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"Masterstroke in bad policy making": Priyank Kharge tears into Centre over Online Gaming Bill

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- As the Centre is slated to introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha to prohibit online money gaming today, Congress leader Priyank Kharge termed it as yet another "knee-jerk" move, warn... Read More


Regulate gaming by all means, but drop the plan to ban 'real-money games'

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The move to regulate online gaming makes sense, but the proposal to ban any game with a monetary dimension is a total mistake. For one, it violates personal liberty and the free... Read More


'Seems reasonable.': Shashi Tharoor differs with Congress on bills to remove PM, CMs who spend 30 days in jail

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday described as "reasonable" the government's new constitutional amendment bills seeking automatic removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Minis... Read More


Dirty 'Cleansing'

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- In a democracy as vast and contested as India's, the line between law and politics is always fraught. The storm in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, when Union Home Minister Amit Shah ... Read More


Dal Lake to Shine with Khelo India Water Sports Festival

Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- Press Information Bureau Feature At the heart of Kashmir, where the Zabarwan mountains kiss the sky and the shikaras glide softly across shimmering waters, Dal Lake has for centu... Read More


Opposition tears, throws contentious PM-CM removal bills as Amit Shah speaks | Watch

India, Aug. 20 -- What looked like balls of paper were seen getting thrown towards Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday amid Opposition's sloganeering over the contentious bills he introduced, prop... Read More


"Country will have to decide whether it's appropriate": HM Shah after Constitution Amendment Bill sent to JPC

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday called on the nation to decide whether it is appropriate for a minister, Chief Minister, or Prime Minister to run the government while ... Read More


Online gaming bodies urge Amit Shah's intervention as Centre prepares to introduce new regulation Bill

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- India's online gaming bodies have written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging him to intervene against any move for a blanket ban on real money games, even as the government... Read More


'Can be sacked on mere allegations': Why bills on PM, CM removal are being opposed as 'squarely destructive'

India, Aug. 20 -- The BJP-led NDA government's proposed new laws on removal of the PM, CMs, and ministers at the Centre and states/UTs, based on mere allegations - not requiring conviction by a court ... Read More


Why Opposition is calling bills on PM, CM removal 'squarely destructive': 'Will change the basis of law, Constitution'

India, Aug. 20 -- The BJP-led NDA government's proposed new laws on removal of the PM, CMs, and ministers at the Centre and states/UTs, based on mere allegations - not requiring conviction by a court ... Read More