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Rajya Sabha a second house, but not secondary, Modi says as winter session begins

As the 250th Rajya Sabha session began, PM Modi said he hoped it would be a productive one, and added that the upper house has always made a strong contribution to nation.

In Modi govt’s bid to break IAS hegemony, Indian Railway Service is the biggest beneficiary

Hundreds of Indian Railway Service officers have been empanelled as joint secretaries in the last 3 years, while the IAS count at that rank has fallen.

New hostels, auditorium at Mussoorie academy as govt eyes overhaul of ‘IAS preserve’

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration is known as an IAS preserve. The govt wants this image to change.

Govt says J&K returning to normal, but doesn’t give details on release of political leaders

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla informed a standing committee on home affairs Friday that internet would not be restored immediately as it may be still be misused.

Health ministry to push bill seeking upto 10-year jail term for assaulting on-duty doctors

The health ministry is working on a draft legislation that seeks to penalise those assaulting on-duty doctors and is looking to introduced it in the winter Parliament session beginning next week.

Minister clarifies Jagan’s controversial order on media — ‘it’s not an attempt to control’

The order, which lets govt departments drag media to court over ‘defamatory’ news items, has drawn flak from journalists, Press Council & Editors Guild.

Govt questions legality of IPS Association, says it never sanctioned such a body

According to an RTI reply, home ministry says no member of police force has right to form any association without the 'express sanction' of the central govt.

Under Nal Se Jal, villagers will decide how much they should pay for water they consume

Inspiration for this idea came from Gujarat’s potable water supply scheme implemented by the Water & Sanitation Management Organisation. 

Jagan hit CM Naidu for splurging crores of public money on house. Now he’s doing the same

Jagan Mohan Reddy’s govt recently approved Rs 3.25 crore to acquire 0.15 acres of land for a view cutter, and Rs 80 lakh for an air-conditioning system.

Modi govt ready for second round of lateral entry recruitment for 40 posts

Posts for lateral entry have already been identified at the level of director and deputy secretary, and advertisement for this will be released soon.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?