Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign visits from 2021 to July 2025 have cost the exchequer Rs 362 crore, the Minister of State for External Affairs informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The figure does not include expenses from his recent visits to the United Kingdom and the Maldives, nor the unsettled bills.
In the wake of the fatal crash of Air India flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad on June 12, which claimed 260 lives, the airline witnessed a minor increase in sick leave reported by its pilots, the government informed the Parliament on Thursday.
A portion of a government school in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district collapsed on Friday just as the students were assembling for morning prayers, killing seven children and leaving 28 injured, some of them critically.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea for conducting delimitation exercise in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for increasing the assembly seats in both the states.
The Supreme Court on Friday extended the stay on the criminal proceedings against senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal case lodged in Uttar Pradesh for his comments against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 2022.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Karnataka government to probe alleged criminal activities within the Dharmasthala police station limits is expected to operate from Belthangady itself, according to sources. Preparations are reportedly underway for the team’s operations.
Four newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu, including actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Friday took oath as member of the House.
Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Friday as Opposition protests continued over the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognise Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza. Israel denounced the decision.
The Election Commission on Friday appointed Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody as the returning officer for the election to the office of the vice president.
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