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Kolkata, Terming the three new laws replacing the existing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act as "anti-people and draconian", the Bar Council of West Bengal on Friday said it will observe July 1 as a "black day".The three new laws Indian Judicial Code (BNS), Indian Civil Protection Code and Indian...

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Ahead of the upcoming State Legislative Council elections on July 12, the Pune unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) demanded a seat in the Legislative Council for the city of Pune.A delegation led by city unit president Deepak Mankar met...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], Supreme Council members and Rulers of the Emirate have sent separate messages of condolences to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on the death of the mother of Prince Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz. Al Saud.The messages were...

European Council President Charles Michel confirmed the nomination on social media platform X.In addition to von der Leyen's nomination, EU leaders agreed to elect former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa as President of the European Council, while Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was...

The Joint Council of Bus Syndicates in Kolkata, West Bengal, has urged the state transport department to extend the deadline for phasing out 15-year-old vehicles by an additional two years.In a letter to Transport Secretary Soumitra Mohan, the body highlighted that imposing the deadline could...

In New Delhi [India], the president of the Indian Olympic Association, Sha, made a strong call for the inclusion of yoga in the Asian Games programme. In an impassioned letter to Olympic Council of Asia president Raja Randhir Singh, he urged the Asian sports community to include the ancient...

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday introduced his Council of Ministers in the Rajya Sabha amid applause and thumping of tables.The Prime Minister had introduced his Council of Ministers in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after the election of the Speaker.Rajya Sabha Chairman...

New Delhi, The Rajya Sabha Privileges Committee on Thursday found 12 opposition MPs, including AAP's Sanjay Singh, guilty of misconduct for disrupting the proceedings of the House last August and warned them to desist from such behavior in the future.In the report tabled in the Upper House of...

Thane, A woman has been booked for alleged violation of the election code of conduct in Thane district of Maharashtra. An official gave this information on Thursday.The woman is accused of taking a selfie with the ballot paper and posting the picture on social media while voting in the...

GONDIA, Maharashtra A property survey to give permanent UID to residents in Maharashtra's Gondia was stopped by its civic chief amid allegations that Rs 100 was being charged from some people for this document, an official said on Thursday.Gondia Municipal Council has around 45,000 registered...

Geneva [Switzerland], The Sindhi Foundation, a Washington, DC-based organization dedicated to the human rights of Sindhis, has requested assistance from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the recovery of a Hindu minor girl kidnapped Sindhi, Priya Kumari. .This announcement was...

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) will field its candidate for the upcoming Maharashtra legislative council elections, its chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Thursday, asserting that the opposition has got its calculations right to get its candidate elected.The biennial elections for 11 seats in the...

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday introduced his Council of Ministers in the Rajya Sabha amid applause and thumping of tables.The Prime Minister had introduced his Council of Ministers in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after the election of the Speaker.Those present in the...

New Delhi: On Thursday, the first day of the 264th session of the Upper House, Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda was appointed the leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha."Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda has been appointed as the Leader of the House in the Council of States," Chairman Jagdeep...

New Delhi [India], The Bar Council of India (BCI) has requested all bar associations to refrain from any form of agitation or protest at this time and has assured that it will initiate talks with the Union Government, represented by the Union Home Minister and the Union Law Minister, to convey...

After Chennai, Chennai and Delhi made separate bids to claim the hosting rights, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) is required to finalize a venue from the country for the upcoming FIDE World Championships through its general body and The Central Council meeting is expected to be held...

During a Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland described the "devastating and appalling" humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where civilians are suffering under the impact of hostilities and civil order has almost completely broken down. Hai...

Mumbai, MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande on Wednesday said he has not received any order from party chief Raj Thackeray to vote for any particular party in Wednesday's voting for four Maharashtra Legislative Council seats.Notably, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supported the ruling grand...

New York [US], India has criticized Pakistan for its "misleading and baseless narratives" after Islamabad envoy Munir Akram made references to Kashmir in his speech at the UN General Assembly.Delivering a statement at the United Nations General Assembly debate on the annual report, Pratik...

Reacting to Pakistan mentioning Kashmir, Pratik Mathur, minister at India's UN mission, said it "has misused this forum to spread baseless and misleading narratives, which is not a surprise.""I will not dignify these comments with any response just to save valuable time of this august body,"...