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LOK SABHA SPEAKER OM BIRLA REITERATES THE NEED TO SET STANDARDS IN THE FUNCTIONING OF LEGISLATIVE INSTITUTIONS

India, Jan. 20 -- The second day of the ongoing 86th All India Presiding Officers' Conference (AIPOC) at Lucknow concluded with deliberations on three key themes - (1)Leveraging technology for transp... Read More


Mahasweta Devi; beyond binaries

India, Jan. 20 -- On 16 August 1992, Chuni Kotal, a 27-year-old woman, committed suicide by hanging at her husband's home in Kharagpur, an industrial city about 130 km west of Kolkata. Kotal was a pos... Read More


Will intensify stir of farmers not released, say protesters

Amritsar, Jan. 20 -- Farmers affiliated with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) and other groups under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) on Monday burnt effigies of chief minister... Read More


2 BDO offices vandalised in south Bengal over SIR 'harassment', protests held

India, Jan. 20 -- Offices of two block development officers in South Bengal were vandalised by mobs on Tuesday following accusations that the election officials were harassing people during the ongoin... Read More


27 candidates withdraw candidature from 20 constituencies in Dhaka

Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- A total of 27 candidates, both party-backed and independent, out of 162 have withdrawn their candidatures in the 20 constituencies of Dhaka district ahead of the 13th parliament elec... Read More


Opposition questions timing of Bihar budget and Nitish Kumar's 'Samriddhi Yatra'

India, Jan. 20 -- The opposition Mahagathbandhan in Bihar has questioned the timing of chief minister Nitish Kumar's ongoing Samriddhi Yatra and the state government's decision to present the annual b... Read More


Andhra Pradesh: Parliamentary panel visits Naval Science and Technological Laboratory in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam, Jan. 20 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, under the chairmanship of Radha Mohan Singh, undertook an on-the-spot study visit to Naval Science & Technological Laboratory... Read More


Court refuses to order retest in NDPS-negative seizure

India, Jan. 20 -- A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court has refused to send reserve samples of an alleged Rs.2.22-crore Tramadol seizure for retesting to the Central Forens... Read More


Jairam Ramesh questions PM's 'urban naxal' remark, seeks clarification on govt stand

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The Congress on Tuesday sharpened its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his reference to "urban naxals," with senior party leader Jairam Ramesh asking whether the term ... Read More


Jana Nayagan row: Madras HC reserves order on censor board's appeal on actor Vijay's film certification

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- Amid ongoing Jana Nayagan censor certification row, the Madras High Court has reserved its order on the censor board's appeal against a single-judge direction to grant U/A certif... Read More