Semi-arranged marriages are partially replacing arranged marriages in India, especially in urban areas, leading to reduction in marital violence and giving women a greater say in crucial decisions on finances and family planning, according to a UN report.
Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday June 26, 2019, New Delhi
With the number of deaths in Bihar crossing 160 this month due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanese Encephalitis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called it unfortunate and a "matter of shame for the nation."
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is likely to abstain during voting on the triple bill in Lok Sabha, a senior party leader told news agency PTI today.
Written by Nidhi Razdan | Wednesday June 26, 2019, New Delhi
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo admitted to Washington having a divergence of view with New Delhi on issues such as trade during his joint press conference with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi today, but downplayed it by saying that "great friends are bound to have differences".
A BJP member in the Lok Sabha today countered his colleague - Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's remarks that during calamities, that only state-run telecom operators provide free services to subscribers.
Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday June 26, 2019, New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for the second day in a row, kept the focus snugly on the Congress, berating it over issues ranging from voting machines, Citizens' list in Assam and the passing of bills in Rajya Sabha.
Minorities have never been more safe in the country than under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP leader K J Alphons said in the Rajya Sabha Wednesday amid opposition references to lynching cases.
Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday June 26, 2019, New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the death of a 24-year-old man who was mercilessly thrashed by a mob in Jharkhand last week has "pained" him, but it is unfair to insult the state by calling it a "hub of lynching".
There was no intelligence failure in the Pulwama terror attack, the government told parliament on Wednesday. The Home Ministry said all agencies are "working in a coordinated manner and the intelligence inputs are shared among various agencies on a real-time basis".
Edited by Swati Bhasin | Wednesday June 26, 2019, New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the upper house of the parliament this afternoon as he replied to the President Ram Nath Kovind's joint address to the parliament last week. This is his first address in Rajya Sabha after the BJP secured a massive win in the national election last month.
Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya's son, who is a legislator in Madhya Pradesh, has been arrested after he was seen attacking a civic body official in Indore with a cricket bat on Wednesday.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his American counterpart Mike Pompeo today and discussed ways to strengthen the Indo-US strategic partnership.
