Parliamentary panel seeks to allocate realistic fertilizer subsidy funding at budget estimate stage
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has recommended that the finance ministry allocate funds for fertilizer subsidy during the budget estimate (BE) stage to ensure that the allocation is as close as possible to the actual demand.In a report to parliament on…
Government introduces bill proposing a more precise definition of transgender people, abandoning “self-perceived gender identity”
NEW DELHI: In a major departure from the existing law, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday proposed to omit a provision allowing “self-perceived gender identity” as the…
Exporters may get relief package
NEW DELHI: The Commerce Ministry is formulating measures to provide support to exporters to help them overcome the impact of the conflict in West Asia as it prioritizes the movement of perishable items, including by air.Exporters have also been asked to…
Congo elects Odisha MLAs in Kataka, Haryana, Netas ahead of RS polls
BENGALURU/CHANDIGARH: The Congress has sent nine of its 14 Odisha MLAs to a resort in Bengaluru and 32 Haryana MLAs to the hills of Himachal Pradesh, kicking off the familiar ritual of unplanned political holidays as parties try to stem the bargaining…
BJP: Meghalaya violence had infiltrators from B’desh behind it
New Delhi: bjp Muslim infiltrators from Bangladesh were blamed for violence in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills on Friday, accusing them of causing demographic changes and trying to wrest the rights of the local tribal population Senior member of the…
Ludhiana students killed in Russian war
LUDHIANA: They sent this cheerful, smiling young man to a foreign land in the hope of a better life. They put him back in a coffin, dressed in an alien suit, without answering how or why he died. Samajit Singh of Ludhiana had gone to Russia in 2025 for…
CBI to question Anil Ambani’s son in Rs 228-crore bank fraud case
New Delhi: industrial and commercial bank Jai Anmol Ambani on Friday investigated the alleged Rs 228-crore bank fraud involving Reliance Home Finance Ltd. (RHFL). The son of industrialist Anil Ambani turned up at the Delhi headquarters of India’s…
Doctors: Sleep disorders put lakhs of Indians at risk
Insomnia affects nearly 37% of seniors NEW DELHI: Doctors check blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol regularly. But they rarely ask a question that may be just as important: How well did you sleep? On March 13, World Sleep Day, experts warn that…
SC: Mandatory furloughs may deter companies from hiring women
NEW DELHI: Upset over an advocate’s repeated attempts to seek two days of paid menstrual leave per month for women workers through PILs, the Supreme Court on Friday said the move may create a psychological barrier in women and make them consider…
Stranded Iranian navy ship crew flies out of Kochi
Kochi: Nearly 100 crew members of the Iranian naval ship “IRIS Lavan” docked at the Kochi port have left India through the Kochi airport, according to people familiar with the matter. However, the Southern Naval Command has not officially…