scorecardresearch
Thursday, July 31, 2025
HomeIndiaGovernance

Governance

President Murmu accepts Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation as V-P, BJP RS chair informs house

The announcement was made just before the upper house of Parliament was adjourned until 2 pm today.

With Arunachal’s Siang dam project facing delays & protests, how Centre plans to win over local residents

Residents of villages bound to be impacted have been opposing the project. With monsoon stalling all work, Centre & state govt intend to use the lean period to proceed with public outreach.

Parliament monsoon session adjourned till noon today

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha adjourned the house after Opposition members continued their protests seeking a discussion on the Pahalgam terrorist attack.

Once brought in as ‘historic reform’, National Medical Commission is showing same symptoms as predecessor

New Delhi: In 2020, the constitution of the National Medical Commission (NMC) was hailed as a “historic reform” in the field of medical education...

CRPF jawan assaulted at UP station: Three Kanwariyas arrested, later granted bail

On Sunday, Yogi Adityanath in a public address said anti-social elements are attempting to defame Kanwar Yatra. He also urged Kanwariyas not to take matters into their own hands.

A temple, mosque & week-long power cut. Land dispute in Delhi’s Jai Hind camp is taking political shape

BSES removed 3 meters—2 from a temple, 1 from a mosque—that were powering the entire settlement via sub-meters. The land is disputed, but court Friday granted residents temporary relief.

IPS officer returns President’s Medal, questions 360° review; cites campaign to link him with RSS

Posted in SSB, Dr Paresh Saxena wrote to President that now-retired IPS officer ‘initiated narrative that he has deep RSS base & successive DGs too misrepresented him as uncooperative’.

The politics of Rajya Sabha nominations: How Modi’s strategy differs from Vajpayee’s & UPA’s

Though once seen as a platform for non-partisan excellence, analysts say members have increasingly been nominated to the Rajya Sabha to help BJP expand its footprint.

IAS seeing progress on gender parity—1 of 5 secretaries at Centre are women

The change is palpable at lower levels, too. According to data from October 2024, approximately 64 out of the 236 joint secretaries—27 percent—serving in the government, were women.

UPSC clears Haryana plea to promote 18 HCS officers to IAS, but 9 under probe get provisional promotion

UPSC okays the promotion after rejecting state's proposal multiple times. 9 officers from 2002 batch get only provisional promotion amid allegations of recruitment irregularities.

On Camera

Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.