IST
No centralised data on internet shutdowns, Centre tells Parliament
Minister of state for communications Devusinh Chauhan said state governments are empowered to issue orders for temporary suspension of internet service to maintain law and order

Published on Aug 04, 2022 09:16 AM IST
‘Smriti Irani is a pathological liar’: Congress on ‘Silly Soul’ bar row
A major controversy broke out when Silly Souls was served a show cause notice after it was found that its owners renewed the restaurant’s liquor license using the name of a deceased person

Published on Aug 03, 2022 04:08 PM IST
Parliament: Family courts act, anti-doping bill on agenda
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari submitted a zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha on the issue of “surge in Indian money held in Swiss Banks”

Updated on Aug 03, 2022 10:57 AM IST
‘Political hatred and revenge’: Congress slams ED raids in National Herald case
Party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the Congress will not allow the government to ‘distract people’ from issues such as price rise and unemployment

Published on Aug 02, 2022 04:57 PM IST
Parliament: Debate on price rise in Rajya Sabha today
16 leaders in the Upper House including TMC MP Derek O’Brien, CPI(M) MP Elamaram Kareem, CPI(M) MP John Brittas, TRS MP Keshava Rao, among others will raise the issue

Published on Aug 02, 2022 12:38 PM IST
Sanjay Raut ED custody: List of opposition leaders facing agency’s probe
From Congress president Sonia Gandhi to former education minister in the West Bengal government Partha Chatterjee, here’s a list of leaders facing the ire of ED

Published on Aug 02, 2022 12:23 PM IST
Parliament’s Monsoon Session: Notices for discussion on price rise submitted
The government on Wednesday last said a discussion on price rise and inflation is likely to be taken up in Parliament

Published on Aug 01, 2022 10:16 AM IST