Reported By Himanshu Shekhar Mishra Edited By Deepshikha Ghosh

Changes to the electoral law to allow linking of the Aadhaar card to the voter I-card were passed in the Lok Sabha today amid massive opposition protests against the "Election Laws (Amendment) Bill".

Congress leader Sachin Pilot met with his party chief Sonia Gandhi today, a day after her meeting with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on a long-overdue cabinet reshuffle.

Battling an energy crisis with several states fearing outages, the government said today that the shortage of coal was caused by heavy rain driving up international prices.

As India faces widespread power outages with plants running out of coal, the government assured enough supply to meet the nation's power needs. The PMO, or Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, reviewed the situation and discussed solutions

The PMO or Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office is likely to review the coal supply situation in India today, say sources, amid fears of widespread blackouts in the country and with many states flagging worries about outages.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that an article in RSS-linked publication "Panchajanya" alleging a "conspiracy" behind glitches in the tax-filing website handled by Infosys was "not right".

After a three-hour meeting at Rahul Gandhi's home this evening, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel made it clear that he is keeping his job and a challenge from his minister TS Singh Deo has been handled.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a meeting with Infosys CEO Salil Parekh today, expressed "deep disappointment" over persistent glitches in the new Income Tax portal set up by the company and gave him till September 15 to resolve all issues.

After his eight questions for Ministers yesterday in a fierce row over parliament, Trinamool leader Derek O'Brien today put up a new video on "Friday the 13th", firing a question straight to "their boss" PM Modi and declared, "Your time starts now."

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu broke down today in the house while reading out a statement condemning what he called "sacrilege" and violation of the "temple of democracy" by the opposition.

Rahul Gandhi's demand for a court-monitored inquiry into snooping allegations linked to the Pegasus spyware reports was rejected today by the government. The Congress MP has alleged that his own phone was tapped.

Cairn Energy says a French court has accepted its petition for a freeze on some Indian government properties in Paris as part of its attempts to recover a $1.2 billion arbitration award it won last year.

Veteran politician Sharad Pawar is "not hosting a third front meeting" today, it was clarified hours before what now appears to be a gathering of politicians and intellectuals to "debate current events".

Hours after the Delhi High Court rejected a challenge to the Central Vista project, Union Minister Hardeep Puri said a false narrative was being propagated over the plan and that "no heritage building would be touched".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today he empathised with people's pain and suffering because of Covid and described the virus as an invisible and quick-changing enemy that was challenging the whole world.

Changes to the electoral law to allow linking of the Aadhaar card to the voter I-card were passed in the Lok Sabha today amid massive opposition protests against the "Election Laws (Amendment) Bill".

Congress leader Sachin Pilot met with his party chief Sonia Gandhi today, a day after her meeting with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on a long-overdue cabinet reshuffle.

Battling an energy crisis with several states fearing outages, the government said today that the shortage of coal was caused by heavy rain driving up international prices.

As India faces widespread power outages with plants running out of coal, the government assured enough supply to meet the nation's power needs. The PMO, or Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, reviewed the situation and discussed solutions

The PMO or Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office is likely to review the coal supply situation in India today, say sources, amid fears of widespread blackouts in the country and with many states flagging worries about outages.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that an article in RSS-linked publication "Panchajanya" alleging a "conspiracy" behind glitches in the tax-filing website handled by Infosys was "not right".

After a three-hour meeting at Rahul Gandhi's home this evening, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel made it clear that he is keeping his job and a challenge from his minister TS Singh Deo has been handled.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a meeting with Infosys CEO Salil Parekh today, expressed "deep disappointment" over persistent glitches in the new Income Tax portal set up by the company and gave him till September 15 to resolve all issues.

After his eight questions for Ministers yesterday in a fierce row over parliament, Trinamool leader Derek O'Brien today put up a new video on "Friday the 13th", firing a question straight to "their boss" PM Modi and declared, "Your time starts now."

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu broke down today in the house while reading out a statement condemning what he called "sacrilege" and violation of the "temple of democracy" by the opposition.

Rahul Gandhi's demand for a court-monitored inquiry into snooping allegations linked to the Pegasus spyware reports was rejected today by the government. The Congress MP has alleged that his own phone was tapped.

Cairn Energy says a French court has accepted its petition for a freeze on some Indian government properties in Paris as part of its attempts to recover a $1.2 billion arbitration award it won last year.

Veteran politician Sharad Pawar is "not hosting a third front meeting" today, it was clarified hours before what now appears to be a gathering of politicians and intellectuals to "debate current events".

Hours after the Delhi High Court rejected a challenge to the Central Vista project, Union Minister Hardeep Puri said a false narrative was being propagated over the plan and that "no heritage building would be touched".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today he empathised with people's pain and suffering because of Covid and described the virus as an invisible and quick-changing enemy that was challenging the whole world.